A method of joining at least two components, a method for rendering a component resistant to erosion, and a turbine blade

摘要

A method (500) of joining at least two components, a method of preventing erosion of a base component and a turbine blade are provided. The method (500) of joining at least two components includes providing (502) a laser cladding apparatus, aligning a first component and second component, and joining (510) the first and second components by laser cladding. The first component includes a first joining surface adjacent to a seconding joining surface of the second component. The first joining surface and the second joining surface are joined by laser cladding along a joining plane. Joining material from the laser cladding provides at least one joining (510) layer between the first joining surface and the second joining surface. The first and second joining surfaces include a bevel angle.