Airfoil devices, leading edge components, and methods of making such components

摘要

The invention related to a method of making leading edge components (55,57) for a composite airfoil device having a shape substantially conforming to an airfoil includes providing a first elongate sheet (55) having a shape substantially conforming to a surface on one of a suction side or a pressure side of the airfoil, a second elongate sheet (57) substantially conforming to the other surface and comprising an elongate edge (18), which is welded and covered with deposited materials.