US Patent:
20200370437, Nov 26, 2020
Inventors:
- Schenectady NY, US
Richard Bryan Guiney - Maineville OH, US
Lenin Ramasamy Ramachandran - Arlington MA, US
Brian James Crockett - South Palmer IN, US
Anthony S. Urbanski - Terre Haute IN, US
Brenda Catherine Tenley - Hamilton OH, US
International Classification:
F01D 5/18
F01D 25/12
Abstract:
An apparatus and method regarding forming a cooling hole in a component for a turbine engine, with the component held in a hole-forming machine with a laser carried on a multi-axis carriage and defining an optical path, the method comprising forming a set of cooling holes in the component with a laser mounted to the multi-axis carriage, estimating a total airflow through the set of cooling holes based on a set of data regarding the flow effectiveness of the set of cooling holes, and forming a second set of cooling holes with the laser.