Patent 10919119 was granted and assigned to General Electric on February, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for repairing a component is disclosed. The method includes removing a portion originally including a plurality of cooling holes, of the component to form a cavity, forming by additive manufacturing a replacement portion including a plurality of cooling holes, and varying a surface roughness and a diameter of at least one cooling hole of the plurality of cooling holes during the forming by additive manufacturing the replacement portion. The replacement portion replaces the portion of the component.