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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Robert E. Sharp, Corinth, MS (US);
Adam William Ostein, Corinth, MS (US);
Curtis John Graham, Peoria, IL (US);
Jarrod David Moss, Corinth, MS (US);
Bharat Kumar Meduru, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an engine block is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing an engine block including a cylinder bore and a top deck with a head face including a predetermined surface roughness. The method also includes masking the cylinder bore with a masking plug, the masking plug being located at a predetermined insertion distance measured from a masking plug outer surface to the head face. The method further includes applying a corrosion resistant coating to the top deck over the head face and machine finishing the engine block including the coating to the engine block specifications.