United Technologies Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Sundstrand Corporation

Rtx Corporation

Gary A Wigell

John D Riehl

John Harner

William Bogue

Brandon A Gates

Michael A Morden

John F Scanlon

David W Okey

Hossein Saatchi

Anthony G Ruglio

Thomas M Morin

John S Church

Jeffrey Ian Phillips

A drench system includes a rotating mount to rotate a workpiece, a showerhead to dispense a fluid onto the workpiece; and a tray to collect the fluid and recirculate the fluid to the shower. A method of repairing or remanufacturing a coating includes abrading a surface to at least partially remove a portion of a coating to leave an abraded surface; applying a sol-gel over the abraded surface; applying a corrosion resistant primer onto the sol-gel; and applying an erosion coating onto the corrosion resistant primer.

Processes and tooling associated with coating application

A method of repairing an erosion coating coupled to a substrate, wherein the coating comprises an anodization layer on the substrate, a bond primer layer on the anodization layer, a corrosion-resistant primer on the bond primer, and an erosion coating on the corrosion-resistant primer. The method comprises abrading an erosion coating; abrading a corrosion-resistant primer; creating an abraded surface comprising a bond primer over an anodization layer coupled to the substrate, applying a sol-gel adhesion promoter layer to said abraded surface; applying a corrosion-resistant layer over the sol-gel adhesion promoter layer; and applying an erosion coating layer over the corrosion-resistant layer.

Method to strip and recoat erosion coatings applied to fan blades and structural guide vanes

A method for anodizing a bonded assembly may include attaching a first electrode to a first component of the bonded assembly, and forming a first oxide layer on the first component. The bonded assembly may comprise the first component and a second component bonded to the first component. The second component may be electrically isolated from the first component.

Anodization of bonded assembly

A method of fabricating a composite structure having at least one skin molecularly bonded to a core. A skin is provided of reinforcing fibrous material and a thermoplastic matrix. The skin is thermoformed to the general exterior shape of the composite structure. A core having a thermoplastic matrix complementary to the matrix of the skin is molded into the general shape of the composite structure. The skin and the core are placed in juxtaposition in a final forming mold. A thermoplastic material is injected into the final forming mold under isostatic conditions. The thermoplastic material is complementary to the thermoplastic matrices of the skin and the core.

Method of fabricating composite structures

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