Method of manufacturing a component and component
View Patent ↗A method of manufacturing of a component having the steps of manufacturing of a first segment for the component by a powder-bed manufacturing process, and the manufacturing of a second segment for the component originating from the first segment by an additive manufacturing process, such that the second segment projects by a projecting distance over at least one side face of the first segment. Furthermore, a component has the first segment being manufactured by the powder-bed manufacturing process and the second segment being manufactured by the additive manufacturing process, wherein the second segment projects by a projecting distance over at least one side face of the first segment.
1. A method of manufacturing a component comprising:
manufacturing of a first segment for the component by a powder-bed manufacturing process, which is selected from one of the following techniques: selective laser melting, electron beam melting, selective laser sintering, wherein the first segment terminates upon formation of a final layer of heated and adhered material, and
manufacturing of a second segment for the component such that the second segment projects by a projecting distance over at least one side face of the first segment,
wherein the second segment is manufactured by a multi-axis manufacturing process comprising laser cladding or laser metal deposition, and
wherein the manufacturing of the second segment is performed directly onto the first segment via the multi-axis manufacturing process.
2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the projecting distance amounts to at least double of a lateral dimension of the first segment.
3. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second segment projects over at least two opposing side faces of the first segment.
4. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the manufacturing of the first segment is performed in a first apparatus and the manufacturing of the second segment is performed in a second apparatus being different from the first apparatus, and wherein after the manufacturing of the first segment, the first segment is mounted off the first apparatus and mounted into the second apparatus for the subsequent manufacturing of the second segment.
5. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first segment is manufactured onto a pre-fabricated platform.
6. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first segment is directly manufactured without the use of a pre-fabricated platform.
7. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the component is or is a part of a guide vane for a turbine.
8. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first segment is an airfoil of a turbine.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-axis manufacturing process is less geometrically accurate than the powder-bed manufacturing process.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the multi-axis manufacturing process comprises laser cladding.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first segment comprises a first platform and an airfoil of a gas turbine engine component, and the second segment comprises a second platform of the gas turbine engine component disposed on an opposite side of the airfoil from the first platform.