Abstract: A kit for retrofitting a pivoting window of a vehicle including a secondary window frame attachable to the original window frame of the vehicle and adapted to provide additional clearance between the pivoting window and any adjacent panels or parts of the vehicle, a connector adapted to connect the secondary window frame to the original window frame, and a latch mechanism adapted to hold the pivoting window in a selected position with respect to the secondary window frame.

Abstract: In one example, a method for forming an environmental barrier coating (EBC) on a substrate. The method may include depositing an environmental barrier coating (EBC) on a substrate via a thermal spray apparatus to form an as-deposited EBC; heat treating the as-deposited EBC at or above a first temperature for first period of time following the deposition of the as-deposited EBC on the substrate; and cooling the as-deposited EBC to a second temperature following the heat treatment at a controlled rate over a second period of time to form a heat-treated EBC on the substrate. The first temperature, the first period of time, the controlled rate, and the second period of time may be selected to increase a weight percent of crystalline phase in the heat-treated EBC compared to the as-deposited EBC.

Abstract: In one example, a method for forming an environmental barrier coating (EBC) on a substrate. The method may include heating a backside of a substrate using a furnace enclosure, wherein a frontside of the substrate is outside the furnace enclosure, wherein the heating of the backside of the substrate with the furnace enclosure heats the frontside of the substrate to a surface temperature by heat conduction from the backside of the substrate to the frontside of the substrate; and depositing an environmental barrier coating (EBC) on the frontside of the substrate via a thermal spray device while the backside of the substrate is heated using the furnace enclosure, wherein the surface temperature of the frontside of the substrate is selected to control at least one of a porosity of the deposited EBC or a weight percent of a crystalline phase in the deposited EBC.