Turbine blade, method for producing same and method for determining the position of a casting core used when casting a turbine blade

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10195659-B2
Application number	US-201515531455-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2015
Priority date	Dec 1, 2014
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A turbine blade has a blade geometry defined in a coordinate system and at least one cavity which is open to the outside and which has a blade internal surface. At least one planar detection surface, which is accessible for the measuring head of a coordinate measuring device, is formed in the blade internal surface, wherein the at least one planar detection surface is assigned a defined design position and/or a defined design orientation with respect to the coordinate system in which the blade geometry is defined.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
producing a turbine blade which comprises a blade geometry that is defined in a coordinate system and at least one outwardly open cavity comprising a blade inner surface, wherein the turbine blade is cast, wherein the turbine blade is produced by:
forming the turbine blade comprising the at least one outwardly open cavity by means of at least one casting core which comprises a casting core outer surface that forms the blade inner surface and which is removed from the at least one outwardly open cavity after a casting process,
wherein the casting core outer surface comprises at least one planar reference surface comprising a defined setpoint position and/or a defined setpoint orientation in relation to the coordinate system in which the blade geometry is defined, and
arranging the at least one planar reference surface in the casting core outer surface such that it forms, in the blade inner surface, at least one planar scanning surface that is accessible for a measuring head of a coordinate measuring device,

removing the at least one casting core from the turbine blade, and
determining a position and/or an orientation the at least one casting core previously disposed in the turbine blade by:
scanning the at least one planar scanning surface in the blade inner surface of the turbine blade with the measuring head of the coordinate measuring device to determine a position and/or an orientation of the at least one planar scanning surface in relation to the blade geometry, and
using the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the at least one planar scanning surface to determine the position and/or the orientation the at least one casting core previously occupied.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one outwardly open cavity comprises at least one opening in an outer surface of the turbine blade, the at least one casting core comprises a casting core section that forms the at least one opening, and the at least one planar reference surface is formed in the casting core section forming the at least one opening such that the at least one planar scanning surface, formed in the blade inner surface by the at least one planar reference surface, is accessible, from outside the turbine blade, for the measuring head of the coordinate measuring device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 ,
wherein a planar reference surface of the at least one planar reference surface is formed in at least one casting core section forming the at least one opening such that there is formed, as the at least one planar scanning surface, a shoulder which surrounds the corresponding opening in the outer surface of the turbine blade and is recessed with respect to the outer surface of the turbine blade.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the at least one casting core comprises a planar reference surface of the at least one planar reference surface comprising a surface normal running in a radial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced or counter to the radial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced, and/or
the at least one casting core comprises a planar reference surface of the at least one planar reference surface comprising a surface normal running in an axial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced or counter to the axial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced, and/or
the at least one casting core comprises a planar reference surface of the at least one planar reference surface comprising a surface normal running in a circumferential direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced or counter to the circumferential direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one casting core serves for forming a cavity of the at least one outwardly open cavity that is open counter to the radial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced, and the at least one casting core comprises the planar reference surface of the at least one planar reference surface comprising the surface normal running in the radial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one casting core serves for forming a cavity of the at least one outwardly open cavity that is open in the radial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced, and the at least one casting core comprises the planar reference surface of the at least one planar reference surface comprising the surface normal running counter to the radial direction of the turbine blade that is to be produced.

7. A method, comprising:
casting a turbine blade comprising a blade geometry;
forming an outwardly open cavity comprising a blade inner surface in the turbine blade during a casting process using a casting core comprising a casting core outer surface that forms the blade inner surface, wherein the casting core outer surface comprises a planar reference surface comprising at least one of a defined setpoint position and a defined setpoint orientation in relation to a coordinate system in which the blade geometry is defined,
forming a planar scanning surface in the blade inner surface against the planar reference surface during the casting process;
removing the casting core from the turbine blade;
scanning the planar scanning surface in the blade inner surface to determine at least one of a position and an orientation of the planar scanning surface in relation to the blade geometry;
using the at least one of a position and an orientation of the planar scanning surface to determine at least one of a position and an orientation the casting core previously disposed in the turbine blade; and
determining a wall thickness of the turbine blade using the at least one of a position and an orientation the casting core previously disposed in the turbine blade.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Gill Markus
• Menke Christian

Classifications

• F01D5/14

  Form or construction (selecting particular materials, measures against erosion or corrosion F01D5/28) · CPC title

• F05D2230/21

  by casting · CPC title

• G01B5/205

  of turbine blades or propellers · CPC title

• B22D31/002

  Cleaning, working on castings · CPC title

• F01D21/003

  Arrangements for testing or measuring (for measuring vibrations G01H) · CPC title