Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing method for making overhanging tabs in cooling holes
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Application No.: US14936641Application Date: 2015-11-09
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Publication No.: US10010937B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Ronald Scott Bunker
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Brian Overbeck
- Main IPC: B22F5/00
- IPC: B22F5/00 ; B22F5/04 ; F01D5/18 ; B22F7/04 ; B22F3/105 ; B22F7/08 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
A method of forming an overhanging structure at a discharge end of a cooling hole that passes through a component. The method includes the step of using an additive manufacturing process to fuse material to a face to build up an edge of the discharge end of the cooling hole to form an overhanging tab.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170129013A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MAKING OVERHANGING TABS IN COOLING HOLES Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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