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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Allen Singletary, Greenville, SC (US);
John Thomas Zanetti, Greenville, SC (US);
Kassy Moy Hart, Greenville, SC (US);
William Clifford Ross, Monroe, OH (US);
Jose Troitino Lopez, Miami, FL (US);
Anderson Viaro Mattos, Greenville, SC (US);
Fernando Jorge Casanova, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A coating method for a component with at least one aperture includes providing a component having at least one aperture formed in a surface thereof; additively manufacturing a hollow member on a portion of the surface to define a space above each aperture, the portion of the surface being adjacent to the aperture, the hollow member having an inner peripheral geometry complementary to a peripheral geometry at least one of aperture; applying at least one coating over the surface of the component and around hollow member to form an applied coating having an applied coating thickness; and removing at least a portion of the hollow member to make a top portion of the hollow member coplanar with the applied coating to expose the space through the applied coating; wherein a lower portion of the hollow member remains to define the space through the applied coating.