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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Timothy Hanlon, Glenmont, NY (US);
Jason Bernard Fritz, Norwood, OH (US);
Jeffrey Jason Bernath, Columbus, OH (US);
Alexander Banning Channell, Powell, OH (US);
Jonathan Paul Blank, Mason, OH (US);
Sergey Eduardovich Kalabekov, Moscow, RU;
Jonathan Robert Hootman, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Timothy Joseph Trapp, Wyoming, OH (US);
Timothy Hanlon, Glenmont, NY (US);
Jason Bernard Fritz, Norwood, OH (US);
Jeffrey Jason Bernath, Columbus, OH (US);
Alexander Banning Channell, Powell, OH (US);
Jonathan Paul Blank, Mason, OH (US);
Sergey Eduardovich Kalabekov, Moscow, RU;
Jonathan Robert Hootman, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Timothy Joseph Trapp, Wyoming, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A friction surfacing apparatus and method for depositing one or more metals, metal alloys, or other materials is disclosed. The friction surfacing apparatus includes a pin tool holder, a non-consumable shoulder having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, the inside diameter terminating at an end wall and includes an angled side wall that forms a substantially frustoconical opening at one end, and a consumable pin tool coupled to the pin tool holder and at least partially protruding from the end wall of the shoulder. The shoulder is maintained at a predetermined distance from a surface of a workpiece such that the consumable pin tool deposits pin tool material onto the surface of the workpiece during a friction surfacing operation.