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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Warren Arthur Nelson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Donald Joseph Baldwin, Galway, NY (US);
Lyle B. Spiegel, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James Edward Viggiani, Piedmont, SC (US);
Warren Arthur Nelson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Donald Joseph Baldwin, Galway, NY (US);
Lyle B. Spiegel, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James Edward Viggiani, Piedmont, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of machining a profile pattern in a ceramic coating of a turbine shroud is provided and includes applying the ceramic coating substantially uniformly onto the turbine shroud, positioning a machining tool proximate the ceramic coating, and removing material from the ceramic coating by activating the machining tool to machine the ceramic coating and by moving the machining tool across the ceramic coating in a movement pattern that generally corresponds to the profile pattern.