US5366344A
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Linear friction welding of blades
Assignee: Rolls Royce PLC
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Filing: 1993-10-07
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Granted: 1994-11-22
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Expires: 2013-10-07
Abstract
Abstract A turbine compressor or turbine bladed disc assembly wherein the blades 6 include root portions 8 provided with opposed converging surfaces 9,10 and the disc 14 includes slots 11 provided with opposed diverging surfaces 12,13. In assembly the root portion 8 of a blade 6 is engaged in a slot 11 with abutting converging and diverging surfaces and the blade 6 is oscillated relative to the disc whilst pressure is applied radially to urge the root into close contact with the slot until melting temperature is reached whereupon the oscillatory motion is arrested and the pressure maintained as the converging and diverging surfaces coalesce. A hole 16 may be drilled through the assembled blade and disc assembly in order that communication may be made with cooling air passages in the blade.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter J. Gillbanks
- 👤 Keith C. Moloney
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 18:15
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K20/00; B23K20/12; B23K20/1205; B23P; B23P15/00; B23P15/006; F; F01; F01D; F01D5/00; F01D5/30; F01D5/3061; F04; F04D; F04D29/00; F04D29/26; F04D29/32; F04D29/321; F04D29/324; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49316; Y10T29/4932; Y10T29/49321; Y10T29/49336; Y10T29/49339; Y10T29/49341
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
A method of friction welding a blade having internal cooling passages to a disc during which the blade and the disc are reciprocated relatively while being urged together with sufficient force to generate frictional heating, the method comprising the steps of: forming the blade having an aerofoil section with the internal cooling passages and a root section containing an internal passageway communicating with the internal cooling passages of the aerofoil section; forming the root section with a taper having converging opposed surfaces; forming in the periphery of the disc a slot with radially diverging surfaces for receiving the tapered root section of the blade; inserting said root in said slot with said converging surfaces of the root section engaged with said diverging surfaces of the disc slot; relatively reciprocating the blade and the disc while pressing the root of said blade into said slot thereby generating frictional welding heat and applying a generally radial weld generating force; and subsequently forming an axial passage through a weld region thereby intersecting the internal passageway of the blade root section thereby providing open communication with the internal cooling passages of the aerofoil section of the blade.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
193 words
A method of friction welding a blade having internal cooling passages to a disc during which the blade and the disc are reciprocated relatively while being urged together with sufficient force to generate frictional heating, the method comprising the steps of: forming the blade having an aerofoil section with the internal cooling passages and a root section containing an internal passageway communicating with the internal cooling passages of the aerofoil section; forming the root section with a taper having converging opposed surfaces; forming in the periphery of the disc a slot with radially diverging surfaces for receiving the tapered root section of the blade; inserting said root in said slot with said converging surfaces of the root section engaged with said diverging surfaces of the disc slot; relatively reciprocating the blade and the disc while pressing the root of said blade into said slot thereby generating frictional welding heat and applying a generally radial weld generating force; and subsequently forming an axial passage through a weld region thereby intersecting the internal passageway of the blade root section thereby providing open communication with the internal cooling passages of the aerofoil section of the blade.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the axial passageway includes drilling.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising extending the internal passageway of the root section to an apex of the root section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising providing a plurality of slots and blades equally spaced around the periphery of the disc.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A blade and disc assembly made by the method as claimed in claim 1.
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