Inventors:
Paul J. E. Monson - Loveland OH
Todd J. Rockstroh - Maineville OH
Seetha R. Mannava - Cincinnati OH
Robert E. Baeumel - West Chester OH
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH
International Classification:
B23K 2008
Abstract:
A method for making a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of: providing an unfinished gas turbine engine component; directing a laser beam on a selected surface portion of the engine component to prepare the selected surface portion before at least one of a subsequent coating and bonding step; and depositing at least one layer of an abradable material, a subassembly of the component or a thermal barrier coating on the selected surface portion.