Patent ID: 6461432
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B28B,C23C

Abstract:
Apparatus for coating a part with a ceramic radar absorbing material (RAM), comprising:a) a vessel; b) means for suspending in said vessel a part to be coated; c) a source of ceramic RAM slurry, including a pressurizable tank; d) means to pressurize said tank to force said slurry into said vessel and to depressurize said tank to withdraw said slurry from said vessel; e) means for gradually introducing said slurry from said source into said vessel substantially at the bottom thereof so as to cause the level of said slurry in said vessel to rise substantially without turbulence around said part until said part is immersed in said slurry; and f) means for gradually draining said slurry from said vessel so as to coat said part with a uniform film of ceramic RAM.