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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Zhaoli Hu, Greer, SC (US);
Abe Denis Darling, Laurens, SC (US);
Shamgar Elijah McDowell, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Douglas Anthony Serieno, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jonathan Matthew Lomas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for repairing one or more holes in a near wall of a component is provided. The method includes determining updated hole information, including an updated location, of a first hole in the near wall of the component. The method also includes directing a confined laser beam of the confined laser drill towards the near wall of the component at the updated location of the first hole to drill through a coating of the component extending over and/or positioned in the first hole. The method also includes sensing a characteristic of light reflected from the updated location of the first hole and determining the confined laser beam of the confined laser drill has drilled through a portion of the coating of the component extending over and/or positioned in the first hole based on the sensed characteristic of light.