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7977611 Systems and methods for providing localized heat treatment of metal components  
Systems and methods for providing localized heat treatment of metal components are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: identifying a portion of a metal component to which...
7955569 Metal halide reactor for CVD and method  
A reaction vessel (reactor) is shown that, filled with metal and placed either within a CVD type furnace or in a housing in fluid communication with the CVD type furnace can produce commercial...
7901739 Gas turbine engine components with aluminide coatings and method of forming such aluminide coatings on gas turbine engine components  
A turbine engine component (10) with a protective aluminide coating (14) that include additions of silicon and a dopant, such as yttrium and/or hafnium, in an amount effective to reduce sulfidation...
7879396 High aspect ratio performance coatings for biological microfluidics  
We have developed an improved vapor-phase deposition method and apparatus for the application of layers and coatings on various substrates. The method and apparatus are useful in the fabrication of...
7833909 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and etching apparatus  
Aimed at suppressing roughening in a circumferential portion of a layer to be etched in the process of removing a hard mask formed thereon, an etching apparatus of the present invention has a...
7736704 Process for applying a protective layer  
To protect a base metal layer (1) against high-temperature corrosion and high-temperature erosion, an adhesive layer (3) based on MCrAlY is applied to the base metal layer (1). The adhesive layer...
7498059 Method for growing thin films  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for growing a thin film onto a substrate, in which method a substrate placed in a reaction space (21) is subjected to alternately repeated surface...
7429403 Gas distributor for vapor coating method and container  
A method for introducing an inert carrier gas into a coating container used to provide a metallic coating on articles. The method includes introducing the inert carrier gas into the coating...
7422769 Protective coating for application to a substrate and method for manufacturing a protective coating  
A refractory, oxidation-resistant, and corrosion-resistant protective coating for application to a substrate, in particular for application to parts of turbines or aircraft propulsion engines, is...
7390535 Simple chemical vapor deposition system and methods for depositing multiple-metal aluminide coatings  
A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system and method for applying an aluminide coating constituted by two or more extrinsic metal components on a jet engine component. The aluminide coating is...
7344757 Method for treating or pretreating containers  
A process for the treatment or pretreatment of containers made of aluminum, aluminum-containing alloys, magnesium-containing alloys, iron-containing materials such as steel, coated iron-containing...
7311942 Method for binding halide-based contaminants during formation of a titanium-based film  
A method and apparatus are presented for reducing halide-based contamination within deposited titanium-based thin films. Halide adsorbing materials are utilized within the deposition chamber to...
7294361 Method and device for gas phase diffusion coating of metal components  
A process for gas diffusion coating of metallic components; in which a component surface which is to be coated is brought into contact with a metal halide as coating gas, to form a diffusion layer...
7273635 Method of forming aluminide diffusion coatings  
Method of forming an outwardly grown aluminide diffusion coating on a superalloy substrate disposed in a coating retort including the steps of heating the substrate to a temperature of 900 to 1200...
7163718 Method of selective region vapor phase aluminizing  
A process for forming diffusion aluminide coatings on an uncoated surface of a substrate, without interdiffusing a sufficient amount of aluminum into a coating layer to adversely affect the coating...
7144809 Production of elemental films using a boron-containing reducing agent  
The present invention relates generally to depositing elemental thin films. In particular, the invention concerns a method of growing elemental metal thin films by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)...
7115304 High throughput surface treatment on coiled flexible substrates  
One or more substrates may be coiled into one or more coils in such a way that adjacent turns of the coils do not touch one another. The one or more coiled substrates are placed in a treatment...
7083827 Nickel-base superalloy having an optimized platinum-aluminide coating  
A nickel-base superalloy substrate includes a surface region having an integrated aluminum content of from about 18 to about 24 percent by weight and an integrated platinum content of from about 18...
7063740 Process for strengthen grain boundaries of an article made from a Ni based superalloy  
It is disclosed a method for strengthen the grain boundaries of an article (1) made from a Ni based superalloy while the article (1) is in the solid state and containing at least one grain...
7048973 Metal film vapor phase deposition method and vapor phase deposition apparatus  
A copper film vapor phase deposition method includes the steps of exposing high-purity copper to a plasma of a gas containing chlorine gas to etch the high-purity copper, thereby generating active...
7026011 Aluminide coating of gas turbine engine blade  
A method for applying an aluminide coating on a gas turbine engine blade having an external surface and an internal cooling cavity having an internal surface that is connected to the external...
6964790 Method for forming metallic tungsten film  
A deposition method for supplying process gases into an evacuated processing vessel to deposit a metal tungsten film on the surface of an object to be processed. The processing gases include...
6958174 Solid material comprising a thin metal film on its surface and methods for producing the same  
The present invention provides a solid material comprising a solid substrate having a thin metal film and methods for producing the same. The method generally involves using a plurality...
6933012 Method for protecting a surface with a silicon-containing diffusion coating  
A surface of an article is protected by coating the surface with a silicon-containing coating by preparing a coating mixture of silicon, a halide activator, and an oxide powder, positioning the...
6913788 Process and apparatus for chroming an inner surface of a component  
A process for chroming an inner surface of a component, in which the inner surface which is to be coated is not brought into contact with a powder which forms the coating gas, includes: providing a...
6911234 Chemical vapor deposition apparatus and method  
Chemical vapor deposition apparatus and method are provided with coating gas distribution and exhaust systems that provide more uniform coating gas temperature and coating gas flow distribution...
6905543 Methods of forming tungsten nucleation layer  
The nucleation delay in the formation of a tungsten layer on a substrate is reduced or eliminated by alternative processes. In one process the substrate is exposed to atomic hydrogen before the...
6900129 CVD of tantalum and tantalum nitride films from tantalum halide precursors  
A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method for depositing high quality conformal tantalum (Ta) and tantalum nitride (TaNx) films from inorganic tantalum pentahalide (TaX5) precursors is described....
6887519 Method for coating hollow bodies  
A process for coating hollow bodies, in which a powder mixture including a metal donor powder, an inert filler powder and an activator powder including a metal halide is provided, the powder...
6881452 Method for improving the TBC life of a single phase platinum aluminide bond coat by preoxidation heat treatment  
A thermal barrier coating system having an improved life as a result of a preoxidation treatment applied to a single phase platinum aluminide bond coat. After coating the substrate to form a...
6863927 Method for vapor phase aluminiding of a gas turbine blade partially masked with a masking enclosure  
A gas turbine blade to be protected by an aluminide coating is placed within a masking enclosure including an airfoil enclosure that prevents deposition on the airfoil of the gas turbine blade, and...
6863925 Method for vapor phase aluminiding including a modifying element  
An article is coasted by preparing a coating source having an aluminum halide, a fluoride or an iodide of a modifying element as a source of the modifying element, and a carrier gas. The modifying...
6838125 Method of film deposition using activated precursor gases  
A method for depositing a film on a substrate is provided. In one aspect, the method includes providing a metal-containing precursor to an activation zone, and activating the metal-containing...
6821889 Production of elemental thin films using a boron-containing reducing agent  
The present invention relates generally to depositing elemental thin films. In particular, the invention concerns a method of growing elemental metal thin films by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)...
6797337 Method for delivering precursors  
A method and apparatus for delivering precursors to a chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition chamber is provided. The apparatus includes a temperature-controlled vessel containing a...
6767582 Method of modifying source chemicals in an ald process  
This invention concerns a method for modifying a source material used in an ALD process, a method for depositing transition metal nitride thin films by an ALD process and apparatus for use in such...
6759081 Method of depositing thin films for magnetic heads  
A structure and method of fabricating a magnetic read head, comprises forming a fill layer for a magnetic read head gap using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The fill layer comprises an insulator,...
6730179 Method for producing local aluminide coating  
Method for localized aluminide coating applied for the first time or as repair includes creating a contained space by disposing coating material comprising an aluminum source and a halide activator...
6669870 Substituted phenylethylene precursor synthesis method  
A Cu(hfac) precursor with a substituted phenylethylene ligand has been provided. The substituted phenylethylene ligand includes bonds to molecules selected from the group consisting of C1 to C6...
6656540 Method for forming metallic film and apparatus for forming the same  
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for the formation of a thin noble metal film which can achieve a high rate of film growth, can use inexpensive raw materials, and do not allow...
6626186 Method for stabilizing the internal surface of a PECVD process chamber  
Apparatus and method of processing a substrate comprises positioning a substrate within a processing space of a processing chamber, and depositing a material layer, such as a titanium-containing...
6623790 Method of adjusting the size of cooling holes of a gas turbine component  
A method for adjusting the size of cooling holes of a gas turbine component is disclosed in which the component is shielded with an easily removable and non- conductive shielding material without...
6616969 Apparatus and method for selectively coating internal and external surfaces of an airfoil  
A gas turbine airfoil has an external surface and an internal passage therethrough. The internal passage is selectively coated by providing a source of a flowable precursor coating material in...
6602356 CVD aluminiding process for producing a modified platinum aluminide bond coat for improved high temperature performance  
A method of depositing by chemical vapor deposition a modified platinum aluminide diffusion coating onto a superalloy substrate comprising the steps of applying a layer of a platinum group metal to...
6602550 Method for localized surface treatment of metal component by diffusion alloying  
A method for treating a portion of a metal component by diffusion alloying includes providing a container having at least one open end. The container has a width that is greater than the width of...
6592941 Aluminum and silicon diffusion coating  
A method of forming an aluminum silicon diffusion coating on a surface of an alloy product utilizes a diffusion mixture containing by weight 1% to 5% aluminum, 0.5% to 5% silicon, 0.5% to 3%...
6589668 Graded platinum diffusion aluminide coating  
Method for forming on a superalloy or other metallic substrate a platinum graded, outward single phase diffusion aluminide coating on a surface of the substrate by depositing a layer comprising Pt...
6589329 Composition and process for production of copper circuitry in microelectronic device structures  
Compositions useful for chemical vapor delivery (CVD) formation of copper layers in semiconductor integrated circuits, e.g., interconnect metallization in semiconductor device structures, as an...
6582765 Carbide coated steel articles and method of making them  
Chain parts and other steel articles are provided with hard, wear-resistant carbide coatings by tumbling them in a heated retort with a particulate mix which includes a source of vanadium and/or...
6569496 CVD of metals capable of receiving nickel or alloys thereof using inert contact  
The present invention discloses a CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) process where nickel or alloys thereof, such as, Ni/Cu, Ni/Co, are deposited on metal surfaces which are capable of receiving...