Abstract:
The invention concerns a production of precision castings by centrifugal casting, comprising the following steps: a) providing in a crucible (8) a melt of the following composition: Ti45-52 at. %Al45-50 at. %Xl1-3 at. %X22-4 at. %X30-1 at. %/ where Xl=Cr, Mn, V, X2=Nb, Ta, W, Mo, X3=Si, B, C; b) forcing the melt by means of centrifugal forces from the crucible (8) into a mold (4); c) solidifying the melt within the mold thereby creating a casting consisting of a titanium alloy having a lamellar mi-crostructure; and d) reheating the casting for a duration of 60 to 150 hours at a temperature being higher than the eutectic temperature and lower than the alpha-transus temperature of the composition.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an apparatus for centrifugal casting under vacuum, said apparatus comprising: a rotor (1) having a shaft (2) extending in an essentially vertical direction therefrom and being rotatable around an axis (A) defined by the shaft (2), the rotor (1) having at least one fixing means for releaseably fixing at least one mold (9) in a first radial distance from the axis (A), and a means for accommodating at least one crucible (6, 7, 23) being associated with the mold (9) so that an outlet opening (8) of the crucible (7, 23) is arranged opposite an inlet opening of the mold (9), the rotor (1) further comprising a gas-tight housing (1, 10) in which the mold (9) and the crucible (7, 23) are accommodated, a vacuum source to create a vacuum in the housing (1, 10), a heating device for melting a metal, the metal being taken up in the gas-tight housing (1, 10) within in the crucible (7, 23), a drive device (13) for driving the shaft (2) in order to rotate the rotor (1), and an auxiliary acceleration device (14, 16, 25, 26, 27) for generating a force to overcome a moment of inertia of the rotor (1).
Abstract:
A turbine blade having a leading edge portion and a flowing-off edge portion is formed using the following steps: providing a centrifugal casting device having a rotor and at least one crucible being accommodated in the rotor; providing a mold having an extended cavity for forming the turbine blade; arranging the mold so that an inlet opening of the mold is arranged with an outlet opening of the crucible, and further arranging the mold so that a mold leading edge is directed in a direction against the rotational direction of the rotor; forcing a metal melt by means of centrifugal forces from the crucible into the mold; exerting a pressure on the melt being forced into the mold until the temperature of the solidifying melt has reached a predetermined cooling-temperature; and relieving the pressure when the temperature of the solidifying melt is below the predetermined cooling-temperature.
Abstract:
A tool and method for production of a cast component from molten titanium alloy. The tool includes a casting mold, wherein at least one mold wall area of the casting mold, which comes into contact with the molten titanium alloy, is made of yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide. The casting mold includes at least first and second layers, the first layer forming a mold wall area which comes into contact with the molten titanium alloy and the second layer forming a backfilling stabilization area for the mold wall area. Both the first layer and the second layer is formed of yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide. In addition, the second layer, which backfills the first layer, has less yttrium oxide and is more coarsely grained than the first layer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a cast component, particularly a gas turbine component, by casting. According to the invention, the method comprises at least the following steps: a) preparing a melting crucible; b) preparing a semifinished granular material from an intermetallic titanium/aluminum material; c) filling the melting crucible with the semifinished granular material, whereby the quantity of the semifinished granular material placed inside the melting crucible corresponds to the quantity necessary for casting the component; d) melting the semifinished granular material made of the intermetallic titanium/aluminum material inside the melting crucible; e) preparing a casting mold; f) pouring the melt into the casting mold; g) solidifying the melt inside the casting mold, and; h) removing the cast component from the casting mold.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the production of a cast component, in particular a gas turbine component. The inventive method comprises at least the following steps: a) a crucible and at least one semi-finished product is prepared from an intermetallic titanium-aluminium material; b) the or each semi-finished product made of intermetallic titanium-aluminium material is melted in the crucible; c) at least one additional element or an additional compound is added to the melt, whereby the or each element and/or the or each compound is introduced into the melt according to the melting temperature thereof; d) a casting mold is prepared; e) the casting mold is filled with the melt; f) the melt is solidified in the casting mold; g) the casting component is extracted from the casting mold.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a tool for producing cast components, especially gas turbine components, from reactive nonferrous molten metals, especially titanium alloys, said tool being embodied as a casting mould. According to the invention, at least one region of the casting mould (10) that comes into contact with the reactive nonferrous molten metal consists of yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide.
Abstract:
A process for producing a dimensionally accurate component from a nonferrous metal alloy includes the steps of: providing a casting mold corresponding to an external shape of the component and associated with an outlet opening, wherein the casting mold includes at least one heated mold shell; providing a heated rotatably mounted runner device for receiving a melt of the nonferrous metal alloy; determining a three-dimensional setting angle for the casting mold with respect to the outlet opening based on acceleration forces on the melt, wherein the acceleration forces include centrifugal forces applied to the melt and Coriolis forces of the centrifugal forces; disposing the casting mold at the three-dimensional setting angle with respect to the outlet opening; and feeding a melt into the mold through the outlet opening using the runner device so as to completely fill the casting mold.