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US 2015/0174838 A1Published application
Turbine component patch delivery systems and methods
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJacob John Kittleson, Don Mark Lipkin
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Abstract
A turbine component patch delivery system can include a compressed gas source fluidly connected to a delivery line comprising a dispensing end. The turbine component patch delivery system can further include one or more turbine component patch carriers that can be projected out of the dispensing end of the delivery line by the compressed gas source, wherein each of the one or more turbine component patch carriers comprise a turbine component patch material housed within a breakaway shell.
Claims20
A turbine component patch delivery system comprising:
- a compressed gas source fluidly connected to a delivery line comprising a dispensing end;
- and,
- one or more turbine component patch carriers that can be projected out of the dispensing end of the delivery line by the compressed gas source, wherein each of the one or more turbine component patch carriers comprise a turbine component patch material housed within a breakaway shell.
A turbine component patch delivery method comprising:
- providing a compressed gas source fluidly connected to a delivery line comprising a dispensing end;
- positioning a turbine component patch carrier in the delivery line, wherein the turbine component patch carrier comprises a turbine component patch material housed within a breakaway shell;
- projecting the turbine component patch carrier through the delivery line and out the dispensing end towards a surface of a turbine component using the compressed gas source, wherein the breakaway shell breaks open to at least partially coat the surface of the turbine component with the turbine component patch material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.