Patent ID: 8544173

Claim:
A repair method comprising: severing an original inner band from a plurality of original nozzle vanes joined to an original outer band in an original turbine nozzle; casting a replacement turbine nozzle including a plurality of nozzle vanes extending between an outer band and an inner web, with said replacement outer band and vanes conforming with said original outer band and vanes, and said web is configured differently than said inner band to include a tie bar; machining said original inner band to form vane seats therein; and machining said web to form respective plinths atop said tie bar at each of said replacement vanes conforming with said vane seats; assembling said plinths and tie bar through said vane seats; and bonding together said plinths and vane seats to integrally join said replacement nozzle to said original inner band along said tie bar.