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US 2010/0136258 A1Published application
Method for improved ceramic coating
OwnerChristopher W. Strock, Susan M. Tholoninventors
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an article having a ceramic topcoat includes the steps of forming the ceramic topcoat on the article, heating the ceramic topcoat, and establishing a desired thermal gradient through the ceramic topcoat to induce segmentation cracking in the ceramic topcoat.
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A method of manufacturing an article having a ceramic topcoat, comprising:
- (a) forming the ceramic topcoat on the article;
- (b) subsequent to said step (a), heating the ceramic topcoat;
- and
- (c) establishing a desired thermal gradient through the ceramic topcoat to induce segmentation cracking in at least a portion of the ceramic topcoat.
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A method of manufacturing an article having a ceramic topcoat, comprising:
- (a) forming the ceramic topcoat on the article;
- and
- (b) subsequent to said step (a), a conditioning step including a controlled sintering of at least a portion of the ceramic topcoat to induce segmentation cracking in the ceramic topcoat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.