USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

South Dakota Board of Regents

Robert H Hrabe

Victor Champagne

Christian A Widener

Luke Dewight Steinmetz

Ronald Ryan Raphoon

Methods of providing an inspection detectable repair to a component may include providing a component to be repaired having a substrate with a surface. The methods may include identifying a compromised region of a compromised portion of the substrate of the component, with the compromised region having at least one void, and providing material to form a filler material to be applied to the surface of the substrate to be repaired. The methods may include applying particles of filler material as a cold spray deposition utilizing a cold spray deposition apparatus, with particles of filler material forming a deposit of cold sprayed particles on the surface of the substrate adjacent to the at least one void. The methods may include wrapping the substrate of the component with at least one layer of wrap material to cover at least a portion of the deposit of filler material on the substrate.

Methods and inspection detectable composite repair materials for pipeline repairs

The present disclosure addresses limitations with methods, systems and processes for integrating multiple advanced technologies into a single automated manufacturing and repair cell. The methods, systems and processes of the present disclosure leverage unique software and hardware to configure a manufacturing cell that is capable of conducting process development and planning, dimensional analysis, pre-machining, surface preparation, cold spray (supersonic particle deposition), dust collection, helium recovery, and post machining in a single integrated manufacturing and repair cell.

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Rapid City, SD, United States of America

Robert H Hrabe