摘要:
A gas turbine engine blade (8) is laser shock peened by laser shock peening a thin airfoil (34) of the blade (8), forming a laser shock induced twist in the airfoil, and shot peening a portion of the airfoil (34) to counter the laser shock induced twist in the airfoil (34). The shot peening may be performed before or after the laser shock peening. The shot peening may be applied over a laser shock peened surface (54) formed by the laser shock peening. The shot peening may be performed asymmetrically on asymmetrically shot peened pressure and suction side areas of pressure and suction sides (46 and 48), respectively, of the airfoil (34). A shot peened patch (28) near a blade tip (38) may be formed on one of pressure and suction sides (46 and 48) of the airfoil (34) wherein the airfoil (34) extends radially outwardly from a blade platform (36) to the blade tip (38) of the blade (8).
摘要:
A method for making a turbine airfoil (18) includes providing a mold core (40) and an outer shell (42) which cooperatively define a cavity in the shape of a hollow airfoil (18) having an outer wall, a root, and a tip. A tip portion of the core (40) extends completely through the portion of the cavity defining the tip of the airfoil (18). The core (40) is restrained to prevent movement between the core (40) and outer shell (42). Molten metal is introduced into the cavity and solidified to form an airfoil (18) having at least one outer wall which defines an open tip and a hollow interior. A metallic tip cap is formed on the outer wall which substantially closes off the open tip. The tip cap may be formed by packing the airfoil (18) with metallic powder; and laser sintering the exposed powder so as to form a tip cap which is metallurgically bonded to the outer wall.
摘要:
A system for monitoring a laser shock event includes a detector (20,74,110) connected to a controller (14). The controller (14) includes an input configured to receive a signal from the detector (20,74,110) that is indicative of an emission (36,75,128) associated with a laser shock event at a workpiece (26,56,120). A processor (16,76,140) is connected to the input and is configured to determine a cause of an unacceptable peen event from the signal associated with the emission (36,75,128).
摘要:
A method for forming an aperture (14) in a component wall (21) made of metal, the aperture (14) having a diffuser (15) which opens up and outward from a bottom (23) of the diffuser (15) to a first surface (25) of the wall (21), includes the following steps: A) laser machining the wall (21) with a laser (24) which produces a laser beam (24b) having a pulse rate and power sufficient to vaporize the metal; B) firing and traversing the laser beam (24b), preferably at an acute angle (A), across the surface to a predetermined first edge (32) of the diffuser (15) in a single pass starting at a centerline (30) of the diffuser (15); and C) traversing the laser beam (24b) at an increasing rate of speed during the pass so that each beam pulse vaporizes the metal at a laser spot (S) such that successive laser spots (S) substantially overlap each other in decreasing amounts and the pulses nibble out the metal to form a continuous trench below the surface.
摘要:
A method for laser shock peening (LSP) an article (108) by simultaneously firing low energy first and second laser beams (102, 103) to form pairs of longitudinally spaced apart first and second laser shock peened spots (one shown at 158) that are on opposite sides of the article (108), simultaneously laser shock peened, and transversely offset from each other. Each of the low energy first and second laser beams (102, 103) have a level of energy of between 1-10 joules.
摘要:
A method of forming cooling holes (20) in a gas turbine engine component (10). The method includes the steps of forming a hole (20) in the component (10) extending between a first surface (22) of the component (10) and a second surface (24) of the component (10) opposite the first surface (22) and supplying pressurized air to the hole (20) from the second surface (24) of the component (10). The method also includes the step of sensing a parameter representative of air flow through the hole (20). Further, the method includes enlarging the hole (20) until the sensed parameter represents a preselected air flow rate through the hole (20).