Liang Guang Jiang

US Patent:

7575418, Aug 18, 2009

Filed:

Sep 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/955056

Inventors:

Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti - New York NY, US
Canan Uslu Hardwicke - Niskayuna NY, US
Liang Jiang - Schenectady NY, US
Don Mark Lipkin - Niskayuna NY, US
Samuel Vinod Thamboo - Latham NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

F03B 15/20
F03B 15/04
C25D 5/28
B32D 15/00
B32D 15/01

US Classification:

416241R, 428660, 428636, 428680, 428937, 428938, 428939, 428940

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is a turbine component comprising a substrate; and a protective structure formed on the substrate, wherein the protective structure comprises an α-β titanium alloy, a β-titanium alloy or a near-β titanium alloy. Disclosed herein too is a process for providing a protective structure to a turbine component, comprising affixing a protective structure on a turbine component; wherein the protective structure comprises an α-β titanium alloy, a near-β titanium alloy or a β-titanium alloy.