General Electric Company

Jonathan Robert Hootman

Timothy Joseph Trapp

Timothy Hanlon

Jeffrey Jason Bernath

Jonathan Paul Blank

Jason Bernard Fritz

Sergey Eduardovich Kalabekov

Alexander Banning Channell

A friction surfacing apparatus and method for depositing one or more metals, metal alloys, or other materials is disclosed. The friction surfacing apparatus includes a pin tool holder, a non-consumable shoulder having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, the inside diameter terminating at an end wall and includes an angled side wall that forms a substantially frustoconical opening at one end, and a consumable pin tool coupled to the pin tool holder and at least partially protruding from the end wall of the shoulder. The shoulder is maintained at a predetermined distance from a surface of a workpiece such that the consumable pin tool deposits pin tool material onto the surface of the workpiece during a friction surfacing operation.

Apparatus and method for friction surfacing using a consumable pin tool

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Lawrenceburg, IN, United States of America

Jonathan Robert Hootman