Abstract: Methods allowing for visual inspection of a coated component for erosion damage involving providing a component, and applying a plurality of layers of an erosion system to at least a portion of the component to produce the coated component where each layer of the erosion system comprises a different color that becomes visible as the layer is eroded.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2008
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2011
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Stephen Craig Mitchell, Andrew J. Brizgis, Donald George LaChapelle, Warren Rosal Ronk