Slurry coating leveling
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsGuolin Oo, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system for slurry coating leveling. The system includes a guide frame and a scrapper apparatus coupled to the guide frame. The scrapper apparatus includes a plurality of scrapper fingers aligned substantially parallel to each other. The system also includes a contour guide coupled to the scrapper fingers. The contour guide is configured to guide movement of the scrapper fingers across a surface of a component having a slurry coating. The scrapper fingers conform to a contour profile of the surface to level the slurry coating on the surface of the component.
Claims18
A system for slurry coating leveling, the system comprising:
- a guide frame;
- a scrapper apparatus coupled to the guide frame, the scrapper apparatus comprising a plurality of scrapper fingers aligned substantially parallel to each other;
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- a contour guide coupled to the scrapper fingers, the contour guide configured to guide movement of the scrapper fingers across a surface of a component comprising a slurry coating, wherein the scrapper fingers conform to a contour profile of the surface to level the slurry coating on the surface of the component, wherein the scrapper fingers each comprise a guide probe that is offset from a scrapper finger end to define a desired slurry thickness.
A system for slurry coating leveling, the system comprising:
- a guide frame;
- a scrapper apparatus coupled to the guide frame, the scrapper apparatus comprising a plurality of scrapper fingers aligned substantially parallel to each other;
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- a contour guide coupled to the scrapper fingers, the contour guide configured to guide movement of the scrapper fingers across a surface of a component comprising a slurry coating, wherein the scrapper fingers conform to a contour profile of the surface to level the slurry coating on the surface of the component, wherein the contour guide comprises a plurality of contour guide rails, each of the contour guide rails controlling a vertical position of at least one of the scrapper fingers as the scrapper apparatus moves with respect to the component.
A method for slurry coating leveling on a component, the method comprising:
- positioning a scrapper apparatus proximate to a component comprising a slurry coating, wherein the scrapper apparatus is coupled to a guide frame, the scrapper apparatus comprising a plurality of scrapper fingers aligned substantially parallel to each other;
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- guiding movement of the scrapper fingers across a surface of the component comprising the slurry coating using a contour guide, wherein the scrapper fingers conform to a contour profile of the surface to level the slurry coating on the surface of the component, wherein the scrapper fingers each comprise a guide probe that is offset from a scrapper finger end to define a desired slurry thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.