Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090193813 | COMBUSTION APPARATUS - A wall element for a combustion space, the wall element comprising a ceramic body, a support within the body, and attachment means extending from the support and protruding from the body for securing the ceramic body to a combustion space wall. | 08-06-2009 |
20110033331 | METHOD OF JOINING COMPONENTS - First and second components | 02-10-2011 |
20110048117 | INSPECTION OF HOLES - A method of inspecting a hole in a component situated within an engine. The engine comprises a chamber configured to receive fluid from a fluid supply, and the component is in flow communication with the fluid supply via the chamber. The method comprises the steps of (i) delivering a test fluid via the chamber to the component to induce flow of the test fluid through the hole; (ii) deploying a sensor panel adjacent the component in the path of test fluid issuing from the hole, the sensor panel being sensitive to the impingement of the test fluid; and (iii) assessing the condition of the hole in dependence on the response of the sensor panel at the location corresponding to the hole. | 03-03-2011 |
20110057360 | METHOD OF DEPOSITING MATERIAL - A method for depositing material at an intersection region ( | 03-10-2011 |
20110168090 | SPRAY NOZZLE - A spray nozzle | 07-14-2011 |
20110168092 | SPRAY NOZZLE - A spray nozzle | 07-14-2011 |
20110180589 | METHOD OF RESTORING A METALLIC COMPONENT - A component is repaired by removing a damaged region to form a cavity, in which layered repair inserts are installed. The profile of the cavity, and of the exposed surface of each repair insert is measured to serve as the basis for the contact surface of each subsequent repair insert. The repair inserts are fused to the wall of the cavity and to each other in a process in which heated locations of each repair insert are successively heated to minimise heat transfer within the repair inserts and in the underlying substrate material. The repair inserts may be made in a powder bed process from an alloy powder having the same composition as the material of the substrate. | 07-28-2011 |
20110253170 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A FLUID TO A COMPONENT - Apparatus for applying a fluid to a target area of a component is provided, the apparatus comprising a fluid applicator | 10-20-2011 |
20110253680 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT - A method of manufacturing a component. The method includes the steps of heating a working region of a substrate with a heating means; directing a material into the working region to bring the material into a temporary molten state, and depositing said material on the substrate such that when the material solidifies it forms at least part of the component. The heating means power output, stand off, orientation, speed and direction of travel relative to the substrate are adjustable and controlled throughout the material deposition process to control the shape and/or size of the working region to thereby control the distribution and rate of heat delivery to the substrate. | 10-20-2011 |
20120126141 | SURFACE COATING FOR INSPECTION - A method of inspecting an article, comprising applying an organic liquid substance over at least a portion of the article to be inspected so as to form a surface layer thereon, wherein said surface layer is luminescent. The article is irradiated with the surface layer thereon; and, scanning the article to determine its shape. | 05-24-2012 |
20120211548 | METHOD OF REPAIRING A COMPONENT - A method of repairing a component comprising: removing a damaged portion of the component to expose a region of the component; providing a patch having a rim exceeding the dimensions of the exposed region; placing the patch on the exposed region of the component such that the exposed region is covered by the patch and the rim is spaced apart from the exposed region; joining the patch to the component around the rim of the patch; and diffusion bonding the patch and the component together. The rim may be spaced apart from the exposed region such that the step of joining the patch to the component does not affect the exposed region. The method may further comprise machining a recess in the damaged region of the component. | 08-23-2012 |
20120241008 | APPLICATION OF TREATMENT FLUIDS TO COMPONENTS - A device for applying a treatment fluid to a target includes an application chamber that defines a substantially laminar application flow path from an inflow region to an outflow region of the application chamber; and a distribution chamber that communicates with the application chamber at an interface, in use, fluid being delivered from the distribution chamber to the application chamber via the interface across the full extent of the inflow region of the application chamber. A process for applying treatment fluid to a target region of a component surface using a treatment device operable to present the treatment fluid to the component surface is also disclosed. The process comprises introducing the treatment device to the target region of the component surface, and drawing treatment fluid through the device, across the target region of the component surface solely under the action of reduced pressure applied at an outlet of the device. | 09-27-2012 |
20120241410 | APPLICATION OF TREATMENT FLUIDS TO COMPONENTS - A process for treating a target region of a component surface with a treatment fluid including: a) determining an amount of treatment fluid required to treat the target region; b) feeding the determined amount of treatment fluid to a treatment device; c) continuously circulating the treatment fluid through an applicator of the treatment device whilst applying the applicator to the target region; and d) discarding the treatment fluid once the target region of the component surface has been treated. An apparatus for treating a target region of a component surface with a treatment fluid is also disclosed and which includes: a treatment fluid reservoir; a treatment device, operable to receive treatment fluid from the treatment fluid reservoir and to apply treatment fluid to the component; a holding fixture for supporting the component; and a sealable enclosure containing the treatment fluid reservoir, the treatment device and the holding fixture. | 09-27-2012 |
20120266814 | LASER BEAM INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION - A heat source for a material processing operation, such as direct laser deposition, comprises a source of laser light, an optical element to modulate the laser light to provide a beam and means for traversing the beam over the substrate in use in a predetermined direction. The beam has a predetermined intensity distribution over its cross-sectional area so as to regulate the temperature distribution in the material resulting from the absorption of laser energy by the material. | 10-25-2012 |
20120267345 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT - Apparatus for manufacturing a component and a method of manufacturing a component. The method comprises the steps of directing a beam of energy to heat a working region of a substrate and adjusting the cross sectional shape of the beam to thereby generate a variety of predetermined cross sectional shapes of working region while the beam is being directed onto the substrate. Thus the distribution of energy delivered to the substrate is controlled during the manufacturing process. The cross sectional shape and area of the beam is repeatedly monitored and compared to a library of predetermined cross sectional shape(s) and area(s). | 10-25-2012 |
20120286109 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING A TOOL AND AN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A TOOL IN AN ASSEMBLED APPARATUS - A method of supporting a tool ( | 11-15-2012 |
20130214178 | SURFACE COATING FOR INSPECTION - A method of inspecting an article includes: applying an organic liquid substance over at least a portion of the article to be inspected so as to form a surface layer thereon, wherein said surface layer is luminescent; irradiating the article with the surface layer thereon; and scanning the article to determine its shape. | 08-22-2013 |
20130340521 | ROTOR BALANCING METHOD - A method of balancing a physical rotor includes: determining a first balance state of the physical rotor at one or more rotational frequencies; identifying one or more balance zones on a surface of the rotor; providing a computerised simulation of the rotor having the first balance state; providing a first test mass in a first test location within one of the balance zones on the rotor simulation; determining a second balance state of the rotor simulation; providing at least one subsequent test mass in at least one subsequent test location within a balance zone on the rotor simulation and determining at least one subsequent balance state of the rotor simulation; selecting a mass and location from one of the first and subsequent test masses and test locations; and performing a material deposition process to add the selected mass of material to the selected location on the physical rotor. | 12-26-2013 |
20140161520 | JOINT STRUCTURE AND METHOD - The invention relates to a joint including a substrate, optionally a metal substrate, and a body of material joined to the substrate, the body of material typically having a composite portion. An outer surface of the substrate is provided with a fastening projection for fastening the substrate to body of material, wherein the fastening projection has a stem and a plurality of branches having dendritic geometry projecting into the material of the body. | 06-12-2014 |
20140220377 | METHOD OF FORMING A BONDED ASSEMBLY - A method of forming a bonded assembly ( | 08-07-2014 |
20150098854 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE BY HOT PRESSING AND ULTRASONICALLY INSPECTING THE ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing an article by hot pressing and ultrasonically inspecting the article comprises forming and filling a canister with powder material and evacuating and sealing the canister. Heat and pressure are applied to the canister to consolidate the powder material to form the article. The article within the canister is ultrasonically inspected by moving a transducer over the whole of the canister. The position of an interface between the article and the canister, and the thickness of the canister, at each position on the surface of the canister and if there are defects within the article are determined. The canister is then removed from the article by machining the canister using a machining tool, the movement of the tool is controlled such that at each position of the canister the tool removes the determined thickness of the canister for the corresponding position on the surface of the canister. | 04-09-2015 |
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20090039570 | Support architecture - A method of forming a component from solid freeform fabrication comprising the step of building an integral support around the component during manufacture thereof. The stiffness the support provides to the component is selected to minimise deformation of the component either during the manufacture of the component or during a subsequent heat treatment process. | 02-12-2009 |
20090071401 | Method and apparatus for recycling inert gas - A method for recycling an inert gas evacuated from a material deposition process chamber | 03-19-2009 |
20090173416 | GAS HEATER - A method and apparatus for heat treating an article by delivering a heating flow of fluid to a localised region of the article, and simultaneously delivering a cooling flow of fluid to a further region of the article. | 07-09-2009 |
20090258168 | ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A particle damper is formed using a solid freeform manufacturing technique. A filler provides support for the closing wall of the cavity as it is formed. Apertures allow at least a portion of the filler to be removed. A particle fill of between 90 and 95% is achieved either by removing sufficient filler to reach this fill or removing excess filler and re-filling with damping particles. | 10-15-2009 |
20100062151 | Method of repairing an aluminide coating on an article - A method of locally repairing an aluminide coating ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100062180 | Method of repairing a coating on an article - A method of locally repairing a coating ( | 03-11-2010 |
20120097645 | METHOD FOR BEAM WELDING ON COMPONENTS - In a method for beam welding on components with a laser beam or electron beam generated by a beam source, the heat treatment of the welded component required to remove stresses is integrated into the welding process. In a work cycle combined with the welding process, a regulated heat supply to a selected region takes place, according to its residual heat resulting from the welding process and the predicted stresses in that region, using the residual heat remaining from the welding process following the welding process from the same or other beam source(s). The welding region is cooled in a controlled manner, so that welded components which are likely to be subject to high stress in use, provided for example for a aircraft engine, can be made available without inherent stresses and with the desired microstructure in a single—combined—work step. | 04-26-2012 |
20130149658 | FLUIDISED BED TREATMENT - A component is treated in a fluidised bed by insertion of only a treatment part of the component into the treatment chamber of a fluidised bed apparatus. The non-treatment part of the component is located substantially outside the treatment chamber and out of contact with the fluidised bed. The boundary between the treatment part and the non-treatment part of the component is defined by a boundary containment surface at a fixed location with respect to the component. The boundary containment surface may be a seal which seals between the component to be treated and an aperture in a side wall of the treatment chamber. | 06-13-2013 |
20130318989 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE FROM POWDER MATERIAL - An apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material including a first table, a second table rotatably mounted on the first table about a first axis and a third table rotatably mounted on the second table about a second axis. A hollow canister is supported by the third table. A vibrator is arranged to vibrate the canister. A first device is arranged to rotate the second table about the first axis and a second device is arranged to rotate the third table about the second axis. A hopper is arranged to supply powder material into the canister and a valve controls the flow of powder material from the hopper into the canister. A processor is arranged to control the valve, the vibrator, the first device and the second device to control the filling and packing density of the canister. | 12-05-2013 |
20140131426 | FRICTION WELDING - A welding tool for friction welding a workpiece, the tool including: a probe having a core including a ceramic material, the probe having a surface coating including a metallic material covering at least part of a contact zone of the probe. | 05-15-2014 |
20140234151 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE FROM POWDER MATERIAL AND AN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE FROM POWDER MATERIAL - An apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material includes a canister, a sorter, a plurality of hoppers and at least one valve. The canister has a predetermined internal shape to define the shape of the powder metal article. The sorter sorts the powder material by the size of the powder particles, the shape of the powder particles and/or the flow characteristics of the powder particles. The hoppers contain powder material with different sizes of powder particles, different shapes of powder particles and/or powder particles with different flow characteristics. The hoppers are arranged to supply the sorted powder material to the canister. The at least one valve controls the proportions of the different powder materials supplied from the one or more of the different hoppers into the canister to control the packing density of the powder material in the canister at all positions in the canister. | 08-21-2014 |
20150064049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING A CANISTER AND COMPONENT - A method and apparatus for removing a canister | 03-05-2015 |
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20080210668 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A LASER DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A method of calibrating a high energy beam with a material source, the method comprising the steps of: | 09-04-2008 |
20080273983 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE - A turbomachine including securing means that extend between the pressure wall and the suction surface and which includes an energy absorbing portion for absorbing energy after impact to the blade by a foreign object. The energy absorbing portion has a catch that provides the blade with an improved resistance to bursting. | 11-06-2008 |
20080304975 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABRASIVE TIPS FOR GAS TURBINE BLADES - A method of attaching particles to a substrate, comprising the steps: providing a substrate having a surface providing an interlayer on the surface which conforms to the surface of the substrate, forming a melt pool in the interlayer, depositing a material within the melt pool, allowing the material to solidify, applying a powder containing dispersed particles to the solidified material, and applying heat to attach the dispersed particles to the substrate. | 12-11-2008 |
20100236671 | ACTUATOR - An actuator ( | 09-23-2010 |
20120040467 | OXIDATION STATE SENSORS AND METHODS FOR TRANSITION METAL ALLOYS - The present invention is concerned with a method of discriminating between, in a surface of a transition metal alloy, transition metals in different oxidation states using surface sensor molecules adapted to associate selectively with one of the transition metals. In particular, the present invention provides a method of identifying degradation in aircraft components such as turbine blades, engine casings and aerofoils. In embodiments, a surface sensor molecule comprising an oxidation state discriminating group, such as an imidazole, and a fluorescein probe is applied in aqueous solution to the surface of a service-run Ni alloy aircraft component. The sensor molecule selectively associates with transition metals in oxidation states greater than zero such that fluorescence imaging can be used to identify areas of degradation. | 02-16-2012 |
20120071069 | SURFACE TREATMENT DEVICE - A surface treatment device includes an enclosure which has an opening through which the leading edge of an aerofoil passes. A sealing element is provided on the enclosure to seal the device to the surfaces of the aerofoil. An abrasive is located within the enclosure and two fluid openings are also provided through which a chemical accelerant can be pumped. In operation the enclosure is oscillated relative to the component so that material is abraded. Whilst the enclosure is oscillated a chemical accelerant is simultaneously pumped through it. The device allows for the local application of a surface treatment on a component. | 03-22-2012 |