Patent ID: 9327384
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B24C,C23C,F01D,F05D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A manufacturing method comprising: forming two or more grooves in a component that comprises a substrate with an outer surface, wherein the substrate has at least one interior space, and wherein each of the two or more grooves extends at least partially along the substrate and has a base; forming one or more access holes through the base of a respective one of the two or more grooves and at a first end of the respective groove, to connect the groove in fluid communication with respective ones of the at least one interior space; and forming at least one connecting groove in the component such that the at least one connecting groove intersects at least two of the two or more grooves at an opposed second end of the respective groove and wherein the at least one connecting groove is formed extending from the outer surface of the substrate to a same depth as that of each of a respective grooves of the subset of the two or more grooves; disposing a coating over at least a portion of the outer surface of the substrate, such that the two or more grooves and the coating together define two or more channels for cooling the component, wherein the coating does not bridge the connecting groove along a length of the connecting groove, such that the connecting groove at least partially defines an exit region for the respective two or more cooling channels and wherein a portion of the coating remains as a residual coating within the exit region and on the base of a respective one of the connecting grooves to at least partially fill the connecting groove and provide a cooling flow distributor.