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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2005
William J. Endres, Houghton, MI (US);
William J. Endres, Houghton, MI (US);
Endres Machining Innovations LLC, Houghton, MI (US);
Abstract
A wear surface system and method for preparing same. The wear surface systemhas a substratewith a surfacein which is defined three-dimensional, micro-metered prismatic anchoring sites. The sites include hairs that are separated by at least some spaces. To the textured surfaceis applied a coating. The coating has substantially conforming three-dimensional features that mate with at least some of the anchoring sites. Upon solidification, the coating becomes hardened and is relatively immune from delamination due to internal and externally applied stresses during exposure to normal wear conditions. One method for improving the wearability of a surface comprises the steps of (1) providing a substrate; (2) texturizing its surface so that it is at least partially imbued with a three-dimensional, micro-metered, prismatic set of anchoring sites; and (3) coating at least a part of the textured surface with a mating coating that becomes hardened upon solidification.