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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Jon Draghi, Simsbury, CT (US);
Peter Wrabel, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427142 ; 427454 ; 298891 ;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine component coated with a thermal barrier coating that includes a metallic bond coat and a ceramic top coat is repaired by removing the ceramic top coat from an engine-run gas turbine engine component and inspecting the component. A metallic flash coat is applied to at least a portion of the component. A ceramic top coat is then applied over predetermined portions of the component, including the portion to which the metallic flash coat was applied.