B - Operations – Transporting – 23 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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C
B23C 3/28 (2006.01) B23C 3/00 (2006.01) B23C 9/00 (2006.01) B23P 15/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2489629
A method of using a machining assembly (200) to machine a plurality of different turbine components that include a dovetail having a contoured profile. The method includes removably coupling a first set of retainers (206) into the machining assembly, the first set of retainers include an upper portion (220) having a profile (234) that substantially mirrors a portion (236) of the first dovetail, and a lower portion (222) having a profile (250) that substantially mirrors an opposite side (252) of the first dovetail, coupling a first turbine component (64) between the upper and lower portions such that the first turbine component is secured by the first set of retainers, coupling the machining assembly into a milling machine (402), and machining at least one seal groove into the dovetail of the first turbine component.
Ahti Robert Allan
Bouchard Eric
Umney Michael Anthony
Company General Electric
Craig Wilson And Company
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