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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey A. Conner, Hamilton, OH (US);
Michael J. Weimer, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 ;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine hot section component having a ceramic thermal barrier coating is repaired by removing the ceramic thermal barrier coating, removing oxidation products and corrosion products from the metallic bond coating beneath the ceramic thermal barrier coating, applying a noble metal to the component, diffusing the noble metal into the component substrate, and aluminiding the component to provide an outermost noble metal-Al layer.