Abstract:
A forging tool for precision forging of components of intermetallic or high-temperature stable phases with high yield stresses and shapeable at temperatures up to 1400° C. is made of graphite with a low-melting metal or a low-melting metal alloy infiltrated into its open-pored cavities, where metal carbides are created by heat treatment and form with the graphite a two-phase material hardened by subsequent quenching. The tool features high strength thanks to the yield stress increasing as the temperature increases at forging temperatures up to 1400° C., and is oxidation-resistant. It is electrically conductive, and has a low heat capacity, so that rapid inductive heating of the tool involving only low energy expenditure, short forging cycles and an inexpensive isothermic shaping process are possible. It has good lubrication properties, low wear and low manufacturing costs.
Abstract:
With a method for manufacturing welded rotors for a turbine, especially a gas-turbine engine, in which two or more rotor disks are joined to each other by conventional welding processes using welds extending radially to the rotor axis and the weld zone is subsequently thermally treated at a certain temperature to relieve residual tensile stresses by relaxation, the weld is set to a significantly lower non-relaxatory temperature level than the heat-affected zone adjoining the weld so that, as a result of the high temperature gradient, a residual compressive stress or at least a substantially reduced residual tensile stress is impressed on the weld. Compared to conventionally heat treated and welded rotors, improved strength properties in the weld zone and an increased service life are obtained as a result of the reduced tensile stresses.