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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120047734 | TURBINE NOZZLE BIFORM REPAIR A turbine nozzle may be repaired by severing the inner band from the vanes and outer band, which may then be discarded. A replacement nozzle is cast to include replacement vanes extending between a replacement outer band and an inner web, with the replacement outer band... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20100221567 | BLAZE CLADDING FOR DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERED MATERIALS A direct metal laser sintered material including a substrate formed from a laser sintering process, the substrate having at least one surface, and a cladding material brazed onto at least a portion of the surface.... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100176119 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING BRAZE JOINTS UTILIZING GOLD/COPPER/NICKEL BRAZING ALLOYS A method to improve the impact resistance of a braze joint between a tungsten/carbide/cobalt substrate and a substrate including titanium or alloy thereof includes utilizing a brazing material including gold, nickel, and copper present in respective amounts to improve t... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100136247 | METHOD FOR HVOF OR LPPS RESTORATION COATING REPAIR OF A NICKEL-BASE SUPERALLOY ARTICLE A method for repairing a nickel-base superalloy article, such as a gas turbine stationary flowpath shroud having flowpath cooling holes therein that has previously been in service, includes the steps of providing the nickel-base superalloy article that has previously be... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20090305079 | BRAZED ARTICLES, BRAZE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS THEREFOR UTILIZING GOLD/COPPER/NICKEL BRAZING ALLOYS A brazing assembly includes a tungsten/carbide/cobalt substrate (e.g., wear pad), a second substrate including titanium or titanium alloy (e.g., a midspan shroud of a fan or compressor blade) and a brazing material including gold, nickel, and copper present in respectiv... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20080202552 | Method for selectively removing coatings from metal substrates Disclosed is a method for selectively removing a coating from a substrate. Aluminum is diffused into the coating. The coating is contacted with an aqueous composition including at least one of an acid having the formula HxAF6, and precursors to the... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20070295785 | MICROWAVE BRAZING USING MIM PREFORMS A method of producing a braze preform for microwave brazing includes providing a mixture of a brazing alloy in metallic powder form and a binder, and melting the binder and forming the mixture into a preform having a preselected shape. A method of bonding together two m... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070284410 | MIM BRAZE PREFORMS A method of making a braze preform includes: providing a mixture of a brazing alloy in metallic powder form and a binder; melting the binder and forming the mixture into a preform having a preselected shape; removing a majority of the binder from the preform; and heatin... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070141375 | Braze cladding for direct metal laser sintered materials A direct metal laser sintered material including a substrate formed from a laser sintering process, the substrate having at least one surface, and a cladding material brazed onto at least a portion of the surface. ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070068992 | Gold/nickel/copper brazing alloys for brazing WC-Co to titanium alloys A brazing material including about 40 to about 60 percent by weight gold, about 5 to about 16 percent by weight nickel and about 35 to about 55 percent by weight copper. ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070039175 | Methods for repairing turbine engine components A method for repairing a turbine component includes identifying a crack in a surface of the component and applying a fluoride mixture to the surface of the component containing the crack. The method also includes exposing the portion of the component including the fluor... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20070037008 | Wear-resistant coating mixture and article having the wear-resistant coating mixture applied thereto An article includes a substrate having a surface, and a wear-resistant coating mixture applied to the surface of the substrate. The wear-resistant coating mixture has a nickel-base alloy first component with a first-component solidus temperature of from about 1775° F. ... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070017958 | Method for coating a substrate and articles coated therewith Methods for coating a substrate, such as a turbine engine component, are presented. In one method a preform comprising braze alloy and wear-resistant particles is attached to the substrate. The preform is then bonded to the substrate to form the wear-resistant coating. ... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20050265831 | Method for coating gas turbine engine components A method for assembling a vane sector for a gas turbine engine, the vane sector including an airfoil vane and a platform includes depositing a wear coating material onto a selected area of the platform, positioning the platform adjacent to the airfoil vane, and executin... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050126593 | Methods of hydrogen cleaning of metallic surfaces The pulsed partial pressure hydrogen cleaning of cobalt-based alloys in turbine components is achieved by disposing the component within a vacuum furnace and heating the component. Upon heating to about 1400° F., a partial pressure hydrogen gas and a vacuum are repetit... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050100663 | Method for repair of a nickel-base superalloy article using a thermally densified coating A nickel-base superalloy article, such as a gas turbine stationary flowpath shroud that has previously been in service, is repaired by applying a restoration coating to a surface of the article. The restoration coating is applied by providing a precursor mixture, wherei... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098243 | Method for HVOF or LPPS restoration coating repair of a nickel-base superalloy article A method for repairing a nickel-base superalloy article, such as a gas turbine stationary flowpath shroud having flowpath cooling holes therein that has previously been in service, includes the steps of providing the nickel-base superalloy article that has previously be... | 05/12/2005 |
