US 6,982,123 B2
Method for repair of a nickel-base superalloy article using a thermally densified coating
David Edwin Budinger, Loveland, Ohio (US); Brent Ross Tholke, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); Matthew Nicklus Miller, Maineville, Ohio (US); Warren Davis Grossklaus, Jr., West Chester, Ohio (US); Joshua Leigh Miller, West Chester, Ohio (US); and Melvin Robert Jackson, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Nov. 06, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/703,010.
Prior Publication US 2005/0100663 A1, May 12, 2005
Int. Cl. B32B 15/01 (2006.01); B23K 31/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 428—680 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
21. An article comprising:
a nickel-base superalloy article that has previously been in service; and
a precursor mixture of a restoration coating applied to a surface of the article, wherein the precursor mixture has no more than about 12 weight percent chromium and no more than about 0.01 percent yttrium, and wherein the precursor mixture comprises a higher-melting-point alloy component, and a lower-melting-point alloy component.