Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for supporting blades
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Application No.: US14498203Application Date: 2014-09-26
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Publication No.: US09844897B2Publication Date: 2017-12-19
- Inventor: Stewart Lowth , Kiran Kolluru , Dragos Aurelian Axinte , Mark Hugh Raffles
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1318694.5 20131023
- Main IPC: B29C39/26
- IPC: B29C39/26 ; B29C39/10 ; B29C39/38 ; B23Q3/06 ; B23Q3/08 ; F01D5/00 ; F01D5/30 ; F01D25/28 ; B29K63/00 ; B29K91/00 ; B29L31/08

Abstract:
A method of supporting a cantilevered component mounted to a hub by locating a cassette in proximity to the cantilevered component, the cassette defining a volume for filling with an encapsulant; filling the volume with an encapsulant material; and causing the encapsulant to solidify to the cantilevered component to support the cantilevered component. The cantilevered component is preferably a blade on a bladed disc and the encapsulant provides support to change the vibration response of the blade during a subsequent machining step.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150343674A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BLADES Public/Granted day:2015-12-03
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