EROSION SHIELD BRAZING ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

braze joint integrity runs in two criteria

Last 25mm towards the tip minimum 80% adhesion (20% of the area can have collectively 20%
voids)
Remaining stellite length 70% minimum adhesion
Both are subject to the following rules
Single defects up to 4mm are acceptable as long as there are no adjacent voids closer than the
size of the smaller void
The acceptable defect size is reduced at the tip to 2.5mm
The stage 7 turbine side has a large void towards the tip on the trailing edge side some up to
10mm in width at the widest point and 90 -125mm long there is also a cluster of voids at the
leading edge towards the root
all the blades have this defect to a greater or lesser extent
The stage 7 Generator blades do not have these defects.