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(43) Date of publication: 12.02.1997 Bulletin 1997/07 (21) Application number: 95916747.0 (22) Date of filing: 24.04.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B23P 6/ 00( . ) F01D 5/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/000919 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/029037 (02.11.1995 Gazette 1995/47)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR IT LI LU NL (30) Priority: 25.04.1994 GB 19940008156 (71) Applicant: TURBINE BLADING LIMITED Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire CV36 4BL (GB)	(72) Inventors: FRASER, Michael James Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 5UL (GB) LEGROS, Raymond Donald Henwick Park, Worcester WR2 6DG (GB) (74) Representative: Symes, Christopher A., et al  FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 80801 München 80801 München (DE)