Abstract:
In the production of impact and oxidation resistant metal coatings on superalloy substrates, e.g., cobalt-base superalloys, by pack cementation, such as a nickel aluminide coating, the improvement wherein nickel is first diffusion coated onto the substrate from a pack containing a small but effective amount of sulfur as a metal transfer agent, following which the nickel coated substrate is then coated with another metal, such as aluminum.
Abstract:
Crack-free welds of jet engine components formed essentially of a heat resistant nickel-base alloy having a tendency to be weldcrack sensitive are produced by abutting selected surface of at least a pair of structural elements of said nickel-base alloy, the elements being assembled in welding relationship with an iron-base shim therebetween, the elements being electron beam welded together into a unitary structure by melting the iron-base shim at the interface of the abutting surfaces, whereby the resulting weld which is an alloy of the iron-base shim and the nickel-base alloy is crack-free.
Abstract:
THE SUBSTRATE OF A HEAT RESISTANT ALLOY IS COATED BY PACK CEMENTATION WITH AN OXIDATION RESISTANT COATING METAL WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY AVOIDING THE FORMATION OF AN INTERNALLY OXIDIZED STRUCTURE WITHIN THE COATING WHICH COMPRISES, EMBEDDING A HEAT RESISTANT ALLOY ARTICLE TO BE COATED IN A CEMENTATION PACK COMPRISING SAID COATING METAL (E.G. CHROMIUM WHICH HAS A LOVER PROPENSITY TO OXIDIZE THAN AN OXIDATION RESISTANT SOLUTE METAL IN THE ALLOY (E.G. ALUMINUM), AND THEN SUBJETING THE ALLOY ARTICLE TO PACK CEMENTATION AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WHILE MAINTAINING THE OXYGEN IN THE PACK AT A PARTIAL PRESSURE BELOW THE OXYGEN THRESHOLD LEVEL AT WHICH THE ALLOY IS SUBJECT TO INTERNAL OXIDATION.