摘要:
Methods for repairing barrier coatings involving providing a component having a barrier coating including at least one damaged portion, removing the damaged portion of the barrier coating leaving a void, applying a replacement tape cast barrier coating to the void of the component, and sintering the component having the replacement tape cast barrier coating layer.
摘要:
A method for making a ceramic matrix composite turbine engine component, wherein the method includes providing a plurality of biased ceramic plies, wherein each biased ply comprises ceramic fiber tows, the tows being woven in a first warp direction and a second weft direction, the second weft direction lying at a preselected angular orientation with respect to the first warp direction, wherein a greater number of tows are woven in the first warp direction than in the second weft direction. The plurality of biased plies are laid up in a preselected arrangement to form the component, and a preselected number of the plurality of biased plies are oriented such that the orientation of the first warp direction of the plies lie about in the direction of maximum tensile stress during normal engine operation. A coating is applied to the plurality of biased plies. The coated component preform is then densified.
摘要:
A method for producing apertures in hot section components of gas turbine engines made from ceramic matrix composites that have at least one oxidizable component. The method involves forming the apertures using a laser beam controlled by parameters that ablate the ceramic matrix composite in the path of the beam, while simultaneously heating the matrix material, SiC or SiN, to a sufficient temperature to oxidize it to form a silica. Sufficient heat is supplied by the beam to melt the silica to cause it to flow. The melted silica is quickly solidified as recast silica along the walls of the newly created aperture before it has an opportunity to flow and form undesirable geometries. The wall of the aperture is formed of recast silica that is a smooth surface and that forms an oxidation barrier to inhibit any further oxidation of the underlying composite as it is exposed to the high temperatures and oxidative, corrosive atmosphere of an operating gas turbine.