Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine, the airfoil having a core body with an airfoil body, an integral partial height squealer tip, and an integral tip cap between the airfoil body and the integral partial height squealer tip; and a squealer tip extension bonded to the partial height squealer tip. A method for manufacture and repair of an airfoil.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 29, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2003
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Ching-Pang Lee, Jonathan James Stow, John Peter Heyward, John Howard Starkweather, Lawrence Joseph Roedl, Joseph Howell Bowden, Jr.