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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nesim Abuaf, Schenectady, NY (US);
Wayne Charles Hasz, Pownal, VT (US);
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Alan Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Frederick Alan Buck, Sharonville, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 7/02 ; B22C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 7/02 ; B22C 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method of forming a turbine engine component, includes providing a mold having a textured region, pouring a molten alloy into the mold, and cooling the molten alloy to form a turbine engine component, wherein the turbine engine component has an enhanced surface area region corresponding to the textured region of the mold, the enhanced surface area region comprising randomly arranged bumps.