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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bhupendra Kumar Gupta, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Wayne Ray Grady, Fairfield, OH (US);
Nripendra Nath Das, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/500 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for repairing an article having a fissure in a metallic overlay environmental resistant coating that includes the element Al, for example an overlay coating of the MCrAlY type. The method depletes more than about 90 wt. % of the Al from an exposed coating surface within the fissure and from a coating outer surface adjacent the fissure, to a depth of at least about 7 mils, without removal of the coating and while substantially maintaining the coating thickness. Thereafter, the fissure is repaired.