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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Applicants:
John Ruediger Mader Viertl, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Tymm Bradner Schumaker, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Inventors:
John Ruediger Mader Viertl, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Tymm Bradner Schumaker, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining a useful life applied to a coating on a surface of a component coupled to a rotatable member of a rotary machine. The method includes directing a laser across a surface of the component while the rotatable member remains coupled within an assembled rotary machine and measuring radiation emitted from the surface of the component.