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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Bao Feng, Dunlap, IL (US);
Mahmoud Taher, Pooria, IL (US);
Andrew G. Shull, Washington, IL (US);
Eric P. Carlson, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Conrad C. Klepper, Radford, VA (US);
Bao Feng, Dunlap, IL (US);
Mahmoud Taher, Pooria, IL (US);
Andrew G. Shull, Washington, IL (US);
Eric P. Carlson, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Conrad C. Klepper, Radford, VA (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for producing a coating. The method may include providing a substrate material and initiating a coating-deposition process to apply a coating material to the substrate material to produce a coating on the substrate material, wherein the coating includes a diamond-like carbon coating. The method may further include monitoring an intensity of hydrogen-alpha emission of a plasma produced during the coating-deposition process and adjusting at least one process variable of the coating-deposition process to facilitate production of the diamond-like carbon coating.