Abstract:
A system for sealing an internal passage of a component includes a closure element positioned within the internal passage, and a joint material coupling the closure element to at least one passage wall that defines the internal passage. The system also includes a flexible braze element positioned proximate the closure element, the joint material, and the at least one passage wall.
Abstract:
A method of forming micro channels in a thermal barrier coating includes placing a brazing tape on a substrate. The brazing tape has a first side and a second side with a plurality of ceramic members attached thereto. The first side is placed in contact with the substrate. A brazing step brazes the brazing tape to the substrate. An applying step applies a bond coat to the second side of the brazing tape. Another applying step applies a thermal barrier coating (TBC) onto the bond coat. A removing step removes the plurality of ceramic members by exposing the plurality of ceramic members to a ceramic solvent. A plurality of micro channels are formed in the thermal barrier coating by voids left from the plurality of ceramic members.
Abstract:
A thermal management article, a method for forming a thermal management article and a thermal management method are disclosed. Forming a thermal management article includes forming a duct adapted to be inserted into a groove on the surface of a substrate, and attaching the duct to the groove so that the top outer surface of the duct is substantially flush with the surface of the substrate. Thermal management of a substrate includes transporting a fluid through the duct of a thermal management article to alter the temperature of the substrate.
Abstract:
A turbulator fabrication process and a fabricated article are provided. The turbulator fabrication process includes providing a system configured for directing a first fusion energy and a second fusion energy, positioning a turbulator material on a substrate, and directing the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy toward the turbulator material and the substrate. The directing of the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy modifies the turbulator material forming one or more turbulators on the substrate. The fabricated article includes a substrate and one or more turbulators formed on the substrate. Each of the one or more turbulators includes at least one root portion providing a concave transition between the substrate and the turbulator.
Abstract:
Methods for finishing a component include providing the component comprising one or more interior surfaces fluidly connected to one or more exterior surfaces, providing a plurality of magnetic particles, and applying a magnetic field so as to repeatedly move the magnetic particles against the interior surfaces and exterior surfaces of the component.
Abstract:
Additive manufacturing methods for fabricating a fiber-reinforced composite objects include providing at least a first layer of powder material, disposing a fiber material adjacent the at least first layer of powder material to form a fiber reinforcement layer, and applying a laser energy to the at least first layer of powder material so as to fuse the powder material into at least a first laser fused material layer adjacent the fiber reinforcement layer of the fiber-reinforced composite object.
Abstract:
Modified turbine components include an original turbine component comprising an outer wail enclosing an internal cavity, wherein the outer wall has an original portion removed therefrom to expose the internal cavity, and, an internally cooled supplemental element joined to the outer wall that replaces the original portion removed from the outer wall and re-encloses the internal cavity. The internally cooled supplemental element comprises one or more cooling channels that circulate air from the internal cavity through at least a portion of the internally cooled supplemental element.
Abstract:
Compositions, and articles and methods for forming articles which include said compositions, are disclosed. The compositions include, by weight percent, about 13.7% to about 14.3% chromium (Cr), about 9.0% to about 9.9% cobalt (Co), about 4.0% to about 5.25% aluminum (Al), about 0.5% to about 3.0% titanium (Ti), about 4.5% to about 5.0% tungsten (W), about 1.4% to about 1.7% molybdenum (Mo), about 3.25% to about 3.75% niobium (Nb), about 0.08% to about 0.12% carbon (C), about 0.005% to about 0.04% zirconium (Zr), about 0.010% to about 0.014% boron (B), and balance nickel (Ni) and incidental impurities.
Abstract:
A method for repairing a part and the resulting is disclosed. The method includes positioning a plug having an inner braze element coupled thereto into a cavity defined by an internal surface of a component. The cavity has a circular cross-section at the external surface of the component. The plug completely fills the circular cross-section and the inner braze element is within the cavity. A braze paste is positioned at least partially around the plug at the external surface. The component is positioned such that the inner braze element is above the plug. The component is subjected to a thermal cycle to melt the inner braze element around the plug, completely sealing the cavity by forming a metallurgical bond with the plug and the internal surface of the component. During the thermal cycle the braze paste is melted to form a metallurgical bond with the plug and external surface.
Abstract:
A closure element for an internal passage in a component, and a related method and turbine blade or nozzle are disclosed. The closure element includes a spherical body made of a first superalloy, and a plurality of extensions extending from a surface of the spherical body. The plurality of extensions made of the same, similar or different material other than the first superalloy. Subjecting the component to at least one thermal cycle causes a braze material to form a metallurgical bond with the spherical body, the plurality of extensions and the passage wall to seal the internal passage.