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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Robert Schaer, Edgewater, FL (US);
Mahmood K. Silieti, Orlando, FL (US);
Rafael A. de Cardenas, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24C 1/08 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24C 1/08 (2013.01); B08B 7/00 (2013.01); B24C 1/086 (2013.01); F01D 5/005 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F05D 2230/80 (2013.01); F05D 2230/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of cleaning a component includes providing the component following the operation of the component in a high temperature environment, the component including a thermal barrier coating (TBC), cleaning the TBC of the component using a sponge jet blasting process, and measuring a cleaned thickness of the TBC to verify that the cleaned thickness exceeds a predetermined minimum value that will allow the return of the component to the high temperature environment.