Abstract: A method of fabricating nozzle blades for lasers in which the blade core is formed from an annular-shaped, rigid, chemically resistant material having a pair of opposed circular grooves machined therein. An open-ended exit nozzle is formed in the outer diameter of the core. The coolant channels, injection manifolds and trip manifolds are formed by electrodepositing a chemically resistant material around the core after the core has a plurality of cutouts formed therein. Final nozzle blade configuration takes place after the electrodepositing operation is completed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 1978
Date of Patent:
February 12, 1980
Assignee:
The United States of Amrica as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force