Line-of-sight coating fixture and apparatus

A line-of-sight coating apparatus comprising:

• a coating chamber defined by at least one wall;
• a plurality of coating fixtures within the coating chamber, each of the plurality of coating fixtures comprising:
• a support structure;
• a platter;
• a plurality of compartments disposed below the platter and partially defined by the platter, each of the plurality of compartments being separately enclosable by a respective hinged door disposed on a periphery of the support structure;
• wherein each of the plurality of compartments adapted to receive and secure a root of a rotor blade such that the root is disposed below the platter and an airfoil of the rotor blade extends above the platter;
• and
• wherein each of the plurality of compartments further comprises a respective removable insert adapted to conform to the root of the rotor blade, the insert being removable from a respective one of the plurality of compartments;
• a spindle disposed through a center of the support structure for rotating a plurality of rotor blades thereabout;
• and
• a shadow structure disposed about the spindle, above the platter and inside of the periphery, the shadow structure comprising a plurality of individual shadow bars disposed with rotational symmetry about the spindle;
• and
• a line-of-sight coating source disposed along the at least one wall and directed toward the plurality of coating fixtures.