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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Keith R. Boislard, Colchester, CT (US);
Ozgur Erdinc, Mansfield, CT (US);
Kathryn S. Conety, East Haddam, CT (US);
Iuliana Cernatescu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Garrett Kernozicky, Mansfield, CT (US);
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A method can comprise: scanning, via an optical scanner, a tip of an airfoil of a bladed rotor, the tip including a coating disposed thereon, the coating comprising a metal plating and a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion in the plurality of protrusions extending from the metal plating; comparing a coating parameter of the coating to a coating parameter threshold based on scanner data from the optical scanner; and determining whether the coating maintains sufficient coverage of the tip of the airfoil based on the comparing.