US 11,980,938 B2
Bladed disk repair process with shield
Scott Nelson, Indianapolis, IN (US); Martyn Anthony Jones, London (GB); Quinlan Yee Shuck, Indianapolis, IN (US); Peter E. Daum, Indianapolis, IN (US); and Nathaniel Ashburn, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Assigned to Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US); and Rolls-Royce plc, London (GB)
Filed by Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US); and Rolls-Royce plc, London (GB)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,111.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,750, filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161326 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B22F 10/25 (2021.01); B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); F28F 1/12 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC B22F 10/25 (2021.01) [B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 26/703 (2015.10); B23K 26/706 (2015.10); B23P 6/007 (2013.01); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F28F 1/12 (2013.01); B23K 2101/001 (2018.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
positioning a shield member including an aperture, the aperture surrounding an entire outer a perimeter of a partial blade extending from a rotor disk of a bladed disk, the shield member being positioned adjacent to a build surface of the partial blade, wherein the partial blade extends through the aperture of the shield member in a radial direction from a rotor of the bladed disk; and
depositing, with the shield member around the entire outer perimeter of the partial blade, a material on the build surface using an additive manufacturing technique to form a repaired portion on the build surface of the partial blade.