Apparatus and method for masking under platform areas of airfoil components

A fixture for masking a gas turbine engine blade, the blade having a root, a platform and an airfoil, the platform having inner and outer surfaces and peripheral faces extending between the surfaces, the fixture including a base with a receptacle for receiving the root of the blade; a removable side...

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Hauptverfasser: Trzcinski, Frank J, Cervoni, Andrew, Elliott, Scott A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A fixture for masking a gas turbine engine blade, the blade having a root, a platform and an airfoil, the platform having inner and outer surfaces and peripheral faces extending between the surfaces, the fixture including a base with a receptacle for receiving the root of the blade; a removable sidewall mountable to the base to form a masking box with the receptacle that shields the root; a first removable Z plane detail mountable to the base, the first removable Z plane detail providing a first electrical contact point to the root; and a second removable Z plane detail mountable to the removable sidewall, the second removable Z plane detail providing a second electrical contact point to the root