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US 11,143,042 B2Granted
System and method for applying a metallic coating
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsGiovanni Whitman, Henry H. Thayer, Gary J. Larson, Wangen Lin, Donn Blankenship
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for applying a metallic coating. A first metallic coating may be applied to a portion of a total surface of a part and a second metallic coating may be applied to substantially the total surface. The metallic coating may be applied to a vane cluster for use in a turbomachine.
Claims20
A method for application of a metallic coating to a vane cluster including at least two cluster vanes, the method comprising:
- applying a first layer of metallic coating within a portion of a total surface of the at least two cluster vanes;
- and
- applying a second layer of metallic coating to substantially the total surface of the at least two cluster vanes.
A vane cluster comprising:
- a cluster platform;
- a cluster shroud;
- at least two cluster vanes extending between the cluster platform and the cluster shroud and defining a total surface;
- a first layer of metallic coating disposed within a portion of the total surface of the at least two cluster vanes;
- and
- a second layer of metallic coating disposed on substantially the total surface of the at least two cluster vanes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.