Coating process and coated article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9527109-B2
Application number	US-201313910290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2013
Priority date	Jun 5, 2013
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A coating process and coated article are disclosed. The coating process includes positioning an article relative to an inductor, heating the article with the inductor, then applying a coating material over the article to form a crystalline coating. The heating of the article increases a first temperature of a surface of the article to a second temperature favoring crystal formation. Another coating process includes positioning an article, uniformly heating a surface of the article to a second temperature favoring crystal formation, then applying an environmental barrier coating material over the surface of the article to form a crystalline environmental barrier coating. The application of the environmental barrier coating is performed through air plasma spray deposition. The coated article includes an article having a complex geometry, and a crystalline coating applied on a surface of the article. The crystalline coating includes increased resistant to delamination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coating process, comprising:
positioning an article relative to and external to an inductor, the article being a turbine component;
heating the article with the inductor while positioned external to the inductor; then
applying a coating material over the article to form a crystalline coating, applying the coating material over the article including dispensing the coating material from a material source to the article, the material source being remote from the article, the coating material being selected from the group consisting of a thermal barrier coating material, a bond coating material, an environmental barrier coating material, and combinations thereof, the crystalline coating corresponding to the coating material and being selected from the group consisting of a thermal barrier coating, a bond coating, an environmental barrier coating, and combinations thereof;
wherein the heating of the article increases a first temperature of a surface of the article to a second temperature favoring crystal formation over amorphous formation of the coating material, and the second temperature is maintained by heating with the inductor while applying the coating material.

2. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the crystalline coating is resistant to delamination.

3. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the crystalline coating is applied on a complex geometry of the article.

4. The coating process of claim 1 , further comprising manipulating the article relative to the inductor.

5. The coating process of claim 1 , further comprising manipulating the inductor relative to the article.

6. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the crystalline coating is formed without a post-coating heat treatment.

7. The coating process of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining at least the second temperature favoring crystal formation in the article throughout the application of the coating material over the article.

8. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the article includes a ceramic matrix composite.

9. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the article includes a nickel alloy.

10. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the coating material is an environmental barrier coating material.

11. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein phase change of the coating material to an amorphous state during the formation of the crystalline coating is eliminated or reduced in comparison to a comparable coating process at a temperature less than the second temperature.

12. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the crystalline coating from the applying of the coating material occurs without a volume change.

13. The coating process of claim 1 , further comprising depositing the coating material by a method selected from the group consisting of thermal spray, air plasma spray, high-velocity oxy-fuel spray, high-velocity air-fuel spray, high-velocity air plasma spray, and radio-frequency induction plasma.

14. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the crystalline coating includes a coating depth of between 0.5 mils and 30 mils.

15. The coating process of claim 1 , further comprising detaching the article from an apparatus prior to applying the coating material.

16. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein the article remains attached to an apparatus throughout the depositing of the coating material.

17. The coating process of claim 1 , further including a post-coating heat treatment of the article with the crystalline coating formed thereon of less than 50 hours.

18. A coating process, comprising:
positioning an article relative to and external to an energy source comprising an inductor, the article being a turbine component;
uniformly heating while the article is external to the inductor a surface of the article to a second temperature favoring crystal formation over amorphous formation of an environmental barrier coating material; then
applying the environmental barrier coating material over the surface of the article at the second temperature to form a crystalline environmental barrier coating of a uniform depth, applying the environmental barrier coating material over the article including dispensing the environmental barrier coating material from a material source to the article, the material source being remote from the article;
wherein the application of the environmental barrier coating is performed through air plasma spray deposition.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Margolies Joshua Lee
• Grossman Theodore Robert

Classifications

• C23C4/134

  Plasma spraying · CPC title

• F01D5/288

  Protective coatings for blades · CPC title

• C23C4/02 Primary

  Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas · CPC title

• C23C4/11

  Oxides · CPC title

• F05D2230/312

  by plasma spraying · CPC title