Abstract:
An article (50; 100) has a metallic substrate (22), a bondcoat (30) atop the substrate, and a thermal barrier coating (28; 27, 28) atop the bondcoat. The thermal barrier coating or a layer thereof comprises didymium oxide ore and zirconia.
Abstract:
A ceramic coating process comprises introducing a suspension including a fine ceramic particulate suspended in a liquid carrier into a plasma torch. The method includes melting the fine ceramic particulate in the plasma torch; propelling the fine ceramic particulate toward a substrate; and forming a coating on the substrate, the coating comprises splats of the fine ceramic particulate.
Abstract:
A directional solidification apparatus includes a mold heating chamber, a solidification chamber, and a gas source. The solidification chamber is adjacent the mold heating chamber for solidifying molten metal formed from an air melt allow system as a cast body as the metal is withdrawn from the mold heating chamber. The gas source is in fluid communication with the mold heating chamber for providing a pressurized atmosphere for directionally solidifying metal as a cast body having single crystal or multi-crystal columnar micro structure.
Abstract:
A process for coating a component and a coating system including a bond coat on a superalloy substrate. A thermal barrier material may be applied to the bond coat and a rare earth apatite may be applied to the thermal barrier material via one of Suspension Plasma Spray (SPS) and Solution Precursor Plasma Spray (SPPS) to form an exposed surface. The rare earth apatite may be formed as Ca2+yRE8+x(SiO4)6O2+3x/2+y in which −2
Abstract:
A shot tube assembly for a die casting process includes a spiral passage for circulating a coolant about a cavity containing the molten metal material. The circulating coolant provides temperature control of the shot tube that improves the casting process and increases shot tube life.
Abstract:
An investment mold includes a refractory investment wall that has a surface region that bounds at least a portion of a mold cavity for receiving a molten metallic material. At least a portion of the surface region includes at least one metallic donor element with respect to the molten metallic material. Upon exposure of the surface region to the molten metallic material, the metallic donor element dopes into the molten metallic material. The method can be used to fabricate a cast article. The cast article can include a body formed of a metallic material having at least one reactive metallic element with respect to reactive-element-loss in an investment casting process. The body can include at least one internal passage that has a surface region that is compositionally rich in the reactive metallic element, which is doped into the body from the surface region of the refractory investment wall.
Abstract:
A die casting and a method for die casting a metal having a melting temperature of at least 1500° F. (815° C.) are disclosed. A molten volume of metal is injected to a casting die which includes a main cavity corresponding to an as-cast structure, a first reservoir, and a first runner arrangement. The first runner arrangement is configured to fluidly communicate molten metal between the first reservoir and the main cavity. After the injecting step, the casting die is sealed. The injected molten volume of metal is equiaxially solidified generally from a first portion of the main cavity distal to the first reservoir toward a second portion of the main cavity proximal to the first reservoir. During the equiaxial solidifying step, the main cavity is backfilled with at least a portion of the injected molten volume via the first runner arrangement.
Abstract:
A coated article has: a metallic substrate; a bondcoat; and a thermal barrier coating (TBC). The bondcoat has an MCrAlY first layer and an MCrAlY second layer, the second layer having a lower Cr content than the first layer.
Abstract:
A method of making a composite core includes forming first and second cores of refractory metal and ceramic material. Each of the first and second cores is formed with two layers of a material. The layers are bonded together to form a laminate master pattern, and a flexible mold is formed around the pattern. The pattern is removed from the flexible mold, and slurry material, either pulverulent refractory metal material or ceramic material, is poured into the flexible mold. The slurry material is sintered to form each core. The first core is used as an insert while making the second core to create a final composite core.
Abstract:
A joining method includes performing a first heat treatment step on a first superalloy workpiece and a second superalloy workpiece wherein at least one of the first and second superalloy workpieces include a gamma matrix phase and a gamma-prime precipitate phase. The first and second superalloy workpieces are joined using a solid state joining process, subjected to a post-weld stress relief operation and a final aging heat treatment.