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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
David A. Raulerson, Palm Beach Garden, FL (US);
Kevin D. Smith, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Zhong Ouyang, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Lisa J. Brasche, Ellington, CT (US);
William J. Brindley, Hebron, CT (US);
David N. Potter, East Hampton, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for repairing components. A material layer may be deposited on a surface of a component. The material layer may cover a cooling hole. A pulsed heat source may heat the component and the material layer. An infrared camera may take a series of images of the component. A location of the cooling hole may be identified based on thermal properties of the component. A removal tool may remove a portion of the material layer in order to expose the cooling hole.