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US 2015/0307990 A1Published application
Method and system for controlling coating in non-line-of-sight locations
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsBROOKS E. SNYDER, THOMAS J. MARTIN, THOMAS N. SLAVENS
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Abstract
A method for coating a turbine engine component, said method includes the steps of: placing the component into a chamber; injecting a non-reactive carrier gas containing a coating material into the chamber; and forming a coating on a desired portion of the component by locally heating the desired portion of the component by redirecting a directed energy beam onto the desired portion of the component.
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A method for coating a turbine engine component, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing said component into a chamber;
- injecting a non-reactive carrier gas containing a coating material into said chamber;
- and
- forming a coating on a desired portion of said component by locally heating said desired portion of said component by redirecting a directed energy beam onto said desired portion of said component.
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A system for coating a turbine engine component, said system comprising:
- a chamber for holding said component to be coated;
- a non-reactive carrier gas containing a coating material to be injected into the chamber;
- a directed energy beam source for generating an energy beam;
- and
- a redirecting surface for redirecting said energy beam onto a desired portion of said component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.