Gas turbine engine blade and disk

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9896948-B2
Application number	US-201314133140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2013
Priority date	Feb 25, 2013
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

In some examples, an apparatus may include a gas turbine engine component comprising a blade, a platform forming an airflow surface from which the blade extends on one side, and a motion weld receiving surface disposed on a non-airflow side of the platform, and a disk having a motion weld disk portion to receive the motion weld receiving surface of the gas turbine engine component and form a motion weld coupling when the disk and gas turbine engine component are coupled, wherein, prior to coupling, the gas turbine engine component further includes a blade stalk disposed on the non-airflow side of the platform and in which is formed the motion weld receiving surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
eliminating a material from an integrated turbomachinery component that includes a blade and a gas turbine engine disk to remove the blade from the gas turbine engine disk;
determining whether to remove a portion of a replacement gas turbine engine component to be coupled with the gas turbine engine disk in place of the removed blade; and
friction welding the replacement gas turbine engine component to the gas turbine engine disk by at least:
imparting loads through a platform of the replacement gas turbine engine component to place a motion welding surface of a blade stalk of the replacement gas turbine engine component into contact with a motion weld disk portion of the gas turbine engine disk, wherein the replacement gas turbine engine component comprises a replacement blade, the platform that forms an airflow surface from which the replacement blade extends on one side, and the blade stalk that is disposed on a non-airflow side of the platform and in which is formed the motion welding surface; and
creating a relative movement between the replacement gas turbine engine component and the gas turbine engine disk to weld the replacement gas turbine engine component and the gas turbine engine disk together.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein eliminating the material from the integrated turbomachinery component comprises engaging a wire EDM to the integrated turbomachinery component to remove the blade.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the platform has fixture features formed therein, further comprising addressing the fixture features of the platform such that they are not exposed to a stream of working fluid during operation of the integrated turbomachinery component.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein friction welding the replacement gas turbine engine component to the gas turbine engine disk comprises coupling an assembly device to the fixture features of the integrated turbomachinery component, the assembly device operable to friction weld the replacement gas turbine engine component to the gas turbine engine disk.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising balancing the integrated turbomachinery component.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein balancing the integrated turbomachinery component occurs after friction welding the replacement gas turbine engine component to the gas turbine engine disk, and wherein balancing the integrated turbomachinery component comprises adding weight to the integrated turbomachinery component.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the integrated turbomachinery component further includes integrated turbomachinery component platform, further comprising disposing a seal on a non-flow path side of the integrated turbomachinery component platform.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to remove the portion of the replacement gas turbine engine component to be coupled with the gas turbine engine disk in place of the removed blade includes assessing an amount of gas turbine engine disk removed as a result of eliminating the material from the integrated turbomachinery component.

Assignees

• Rolls Royce Corp

Inventors

• Fulayter Roy David
• Rivers Jonathan Michael

Classifications

• Y10T29/49318

  Repairing or disassembling · CPC title

• B23K20/12

  the heat being generated by friction; Friction welding · CPC title

• F01D5/005

  Repairing methods or devices · CPC title

• F01D5/3061 Primary

  by welding, brazing · CPC title

• Y10T29/49336

  Blade making · CPC title