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Foil coating on a local region of a component and its method of production and installation

US5968299A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union MÃƒÂ¼nchen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Reinhold Meier · Dorfen, DE
Erhard Schittenhelm · Schöngeising, DE
Martin Thoma · Munich, DE
Anton Albrecht · Gaimersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 1997
Grant date	Oct 19, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/10
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A protective coating is applied on a local region of a surface of a component on which direct deposit of a uniform coating of protective material is impeded due to a complex shape of the region to be covered or inaccessibility or inability to apply a uniform deposition or electrical field therefor. The coating is formed by a foil having a solder backing layer with a thin layer of uniform thickness of the protective material electrolytically deposited on the backing layer, the foil being cut to size corresponding to an area of the local region of the component to be protected. The cut to size foil is positioned and held on the local region of the component to be protected; and fixed in place by melting the solder to fuse the foil to the component and cover the local region.

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