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Laser barrier material

US5140127A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 1991
Grant dateAug 18, 1992
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K26/389
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In the laser drilling of a hole through a wall of a gas turbine blade into a cavity within the blade there is provided an injectable PTFE substitute for injection into the cavity before laser drilling. The PTFE substitute prevents strike-through of laser light to the opposite wall of the cavity. The PTFE substitute used is fluorinated ethylene propylene or a copolymer having a PTFE backbone and fully fluorinated alkoxy side groups.

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