摘要:
A thermal barrier coating system and a method for forming the coating system on a component designed for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as superalloy turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The method is particularly directed to a thermal barrier coating system that includes a thermal insulating ceramic layer and a diffusion aluminide bond coat on which an aluminum oxide scale is grown to protect the underlying surface of the component and to chemically bond the ceramic layer. The bond coat is formed to contain an additive metal of platinum, palladium, rhodium, chromium and/or silicon, and an additive element of yttrium and/or zirconium, with possible additions of hafnium. The bond coat may be formed by codepositing aluminum with the active element, or by depositing the additive metal and active element on the surface of the component, and then aluminizing to form the diffusion aluminide bond coat.
摘要:
A thermal barrier coating adapted to be formed on an article subjected to a hostile thermal environment while subjected to erosion by particles and debris, as is the case with turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The thermal barrier coating is composed of a metallic bond layer deposited on the surface of the article, a ceramic layer overlaying the bond layer, and an erosion-resistant composition dispersed within or overlaying the ceramic layer. The bond layer serves to tenaciously adhere the thermal insulating ceramic layer to the article, while the erosion-resistant composition renders the ceramic layer more resistant to erosion. The erosion-resistant composition is either alumina (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3) or silicon carbide (SiC), while a preferred ceramic layer is yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) deposited by a physical vapor deposition technique to have a columnar grain structure.
摘要翻译:一种隔热涂层,适于形成在经受恶劣热环境的制品上,同时受到颗粒和碎屑的侵蚀,如同燃气涡轮发动机的涡轮机,燃烧器和增压器部件的情况。 隔热涂层由沉积在物品表面上的金属粘合层,覆盖粘合层的陶瓷层和分散在陶瓷层内或覆盖陶瓷层的抗侵蚀组合物构成。 接合层用于将绝热陶瓷层牢固地粘附到制品上,而抗侵蚀组合物使得陶瓷层更耐侵蚀。 抗侵蚀组合物是氧化铝(Al 2 O 3)或碳化硅(SiC),而优选的陶瓷层是通过物理气相沉积技术沉积的具有柱状晶粒结构的氧化钇稳定的氧化锆(YSZ)。
摘要:
A bond-coated substrate is protected with an alpha alumina layer. The alpha alumina layer may be deposited as a relatively thick layer directly onto the bond-coated substrate. In this embodiment, no further ceramic layer overlies the alpha alumina layer. Other ceramics may be mixed into the alpha alumina layer, however. In another embodiment, a layer of a ceramic other than alpha alumina is deposited over the bond-coated substrate, and an alpha alumina layer is deposited over the ceramic layer.
摘要:
A method for preventing clouding of a lens employed in a high-temperature oxidizing environment, an example of which is a lens of a pyrometer used to sense exhaust gas temperature (EGT) of a gas turbine engine. Clouding is prevented by inhibiting the generation of volatile oxide species that react with high-temperature lens materials, forming deposits including oxides of chromium, molybdenum and other elements having volatile oxide species. The method is particularly directed to a pyrometer whose lens is formed of sapphire (alumina) or silica, and is mounted within a structure formed of a material containing chromium and/or molybdenum, such as a superalloy or stainless steel. The method entails forming an alumina scale-forming barrier coating such as a diffusion aluminide on surfaces of the structure that are subject to oxidation and high temperatures. According to the invention, the alumina scale formed by the barrier coating inhibits the generation of other oxides at the coated surfaces, which would otherwise form volatile oxides that react with and form deposit on the lens. By inhibiting the formation of oxides other than alumina on surfaces surrounding the lens, lens clouding caused from volatile oxides is avoided. As a result, the optical performance of the lens is not degraded, and the precision of a pyrometer employing the lens to sense temperatures is maintained during operation of the engine.
摘要:
A bearing includes a bearing component, such as a bearing race, having a bearing contact surface. A region at the bearing contact surface is made of titanium aluminide, preferably an alpha-2 or gamma titanium aluminide. A case-hardened layer present at the surface of the titanium aluminide region increases the hardness and wear resistance of the titanium aluminide at elevated temperature. The case-hardened layer is preferably formed by diffusing carbon into the surface of the titanium aluminide from a gaseous medium, at elevated temperature land at ambient or reduced pressure.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for forming a multilayer thermal barrier coating such that the coating is composed of substantially homogeneous layers of different ceramic materials. The method entails supporting an article within a coating apparatus and in proximity to ceramic ingots of the different ceramic materials, and then simultaneously directing electron beams at both ingots so as to maintain a portion of each ingot in a molten state. According to a particular aspect of this invention, vapors of both ceramic materials coexist within the coating apparatus, yet each ceramic material is sequentially deposited onto the article by sequentially interrupting exposure of surfaces of the article to the vapors, such that the vapors form homogeneous successive layers on the surface. Exposure of the article to one or more of the vapors can be interrupted with a baffle, such that the vapor of only one of the ceramic ingots is directly deposited on a given surface of the article at any instant. The baffle can be employed in conjunction with the article being rotated at a constant or variable speed, and/or being translated above the members within the vessel to alter the relative thicknesses of the ceramic and an intermediate layer that is formed between adjacent layers and is composed of a mixture of the ceramic materials.
摘要:
A nickel-base superalloy substrate has an overlying protective coating including a modified aluminum-containing protective layer. The modified aluminum-containing protective layer is formed of nickel, aluminum, calcium in an amount of from about 50 to about 300 parts per million by weight, and, optionally, elements interdiffused into the modified aluminum-containing protective layer from the substrate. Magnesium or barium may be used instead of or in addition to the calcium. A ceramic layer may overlie the modified aluminum-containing protective layer.
摘要:
A method of repairing a thermal barrier coating on a component designed for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The method is particularly suited for completely removing a thermal insulating ceramic layer of thermal barrier coating system that includes a metallic bond coat, such as a diffusion aluminide or MCrAlY coating, between the surface of the component and the ceramic layer, while leaving the bond coat substantially undamaged. Furthermore, the method of this invention includes a technique by which ceramic material within cooling holes in the component can be removed without damaging the underlying bond coat. The process steps generally include removing the ceramic layer from the surface of the component by subjecting the ceramic layer to a caustic solution at an elevated temperature and pressure, and then removing ceramic material from the cooling hole by carefully directing a high-velocity fluid stream into the cooling hole. According to this invention, the high-velocity fluid stream is able to overcome the compressive stresses that otherwise anchor the ceramic in the cooling hole, yet does not remove or damage the bond coat underlying the ceramic.
摘要:
A method for removing an environmental coating on an article intended for use in a hostile environment, such as turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The method is particularly suited for the repair of diffusion aluminide coatings covered by a protective oxide scale, which may further include a thermal insulating ceramic outer layer. Processing steps generally include peening the environmental coating at a temperature below the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature of the diffusion coating, such that cracks are formed in the diffusion coating. Thereafter, the diffusion coating is subjected to an acidic solution that penetrates the cracks and interacts with the coating diffusion zone, resulting in the diffusion coating being chemically stripped from its underlying substrate.
摘要:
A coated article is prepared by furnishing an nickel-base article substrate having a free sulfur content of more than 0 but less than about 1 part per million by weight. A protective layer is formed at a surface of the article substrate. The protective layer includes a platinum aluminide diffusion coating. The protective layer may be substantially yttrium-free, or have a controlled amount of yttrium. A ceramic layer may overlie the protective layer.