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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin Updegrove, Carson City, NV (US);
Frank Goodwater, Reno, NV (US);
William Fay, Silver Springs, NV (US);
Assignee:
Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
205717 ; 205723 ;
Abstract
A process is provided to strip a metallic coating from a turbine blade comprising attaching the blade to a positive lead from a power supply, submersing a portion of the blade with a metallic coating to be stripped into a bath of acidic electro stripping solution, said bath containing a negative lead from a power supply attached to a conductive grid; and providing a current to the blade in the bath for a period of time effective to remove the coating on the portion of the blade.