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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel Gene Dunn, Guilderland, NY (US);
James Anthony Ruud, Delmar, NY (US);
Pierre-Andre Bui, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Gregory Scot Corman, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
James Scott Vartuli, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
The present application provides methods and apparatus for processing ceramic fibers for the manufacture of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). One method may include providing at least one frame including a planar array of unidirectional ceramic fibers extending across a void thereof. The method may further include depositing a coating on the ceramic fibers of the at least one frame via a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The method may also include impregnating the coated ceramic fibers with a slurry including a ceramic matrix precursor composition to form at least one CMC prepreg, such as a prepreg tape. The ceramic fibers may be substantially SiC fibers, for example.