Method for simultaneously coating a plurality of workpieces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8308916
APP PUB NO 20100272894A1
SERIAL NO

12833226

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This invention relates to a fixture for use in a physical vapor deposition coating operation which comprises a support structure 14 comprising a circular base member 10, a circular top member 11 opposite the circular base member 10, and a plurality of structural members 12 joining said top member 11 to said base member 10; a plurality of panel members 13 aligned in a vertical direction around the outer periphery of said support structure 14 forming a cylinder structure; said panel members 13 including a plurality of apertures for holding workpieces 19 and 35 to which a coating is to be applied; and said apertures positioned on said panel members 13 so that said workpieces 19 and 35 are aligned in a staggered vertical direction. This invention also relates to a method for simultaneously coating a plurality of workpieces 19 and 35, such as gas turbine compressor blades and vanes, with erosion resistant coatings using the fixture of this invention.

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PRAXAIR S T TECHNOLOGY INCNORTH HAVEN CT 06473

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Cain, Scott Sheridan, US 5 80
Feuerstein, Albert Carmel, US 32 511
Sharp, David Indianapolis, US 64 366

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