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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael David Clark, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Douglas Gerard Konitzer, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for forming a thermal barrier coating system on a surface of a component. The method can include introducing the component into a coating chamber, where a first ceramic source material and a second ceramic source material are positioned within the coating chamber of a physical vapor deposition apparatus. An energy source is directed onto the first ceramic source material to vaporize the first ceramic source material to deposit a first layer on the component. The energy source is alternated between the first ceramic source material and the second ceramic source material to form a blended layer on the first layer.