Method for manufacturing a component
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsAndrew Douglas Steinmetz, Douglas Trent Weaver, Roger Lee Recker
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a component is provided. The method includes providing one or more notches on a surface of the component. Further, depositing a coating on the surface to provide a thickness of the coating on the surface, is performed. The method also includes removing, at least partially, the coating from the surface such that the thickness of the coating over the notches is different from the thickness of the coating on the surface adjacent to the notches.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing a component, the method comprising:
- providing one or more notches on a surface of the component;
- depositing a coating on the surface to provide a thickness of the coating on the surface;
- and
- removing, at least partially, the coating from the surface such that the thickness of the coating over the notches is different from the thickness of the coating on the surface adjacent to the notches.
A bushing for a track link assembly of a machine, the bushing comprising:
- an end face having a surface, the surface including one or more notches;
- and
- a coating secured on the surface, wherein a thickness of the coating secured over each of the notches is different than a thickness of the coating over the surface adjacent to the each of the notches.
A component having a surface, the component comprising:
- a coating secured on the surface;
- and
- one or more fracture zones for controlling chipping of the coating from the surface, wherein each of the one or more fracture zones include a different thickness of the coating relative to a thickness of the coating adjacent to each of the one or more fracture zones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.