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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Stephen Gerard Pope, Roebuck, SC (US);
Dennis William Cavanaugh, Palm Beach Garden, FL (US);
John Gregory Obeirne, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Eicher McConnell, Easley, SC (US);
Mark Lawrence Hunt, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Canan Hardwicke, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of reducing an initial cross-sectional area of a hole in a component to a predetermined cross-sectional area including preparing a composition comprising at least an aluminum alloy with a melting temperature higher than aluminum, applying the composition to an interior surface of the hole, and then heating the component to cause a metal within the component to diffuse from the component into the composition and react with the aluminum alloy in the composition to form a coating on the interior surface of the hole. The heating step is performed to selectively modify the initial cross-sectional area of the hole and thereby directly attain the predetermined cross-sectional area thereof.