IP Library Granted Patent US 8,613,139
Granted Patent B2
US 8,613,139 · App. 12/994,790 · Granted Dec 24, 2013

Manufacture of a portion of a metal part using the MIG method with pulsed current and wire

Inventors: Thierry Jean Emile Flesch (Pringy, FR); Jean-Baptiste Mottin (Paris, FR)
Assignee: SNECMA
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Patent No.
US 8,613,139
App. No.
12/994,790
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing at least a portion of a metal part of a turbine engine having a width. The portion of the metal part is manufactured by metal disposition using a MIG welding apparatus including a pulsed current generator and a pulsed deposition-wire flow, and used for varying the current and flow, the manufacture being carried out in the form of metal beads in several consecutive layers.

Claims (17)

1. A method for manufacturing at least a portion of width L and height H of a metal part of a turbine engine, comprising:

manufacturing said portion by metal application using a MIG welding apparatus comprising a pulsed current generator and a pulsed filler-wire feed rate, with which the current and the feed rate are varied, the manufacture being carried out using metal beads in a plurality of successive layers,

wherein on a first layer, a first bead is produced along a first main axis and with a determined first width, a second bead is subsequently produced along a second main axis and with a second determined width, while ensuring an overlap on the first bead, said overlap varying from ¼ to ½ of the width of the first bead, and the number of beads necessary for the surface covered by the beads to be greater than the width of said portion are produced,

wherein on a second layer, a first bead is produced while centering its axis on the intersection of the first two beads of the first layer, a second bead is produced while ensuring an overlap on the first bead, said overlap varying from ¼ to ½ of the width of the first bead, and the number of beads necessary for the surface covered by the beads to be greater than the width of said portion are produced, and

wherein a number of layers are manufactured so as to obtain the desired height H of said portion of the part.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the MIG welding apparatus further comprises a shielding gas which is a mixture consisting of helium and argon.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the MIG welding apparatus further comprises a nozzle, and

wherein the nozzle is displaced in a first direction when producing the first layer and the nozzle is displaced in a second direction, opposite to the first, when producing the second layer.

4. A method for manufacturing at least a portion of width L and height H of a metal part of a turbine engine, comprising:

manufacturing said portion by metal application using a MIG welding apparatus comprising a pulsed current generator and a pulsed filler-wire feed rate, with which the current and the feed rate are varied, the manufacture being carried out using metal beads in a plurality of successive layers,

wherein, on a first layer, a first bead is produced along a first main axis and with a determined first width, a second bead is subsequently produced along a second main axis and with a second determined width, while ensuring an overlap on the first bead, said overlap varying from 0 to ¼ of the width of the first bead, and the number of beads necessary for the surface covered by the beads to be greater than the width of said portion are produced,

wherein on a second layer, a first bead is produced while centering its axis on the axis of the first bead of the first layer, and a second bead is produced while centering its axis on the axis of the second bead of the first layer,

wherein a third layer is furthermore produced with a first bead produced while centering its axis on the intersection of the first two beads of the second layer, and the necessary number of beads are produced while complying with a positioning rule of the axis of the beads, and

wherein the operations are repeated so as to obtain the desired height of said portion of the part.

5. The method as claimed in claims 1 or 4 , wherein the thickness of the part is greater than or equal to 3 mm.

6. The method as claimed in one of claims 1 or 4 , the parts in wherein the part comprises stainless steels, nickel bases, cobalt bases or titanium alloys.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2010
From: FLESCH, THIERRY JEAN EMILE; MOTTIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 025405/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 08 02986 · May 30, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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