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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Alistair Jeffrey Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Wayne Alan Demo, Maineville, OH (US);
Ronald Lance Galley, Mason, OH (US);
Stephen Joseph Ferrigno, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian Robert Graham, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alistair Jeffrey Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Wayne Alan Demo, Maineville, OH (US);
Ronald Lance Galley, Mason, OH (US);
Stephen Joseph Ferrigno, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian Robert Graham, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for restoring a length of at least one of a master rod and an articulating rod, the method including determining a length of the rod, if the rod is within an acceptable length, cleaning the rod, applying a masking material to a part of the rod to be protected, grit blasting the part of the rod not protected by the masking material, and applying a thermal spray to the part of the rod not protected by the masking material to increase the length of the rod.