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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2011
Raul Basilio Rebak, Schenectady, NY (US);
Renee Bushey Rohling, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Scott Andrew Weaver, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Waterford, NY (US);
Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Brian Mcdermott, Rexford, NY (US);
Lawrence Bernard Kool, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ann Melinda Ritter, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Raul Basilio Rebak, Schenectady, NY (US);
Renee Bushey Rohling, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Scott Andrew Weaver, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Waterford, NY (US);
Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Brian McDermott, Rexford, NY (US);
Lawrence Bernard Kool, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ann Melinda Ritter, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of fabricating coated components using multiple types of fillers are provided. One method comprises forming one or more grooves in an outer surface of a substrate. Each groove has a base and extends at least partially along the outer surface of the substrate. The method further includes disposing a sacrificial filler within the groove(s), disposing a permanent filler over the sacrificial filler, disposing a coating over at least a portion of the substrate and over the permanent filler, and removing the first sacrificial filler from the groove(s), to define one or more channels for cooling the component. A component with a permanent filler is also provided.