Method for manufacturing a erosion preventative diamond-like coating for a turbine engine compressor blade
US7247348B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Methods for making an erosion resistant gas turbine engine compressor airfoil substrates coated with a diamond-like coating (DLC), wherein the coating airfoil substrates are protected from ingested abrasive particulates, may include the step of performing a hydrogen-free chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process by ablation of a graphite target in a vacuum. The DLC may be comprised predominantly of sp3 (tetrahedral) carbon, and may be devoid of detectable amounts of hydrogen.
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