IP Library Granted Patent US 9,903,208
Granted Patent B2
US 9,903,208 · App. 14/762,062 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Turbine blade machining method, machining tool, and turbine blade

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Patent No.
US 9,903,208
App. No.
14/762,062
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine blade machining method and a machining tool, which allow efficient machining of a through-hole running from the surface of a turbine blade to the interior thereof, and a turbine blade. This turbine blade machining method, in which a through-hole is machined in a turbine blade with a protective film formed on a surface of a substrate, has: an insertion step of inserting a machining tool, including a grinding region provided at a tip thereof, into the through-hole with such an orientation that the grinding region faces the surface of the through-hole; and a removal step of grinding the protective film laminated in the through-hole with the grinding region of the machining tool inserted into the through-hole, to remove the protective film laminated in the through-hole.

Claims (21)

1. A turbine blade machining method of machining a through-hole in a turbine blade, a protective film being formed on a surface of a substrate of the turbine blade, the machining method comprising:

an insertion step of inserting a first machining tool, comprising a grinding region provided at a tip thereof, into the through-hole with such an orientation that the grinding region faces the surface of the through-hole;

a removal step of grinding the protective film laminated in the through-hole with the grinding region of the first machining tool inserted into the through-hole, to remove the protective film laminated in the through-hole; and

a pretreatment step of, before the insertion step, inserting a rod-shaped second machining tool, comprising a grinding region provided at a tip thereof, into the through-hole with such an orientation that the grinding region faces the surface of the through-hole, and grinding the protective film by bringing the grinding region of the second machining tool inserted into the through-hole into contact with the protective film while rotating the grinding region to remove a portion of the protective film laminated in the through-hole.

2. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 1 , wherein the grinding region of the first machining tool has a shape conforming to a shape of the through-hole as seen from the surface of the substrate.

3. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 2 , wherein the grinding region of the first machining tool is formed on at least one surface of a pyramid shape tapered toward the tip.

4. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 1 , wherein the removal step comprises grinding the protective film with the grinding region by oscillating the first machining tool with an oscillating portion.

5. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 4 , wherein the oscillating portion reciprocates the grinding region in a direction of insertion into the through-hole.

6. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 1 , further comprising a post-treatment step of, after the removal step, inserting the rod-shaped second machining tool into the through-hole with such an orientation that the grinding region faces the surface of the through-hole, and grinding the protective film laminated in the through-hole with the grinding region of the second machining tool inserted into the through-hole to remove the protective film laminated in the through-hole.

7. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 1 , wherein the protective film is formed on the surface of the substrate by thermal spraying.

8. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 1 , wherein diamond particles are bonded to the grinding region of the first machining tool.

9. A turbine blade machining method of machining a through-hole in a turbine blade, a protective film being formed on a surface of a substrate of the turbine blade, the machining method comprising:

an insertion step of inserting a first machining tool, comprising a grinding region provided at a tip thereof, into the through-hole with such an orientation that the grinding region faces the surface of the through-hole;

a removal step of grinding the protective film laminated in the through-hole with the grinding region of the first machining tool inserted into the through-hole, to remove the protective film laminated in the through-hole; and

a post-treatment step of, after the removal step, inserting a rod-shaped second machining tool, comprising a grinding region provided at a tip thereof, into the through-hole with such an orientation that the grinding region faces the surface of the through-hole, and grinding the protective film laminated in the through-hole with the grinding region of the second machining tool inserted into the through-hole to remove the protective film laminated in the through-hole.

10. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 9 , wherein the grinding region of the first machining tool has a shape conforming to a shape of the through-hole as seen from the surface of the substrate.

11. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 10 , wherein the grinding region of the first machining tool is formed on at least one surface of a pyramid shape tapered toward the tip.

12. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 9 , wherein the removal step comprises grinding the protective film with the grinding region by oscillating the first machining tool with an oscillating portion.

13. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 12 , wherein the oscillating portion reciprocates the grinding region in a direction of insertion into the through-hole.

14. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 9 , wherein the protective film is formed on the surface of the substrate by thermal spraying.

15. The turbine blade machining method according to claim 9 , wherein diamond particles are bonded to the grinding region of the first machining tool.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2015
From: SONOO, TOMOMI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036136/0171 →