Coating apparatus – Work holders – or handling devices
Patent
1997-01-13
1998-09-08
Breneman, R. Bruce
Coating apparatus
Work holders, or handling devices
118730, 118720, 118721, 118504, 20429815, 427251, 4272555, 427425, B05C 1300, C23C 1600, C23C 1300
Patent
active
058039716
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an improved fixture for facilitating the coating of workpieces such as turbine blades and vanes. The fixture has a hollow core member and a plurality of workpiece receptacles positioned along the length of and about the periphery of the core member. Each of the workpiece receptacles comprises an open sided workpiece support structure and a cover for closing the open side of the support structure. During the coating operation, the fixture of the present invention is rotated about its longitudinal axis while the workpieces being coated remain stationary within the receptacles.
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Burns Steven Michael
Menchetti John William
Breneman R. Bruce
Lund Jeffrie R.
United Technologies Corporation
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