Aluminum Containing Patents (Class 420/445)
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Publication number: 20130095346Abstract: A Ni-based superalloy component includes a bond coat layer having a chemical composition not allowing interdiffusion to occur on a Ni-base superalloy substrate, and by allowing the bond coat layer to have Pt and/or Ir content equal to or higher than 0.2% but not exceeding 15% by mass, generation of an SRZ, which occurs at an interface between the Ni-base superalloy substrate and the bond coat layer in a high-temperature oxidizing atmosphere, can be suppressed, and at the same time adhesion at the interface between a ceramic thermal barrier coat layer and the bond coat layer is improved. Thus, a long-life Ni-based superalloy component with suppressed elemental interdiffusion between the Ni-base superalloy substrate and the bond coat layer even at temperatures exceeding 1100° C. is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Rudder Wu, Kyoko Kawagishi, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Hiroshi Harada
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Publication number: 20130078136Abstract: Nickel-based alloy consisting of (in % by mass) Si 0.8-2.0%, Al 0.001-0.1%, Fe 0.01-0.2%, C 0.001-0.10%, N 0.0005-0.10%, Mg 0.0001-0.08%, O 0.0001-0.010%, Mn max. 0.10%, Cr max. 0.10%, Cu max. 0.50%, S max. 0.008%, balance Ni and the usual production-related impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP VDM GMBHInventor: Heike Hattendorf
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Publication number: 20130045129Abstract: A solder alloy including a base material, a solder, and an additive is provided. The solder alloy has the following formula: (1?x?y)*base material+x*solder+y*additive, where 0.2?x?0.8 and 0?y<0.8 and also (y<1?x)<(1?x). The base material includes chromium, cobalt, aluminum, and tungsten. The solder includes chromium, cobalt, aluminum, tungsten, germanium and/or gallium and nickel. The additive may include boron, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, and carbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2010Publication date: February 21, 2013Inventors: Michael Ott, Sebastian Piegert
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Publication number: 20130029171Abstract: A nickel-base alloy comprising: 12-40 wt % chromium; up to 13 wt % copper; up to 8% aluminium; balance nickel and incidental impurities is disclosed. Such alloys show an improved carbon corrosion resistance at high temperatures. Such an alloy could therefore be utilised in chemical processing or conveying apparatus, such as steam reforming, syngas production, fertilizer production, ammonia production or coal gasification, or more generally where gases with high carbon potentials are present. The alloy may further comprise one or more rare earth elements, up to a combined total of 1 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Philip Johann Meinrad Speck, David J. Young
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Publication number: 20130028783Abstract: A solder alloy including a base material, a solder, and an additive is provided. The solder alloy has the following formula: (1?x?y)*base material+x*solder+y*additive, where 0.2?x?0.8 and 0?y<0.8 and also (y<1?x). The base material includes chromium, nickel, aluminum, and tungsten. The solder includes chromium, cobalt, aluminum, tungsten, germanium and/or gallium, and nickel. The additive may include boron, zirconium, and carbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2010Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Michael Ott, Sebastian Piegert
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Patent number: 8354176Abstract: A metallic coating for protecting a substrate from high temperature oxidation and hot corrosion environments comprising about 2.5 to about 13.5 wt. % cobalt, about 12 to about 27 wt. % chromium, about 5 to about 7 wt. % aluminum, about 0.0 to about 1.0 wt. % yttrium, about 0.0 to about 1.0 wt. % hafnium, about 1.0 to about 3.0 wt. % silicon, about 0.0 to about 4.5 wt. % tantalum, about 0.0 to about 6.5 wt. % tungsten, about 0.0 to about 2.0 wt. % rhenium, about 0.0 to about 1.0 wt. % molybdenum and the balance nickel.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael Minor, Paul M. Pellet, Michael L. Miller, Brian S. Tryon
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Patent number: 8334056Abstract: An alloy including: about 10 at % to about 30 at % of a Pt-group metal; less than about 23 at % Al; about 0.5 at % to about 2 at % of at least one reactive element selected from Hf, Y, La, Ce and Zr, and combinations thereof; a superalloy substrate constituent selected from the group consisting of Cr, Co, Mo, Ta, Re and combinations thereof; and Ni; wherein the Pt-group metal, Al, the reactive element and the superalloy substrate constituent are present in the alloy in a concentration to the extent that the alloy has a solely ??-Ni3Al phase constitution.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Gleeson, Daniel J. Sordelet, Wen Wang
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Publication number: 20120308428Abstract: A thermo-mechanical treatment process is disclosed. A nickel-base alloy workpiece is heated in a first heating step to a temperature greater than the M23C6 carbide solvus temperature of the nickel-base alloy. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is worked in a first working step to a reduction in area of 20% to 70%. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is at a temperature greater than the M23C6 carbide solvus temperature when the first working step begins. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is heated in a second working step to a temperature greater than 1700° F. (926° C.) and less than the M23C6 carbide solvus temperature of the nickel-base alloy. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is not permitted to cool to ambient temperature between completion of the first working step and the beginning of the second heating step. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is worked to a second reduction in area of 20% to 70%. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is at a temperature greater than 1700° F. (926° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: ATI Properties, Inc.Inventors: Robin M. Forbes Jones, Christopher D. Rock
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Publication number: 20120288400Abstract: An austenitic heat resistant alloy consisting of, by mass percent, C: 0.15% or less, Si: 2% or less, Mn: 3% or less, Ni: 40 to 60%, Co: 0.03 to 25%, Cr: 15% or more and less than 28%, either one or both of Mo: 12% or less and W: less than 4%, the total content thereof being 0.1 to 12%, Nd: 0.001 to 0.1%, B: 0.0005 to 0.006%, N: 0.03% or less, O: 0.03% or less, at least one selected from Al: 3% or less, Ti: 3% or less, and Nb: 3% or less, the balance being Fe and impurities. The contents of P and S in the impurities being P: 0.03% or less and S: 0.01% or less. The alloy satisfies 1?4×Al+2×Ti+Nb?12 and P+0.2×Cr×B?0.035, is excellent in weld crack resistance and toughness of HAZ, and is further excellent in creep strength at high temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirata, Hirokazu Okada, Hiroyuki Semba, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Atsuro Iseda, Mitsuru Yoshizawa
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Publication number: 20120251840Abstract: Nickel-base alloys suitable for use as a weld material to weld high-temperature components (10), such as turbine blades and vanes of gas turbine engines. The nickel-base alloys consist essentially of, by weight, 5 to 10 percent chromium, 3 to 14 percent cobalt, up to 4 percent molybdenum, 3 to 7 percent tungsten, 5 to 9 percent tantalum, 5 to 8 percent aluminum, 0.1 to 2 percent hafnium, 0.005 to 0.03 percent boron, up to 0.15 percent carbon, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities and/or residual elements. Welds (12) formed with the alloys are capable of exhibiting desirable levels of strength and oxidation resistance, while containing little if any rhenium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Michael Patrick Maly, Thomas Joseph Kelly
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Patent number: 8273148Abstract: An alloy composition includes a blend of a first alloy and a second alloy, the first alloy having a first composition including about 17 wt %-25 wt % of chromium, about 6 wt %-12.5 wt % of aluminum, about 18 wt %-22 wt % of cobalt, up to 4 wt % of tantalum, up to about 8 wt % of tungsten, up to about 0.4 wt % of silicon, about 0.25 wt %-1 wt % of hafnium, about 0.1 wt %-1 wt % of yttrium, and a balance of nickel, and the second alloy having a second composition including about 21.25 wt %-22.75 wt % of chromium, about 5.7 wt %-6.3 wt % of aluminum, about 11.5 wt %-12.5 wt % of cobalt, about 5.7 wt %-6.3 wt % of silicon, boron in an amount no greater than 1.0 wt %, and a balance of nickel.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Untied Technologies CorporationInventor: Michael Minor
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Patent number: 8268237Abstract: A method of coating a substrate with cryo-milled, nano-grained particles includes forming a face-centered-cubic gamma matrix comprising nickel, cobalt, chromium, tungsten and molybdenum, adding a dispersion strengthening material to the gamma matrix to form a first mixture, cryo-milling the first mixture to form a second mixture to form a nano-grained structure, and cold spraying the second mixture onto a substrate to form a coating having a nano-grained structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Eklavya Calla, Krishnamurthy Anand, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Sanjay Kumar Sondhi, Ramkumar Oruganti
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Publication number: 20120213660Abstract: An alloy designed for use in gas turbine engines which has high strength and a low coefficient of thermal expansion is disclosed. The alloy may contain in weight percent 7% to 9% chromium, 21% to 24% molybdenum, greater than 5% tungsten, up to 3% iron, with a balance being nickel and impurities. The alloy must further satisfy the following compositional relationship: 31.95<R<33.45, where the R value is defined by the equation: R=2.66Al+0.19Co+0.84Cr?0.16Cu+0.39Fe+0.60Mn+Mo+0.69Nb+2.16Si+0.47Ta+1.36Ti+1.07V+0.40W The alloy has better hardness after being age-hardened at 1400° F. (760° C.) if tungsten is present from greater than 5% up to 10% and a preferred density if the alloy contains greater than 5% up to 7% tungsten.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: HAYNES INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Lee Pike, S. Krishna Srivastava
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Publication number: 20120128526Abstract: A nickel-based coating or alloy is provided. The coating includes tantalum preferably without rhenium. The coating or alloy has stabilized the formation of phases ?/?? at high temperatures leading to a reduction of local stresses. A component is also provided. The substrate of the component includes a nickel-based or cobalt-based superalloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Anand A. Kulkarni, Jonathan E. Shipper, Werner Stamm
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Publication number: 20120114520Abstract: A nickel-molybdenum-iron alloy with high corrosion resistance with respect to reducing media at high temperatures, consisting of (in % by mass): 61 to 63% nickel, 24 to 26% molybdenum, 10 to 14% iron, 0.20 to 0.40% niobium, 0.1 to 0.3% aluminum, 0.01 to 1.0% chromium, 0.1 to 1.0% manganese, at most 0.5% copper, at most 0.01% carbon, at most 0.1% silicon, at most 0.02% phosphorus, at most 0.01% sulphur, at most 1.0% cobalt, and further smelting-related impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP VDM GMBHInventors: Rainer Behrens, Helena Alves
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Publication number: 20120070303Abstract: The present invention provides a Ni-based single crystal superalloy which has the following composition by weight: 0.1 wt % or more and 9.9 wt % or less of Co, 5.1 wt % or more and 10.0 wt % or less of Cr, 1.0 wt % or more and 4.0 wt % or less of Mo, 8.1 wt % or more and 11.0 wt % or less of W, 4.0 wt % or more and 9.0 wt % or less of Ta, 5.2 wt % or more and 7.0 wt % or less of Al, 0.1 wt % or more and 2.0 wt % or less of Ti, 0.05 wt % or more and 0.3 wt % or less of Hf, 1.0 wt % or less of Nb and less than 3.0 wt % of Re with the remainder including Ni and unavoidable impurities. This Ni-based single crystal superalloy has a low Re content and also has excellent high-temperature strength, mainly creep strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Yasuhiro Aoki, Akihiro Sato
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Publication number: 20110274579Abstract: A welding additive is provided. A component including a welding additive is also provided. The welding additive improves the weldability of a few nickel-based superalloys and includes the following contents (in wt %): 10.0%-20.0% chromium, 5.0%-15.0% cobalt, 0.0%-10.0% molybdenum, 0.5-3.5% tantalum, 0.0%-5.0% titanium, 1.5%-5.0% aluminum, 0.3%-0.6% boron, remainder nickel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventor: Nikolai Arjakine
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Publication number: 20110262299Abstract: Provided is an Ni-based single crystal superalloy wherein the ingredients have a composition containing, as ratio by mass, from 5.0% by mass to 7.0% by mass of Al, from 4.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Ta, from 0% by mass to 2.0% by mass of Mo, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of W, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Re, from 0% by mass to 0.50% by mass of Hf, from 3.0% by mass to 6.0% by mass of Cr, from 0% by mass to 9.9% by mass of Co, from 1.0% by mass to 14.0% by mass of Ru, and from 0.1% by mass to 4.0% by mass of Nb, with the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities. The alloy prevents TCP phase precipitation at high temperatures, therefore having improved strength at high temperatures and having oxidation resistance at high temperatures. Specifically, the invention is to provide a high-performance Ni-based single crystal superalloy having well balanced high-temperature strength and high-temperature oxidation resistance in practical use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Masao Sakamoto, Kyoko Kawagishi, Tomonori Kitashima, An-chou Yeh
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Publication number: 20110256421Abstract: A metallic coating for use in a high temperature application is created from a nickel base alloy containing from 5.0 to 10.5 wt % aluminum, from 4.0 to 15 wt % chromium, from 2.0 to 8.0 wt % tungsten, from 3.0 to 10 wt % tantalum, and the balance nickel. The metallic coating has particular utility in protecting single crystal superalloys used in high temperature applications such as turbine engine components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Sudhangshu Bose, Alan D. Cetel, David A. Litton, Michael J. Maloney, Venkatarama K. Seetharaman, Shiela Woodard
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Publication number: 20110236252Abstract: A Ni based alloy, which consists of by mass percent, C?0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P?0.03%, S?0.01%, Cr: not less than 20% to less than 30%, Ni: more than 40% to not more than 60%, Cu: more than 2% to not more than 5.0%, Mo: 4.0 to 10%, Al: 0.005 to 0.5% and N: more than 0.02% to not more than 0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and the expression of “0.5 Cu+Mo?6.5” is satisfied, has excellent corrosion resistance equivalent to that of Ni based alloys having high Mo contents, such as Hastelloy C22 and Hastelloy C276, in severe corrosive environments containing reducing acids, such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, together with excellent workability. Therefore, it can be suitably used as a low-cost material for various kinds of structural members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Ueyama, Masaaki Terunuma, Satoshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20110200843Abstract: A welding material, to be used for welding a base metal made of an austenitic alloy comprising C?2.0%, Si?4.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, P: more than 0.03% to not more 0.3%, S?0.03%, Cr: 12 to 35%, Ni: 6 to 80%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 1% and N?0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities to a base metal made of another austenitic alloy, which comprises C: more than 0.3% to 3.0%, Si?4.0%, Mn?3.0%, P?0.03%, S?0.03%, Cr: more than 22% to 55%, Ni: more than 30% to not more than 70%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 1% and N?0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities can suppress the weld solidification cracking which occurs in an austenitic alloy having a high P content and showing fully austenitic solidification. Therefore, the said welding material can be widely used in such fields where a welding fabrication is required. The said welding material may contain a specific amount or amounts of one or more elements selected from Cu, Mo, W, V, Nb, Ti, Ta, Zr, Hf, Co, B, Ca, Mg and REM.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Osuki, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Hirokazu Okada
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Publication number: 20110192501Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an Ni based alloy for forging having high forging-related characteristics with a wide temperature range for high-temperature forging and high upper forging temperature limit. An Ni based alloy for forging, containing Cr at 12 to 20%, Al at 3.5 to 5%, Co at 15 to 23%, W at 5 to 12%, C at 0.001 to 0.05%, and Nb, Ti and Ta at a total content of 0.5 to 1.0%, all percentages by mass, and a steam turbine plant component using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventors: Shinya IMANO, Hiroyuki Doi, Jun Sato
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Publication number: 20110165012Abstract: A nickel-based superalloy particularly suitable for the fabrication of mechanical components for a piece of turbomachinery that it comprises the following elements in percentage by weight: chromium between 3% and 7%; tungsten between 3% and 15%; tantalum between 4% and 6%; aluminium between 4% and 8%; carbon less than 0.8%; the remaining percentage of nickel plus impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Marco Innocenti, Pasquale Maresca, Oriana Tassa, Andrea Carosi, Barbara Giambi, Claudio Testani
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Publication number: 20110154947Abstract: A brazing composition for the brazing of superalloys including a base material with at least one initial phase is provided. The initial phase has a solidus temperature that is below the solidus temperature of the base material and, above a certain temperature, forms with the base material and/or with at least one further initial phase at least one resultant phase, the solidus temperature of which is higher that the solidus temperature of the initial phases. Heat treatment takes place in two stages, wherein the temperature of the second heat treatment is preferably 800-1200° C. The brazing composition may likewise be of the type MCrAlX, and the power particles of the initial phase may be in the form of nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Brigitte Heinecke, Volker Vosberg
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Publication number: 20110142714Abstract: Provided is an Ni-based single crystal superalloy wherein the ingredients have a composition containing, as ratio by mass, from 5.0% by mass to 7.0% by mass of Al, from 4.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Ta, from 0% by mass to 2.0% by mass of Mo, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of W, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Re, from 0% by mass to 0.50% by mass of Hf, from 3.0% by mass to 7.0% by mass of Cr, from 0% by mass to 9.9% by mass of Co and from 1.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass of Ru, with the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities. The alloy prevents TCP phase precipitation at high temperatures, therefore having improved strength at high temperatures and having oxidation resistance at high temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Masao Sakamoto, Kyoko Kawagishi, Tomonori Kitashima, An-chou Yeh
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Publication number: 20110120597Abstract: Low rhenium nickel base superalloy compositions and articles formed from the superalloy composition are provided. The nickel base superalloy composition includes in percentages by weight: about 5-8 Cr; about 6.5-9 Co; about 1.3-2.5 Mo; about 4.8-6.8 W; about 6.0-7.0 Ta; if present, up to about 0.5 Ti; about 6.0-6.4 Al; about 1-2.3 Re; if present, up to about 0.6 Hf; if present, up to about 0-1.5 C; if present, up to about 0.015 B; the balance being nickel and incidental impurities. Exemplary compositions are characterized by an Re ratio defined as the weight % of Re relative to the total of the weight % of W and the wt % of Mo, of less than about 0.3. Exemplary articles include airfoils for gas turbine engine blades or vanes, nozzles, shrouds, and splash plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2007Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Kevin Swayne O'Hara, Laura Jill Carroll
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Publication number: 20110097599Abstract: Platinum-modified nickel-based superalloys and turbine engine components are provided. The platinum-modified nickel-based superalloy includes, by weight, aluminum, in a range of about 7.8 percent to about 8.2 percent, tantalum, in a range of about 5.0 percent to about 6.0 percent, rhenium, in a range of about 1.6 percent to about 2.0 percent, platinum, in a range of about 0.8 percent to about 1.4 percent, hafnium, in a range of about 0.20 percent to about 0.40 percent, silicon, in a range of about 0.30 percent to about 0.60 percent, about 0.02 percent carbon, about 0.01 percent boron, and a balance of nickel. The platinum-modified a nickel-based superalloy may also include, by weight, chromium in a range of about 4.0 percent to about 5.0 percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: Yiping Hu
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Publication number: 20110076179Abstract: A nickel-base superalloy composition including (measured in % by weight) from about 6.8 to about 7.5% aluminum, from about 4 to about 8% tantalum, from about 4 to about 10% chromium, from about 2 to about 7% tungsten, from 0 to about 6% rhenium, from 0 to about 5% cobalt, from 0 to about 0.2% silicon, optionally, from about 0.15 to about 0.7% hafnium, from 0 to about 0.5% titanium, from 0 to about 4% molybdenum, from 0 to about 0.005% boron, from 0 to about 0.06% carbon, from 0 to about 0.03% of a rare earth addition selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, cesium, and combinations thereof, balance nickel and incidental impurities. The nickel-base superalloy composition may be used in single-crystal or directionally solidified superalloy articles such as high pressure turbine blades for a gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Kevin Swayne O'Hara, Laura Jill Carroll
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Publication number: 20110076180Abstract: Rhenium-free nickel based alloys are provided. More particularly, the alloys comprise preferred levels and ratios of elements so as to achieve good high temperature strength of both gamma matrix phase and gamma prime precipitates, as well as good environmental resistance, without using rhenium. When cast and directionally solidified into single crystal form, the alloys exhibit creep and oxidation resistance substantially equivalent to or better than rhenium-bearing single-crystal alloys. Further, the alloys can be processed by directional solidification into articles in single crystal form or columnar structure comprising fine dendrite arm spacing, e.g., less than 400 ?m, if need be, so that further improvements in mechanical properties in the articles can be seen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Akane Suzuki, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, JR., Shyh-Chin Huang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian
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Publication number: 20110076181Abstract: Rhenium-free nickel based alloys are provided. More particularly, the alloys comprise preferred levels and ratios of elements so as to achieve good high temperature strength of both gamma matrix phase and gamma prime precipitates, as well as good environmental resistance, without using rhenium. When cast and directionally solidified into single crystal form, the alloys exhibit oxidation resistance better than or comparable to rhenium-bearing single-crystal alloys, and creep rupture life comparable to rhenium-bearing single-crystal alloys. Further, the alloys can be processed by directional solidification into articles in single crystal form or columnar structure comprising fine dendrite arm spacing, e.g., less than 400 ?m, if need be, so that further improvements in mechanical properties in the articles can be seen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Akane Suzuki, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Shyh-Chin Huang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian
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Publication number: 20110064569Abstract: In one embodiment, a nickel-base alloy for forging or rolling contains, in weight %, carbon (C): 0.05 to 0.2, silicon (Si) 0.01 to 1, manganese (Mn): 0.01 to 1, cobalt (Co): 5 to 20, iron (Fe): 0.01 to 10, chromium (Cr): 15 to 25, and one kind or two kinds or more of molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W) and rhenium (Re), with Mo+(W+Re)/2: 8 to 25, the balance being nickel (Ni) and unavoidable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masayuki YAMADA, Kiyoshi Imai, Kuniyoshi Nemoto, Shigekazu Miyashita, Takeo Suga
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Publication number: 20110058978Abstract: A nickel base alloy includes: by mass, 0.001 to 0.1% of carbon; 12 to 23% of chromium; 15 to 25% of cobalt; 3.5 to 5.0% of aluminum; 4 to 12% of molybdenum; 0.1 to 7.0% of tungsten; and a total amount of Ti, Ta and Nb being not more than 0.5%. A parameter Ps represented by a formula (1) shown below is 0.6 to 1.6, Ps=?7×[C]?0.1×[Mo]+0.5×[Al]??(1) where [C] indicates an amount of carbon; [Mo] indicates an amount of molybdenum; and [Al] indicates an amount of aluminum, by mass percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Jun SATO, Shinya Imano, Hiroyuki Doi
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Publication number: 20110058977Abstract: A Ni based cast alloy consisting essentially of C: 0.01 to 0.2% by weight, Si: 0.5 to 4.0% by weight, Cr: 14 to 22% by weight, Mo+W: 4.0 to 10% by weight, B: 0.001 to 0.02% by weight, Co: up to 10% by weight, Al: up to 0.5% by weight, Ti: up to 0.5% by weight, Nb: up to 5.0% by weight, Fe: up to 10% by weight, the balance being Ni and incidental impurities, wherein a ?? phase precipitates in a matrix phase thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Jun Sato, Shinya Imano, Hiroyuki Doi
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Publication number: 20100329921Abstract: A superalloy composition comprising, in weight percent: about 6.2-6.6 Al, about 6.5-7.0 Ta, about 6.0-7.0 Cr, about 6.25-7.0 W, about 1.5-2.5 Mo, about 0.15-0.60 Hf, 0.0-1.0 Re, 6.5-9.0 Co, optionally, 0.03-0.06 C, optionally, up to about 0.004 B, optionally up to about 0.03 total of one or more rare earth elements selected from yttrium (Y), lanthanum (La), or cerium (Ce), balance nickel, such that the superalloy composition exhibits a stress rupture capability improvement of at least 15% over a base stress rupture capability of a base composition nominally comprising, in weight percent: 6.5 Al, 6.6 Ta, 6.0 Cr, 6.25 W, 1.5 Mo, 0.15 Hf, 0.0 Re, 7.5 Co. Articles incorporating the superalloy composition include a gas turbine engine component such as a high pressure turbine nozzle or nozzle segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: JOSHUA LEIGH MILLER, Brian Thomas Hazel, Douglas Gerard Konitzer, Paul John Fink
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Publication number: 20100296962Abstract: A nickel-base superalloy is provided which includes in a weight percentage:: Co+Fe+Mn 0-20, Al 4-6, Cr >12-20, Ta >7.5-15, Ti 0-<0.45, V 0-1, Nb 0-<0.28, Mo 0-2.5, Mo+W+Re+Rh 2-8, Ru+Os+Ir+Pt+Pd 0-4, Hf 0-1.5, C+B+Zr 0-0.5, Ca+Mg+Cu 0-0.5, Y+La+Sc+Ce+Actinides+Lanthanides 0-0.5 Si 0-0.5 Ni balance and unavoidable impurities. Also provided are a conventional cast component, a directionally solidified component and a single crystal component which include the superalloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2007Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Magnus Hasselqvist, Gordon McColvin
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Publication number: 20100279148Abstract: Nickel-based alloys and turbine components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a nickel-based alloy includes, by weight, about 29.5 percent to about 31.5 percent aluminum, about 0.20 percent to about 0.60 percent hafnium, about 0.08 percent to about 0.015 percent yttrium, and a balance of nickel. In another embodiment, by way of example only, a nickel-based alloy includes, by weight, about 9.7 percent to about 10.3 percent of cobalt, about 15.5 percent to about 16.5 percent of chromium, about 6.6 percent to about 7.2 percent of aluminum, about 5.7 percent to about 6.3 percent of tantalum, about 2.7 percent to about 3.3 percent of tungsten, about 1.8 percent to about 2.3 percent of rhenium, about 0.20 percent to about 1.2 percent of hafnium, about 0.20 percent to about 0.60 percent of silicon, and a balance of nickel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: Yiping Hu
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Patent number: 7824606Abstract: The invention provides nickel-based alloys that are useful in the preparation of articles for applications requiring high mechanical and physical properties, such as high strength and high heat stability, while simultaneously reducing the cost of preparation of the alloys. The invention further provides articles, such as turbine wheels, prepared using the inventive alloys.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Mark Heazle
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Publication number: 20100266865Abstract: An article of manufacture for reducing susceptibility of a metal pipe to metal dusting degradation. The article includes a multi-layer tubing having an alloy layer and a copper layer. The alloy layer can include a Ni based, an Al based and an Fe based alloy layer. In addition, layers of chrome oxide, spinel and aluminum oxide can be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Krishnamurti Natesan, Zuotao Zeng
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Publication number: 20100254822Abstract: A nickel-base superalloy composition including (measured in % by weight) from about 6.5 to about 7.5% aluminum, from about 4 to about 8% tantalum, from about 3 to about 10% chromium, from about 2 to about 7% tungsten, from 0 to about 4% molybdenum, from 0 to about 6% rhenium, from 0 to less than about 0.001% niobium, from 0 to about 5% cobalt, from 0 to about 0.2% silicon, from 0 to about 0.06% carbon, optionally, from 0 to about 0.5% titanium, from 0 to about 0.005% boron, from about 0.15 to about 0.7% hafnium, from 0 to about 0.03% of a rare earth addition selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, cesium, and combinations thereof, balance nickel and incidental impurities. The nickel-base superalloy composition may be used in single-crystal or directionally solidified superalloy articles such as high pressure turbine blades for a gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Brian Thomas Hazel, Kevin Swayne O'Hara, Laura Jill Carroll
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Publication number: 20100247324Abstract: The invention provides a Ni—Fe-based alloy which is preferable for a welding of a joint between different materials such as a steel material and a Ni-based alloy, and a rotor for a steam turbine which is manufactured by using the same. The invention employs a Ni—Fe-based alloy comprising Cr: 14 to 18%, Al: 1.0 to 2.5%, Mo+W: 2.5 to 5.0%, C: 0.01 to 0.10%, B: 0.001 to 0.03%, and Fe: 15 to 20%, in mass, in which the remaining portion is constructed by an unavoidable impurity and Ni, as a welding metal. As a result, it is possible to provide a rotor for a steam turbine which can hold down a reduction of a ductility and a toughness generated in the case of welding the different materials, and is excellent in a strength and the ductility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Jun SATO, Shinya IMANO, Hiroyuki DOI
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Publication number: 20100247950Abstract: An alloy material having high-temperature corrosion resistance, which exhibits excellent oxidation resistance and ductility and can be applied to gas turbines used at ultra high temperatures, and a thermal barrier coating, a turbine member and a gas turbine each comprising the alloy material. An alloy material having high-temperature corrosion resistance, comprising, by weight, Co: 15 to 30%, Cr: 10 to 30%, Al: 4 to 15%, Y: 0.1 to 3%, and Re: 0.1 to 1%, with the balance being substantially Ni. Also, an alloy material having high-temperature corrosion resistance, comprising, by weight, Ni: 20 to 40%, Cr: 10 to 30%, Al: 4 to 15%, Y: 0.1 to 3%, and Re: 0.1 to 5%, with the balance being substantially Co.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taiji Torigoe, Hidetaka Oguma, Ikuo Okada, Tomoaki Yunomura, Soji Kasumi
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Patent number: 7803237Abstract: A wear and oxidation resistant nickel-base alloy, exhibiting resistance to thermal cracking in high-stress elevated temperature environments, comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 53 to 67 nickel; 20 to 26 chromium; and 12 to 18 tungsten. The alloy optionally further comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight, at least one of: up to 3 cobalt; up to 3 molybdenum; up to 6 iron; 0.1 to 0.5 manganese; 0.1 to 0.7 silicon; 0.1 to 0.6 aluminum; and less than 0.05 carbon. Components of a seamless tube manufacturing apparatus fabricated from the alloy also are provided. The components may be, for example, tools for one of a piercing mill, a high mill, and a rotary expander, such as piercer points, piercing mill guide shoes, rotary expander guide shoes, reeler guide shoes, and high-mill plugs.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Damascus Steel Casting CompanyInventors: Thomas W. Cokain, Behram M. Kapadia, Charles J. Stein
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Patent number: 7785532Abstract: A nickel-molybdenum-chromium alloy, capable of withstanding both strong oxidizing and strong reducing 2.5% hydrochloric acid solutions at 121° C., contains 20.0 to 23.5 wt. % molybdenum and 13.0 to 16.5 wt. % chromium with the balance being nickel plus impurities and residuals of elements used for control of oxygen and sulfur.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Haynes International, Inc.Inventor: Paul Crook
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Publication number: 20100215984Abstract: A Ni-based brazing composition at least containing, in mass %, 1.0% or more and 1.3% or less of B, 4.0% or more and 6.0% or less of Si, and the balance consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein the brazing composition forms wherein the brazing composition forms dispersed phase containing B or Si in a metal texture after the brazing, and a maximum length of the dispersed phase is 30 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Naoki Oiwa, Sadao Nishikiori, Tsukasa Wakabayashi, Junji Tsuji
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Publication number: 20100172789Abstract: A method of coating a substrate with cryo-milled, nano-grained particles includes forming a face-centered-cubic gamma matrix comprising nickel, cobalt, chromium, tungsten and molybdenum, adding a dispersion strengthening material to the gamma matrix to form a first mixture, cryo-milling the first mixture to form a second mixture to form a nano-grained structure, and cold spraying the second mixture onto a substrate to form a coating having a nano-grained structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Eklavya Calla, Krishnamurthy Anand, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Sanjay Kumar Sondhi, Ramkumar Oruganti
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Publication number: 20100158695Abstract: A composition of matter comprises, in combination, in weight percent: a largest content of nickel; at least 16.0 percent cobalt; and at least 3.0 percent tantalum. The composition may be used in power metallurgical processes to form turbine engine turbine disks.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: Paul L. Reynolds
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Patent number: 7740719Abstract: A cutter is composed of a Ni—Cr alloy containing from 32 to 44 mass percent of Cr, from 2.3 to 6.0 mass percent of Al, the balance being Ni, impurities, and additional trace elements and having a Rockwell C hardness of 52 or more. This Ni—Cr alloy provides a cutter produced with a superior workability and by a significantly simplified process, having a low deterioration in the hardness even when heated in use, having excellent corrosion resistance and low-temperature embrittlement resistance, and satisfactorily maintaining the cutting performance for a long time.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohisa Arai, Takashi Rokutanda, Tadaharu Kido
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Patent number: 7731809Abstract: The present invention provides a low-melt nickel-based alloy powder applied in an activated diffusion brazing repair on gas turbine components. In one embodiment, and by way of example only, the low-melt alloy powder comprises between about 6.7% and about 9.2% by weight Cr, between about 9.7% and about 10.3% by weight Co, between about 3.7% and about 4.7% by weight W, between about 3.3% and about 6.3% by weight Ta, between about 3.6% and about 5.2% by weight Al, between about 1.3% and about 4.0% by weight Hf, between about 0.02% and about 0.06% by weight C, between about 1.0% and about 3.2% by weight B, and Ni. Optionally, the low-melt alloy powder may include between about 1.4% and about 3.2% by weight Re.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Yiping Hu
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Publication number: 20100135846Abstract: A first embodiment of a nickel based alloy consists essentially of from 3.0 to 5.2 wt % chromium, from 1.5 to 3.0 wt % molybdenum, from 6.0 to 12.5 wt % tungsten, from 5.0 to 11 wt % tantalum, from 5.5 to 6.5 wt % aluminum, from 11 to 14 wt % cobalt, from 0.001 to 1.75 wt % rhenium, from 0.2 to 0.6 wt % hafnium, up to 0.05 wt % yttrium, up to 3.0 wt % ruthenium, and the balance nickel. Another embodiment of a nickel based alloy consists essentially of from 1.0 to 3.0 wt % chromium, up to 2.5 wt % molybdenum, from 11 to 16 wt % tungsten, from 4.0 to 8.0 tantalum, from 5.7 to 6.5 wt % aluminum, from 11 to 15 wt % cobalt, from 2.0 to 4.0 wt % rhenium, from 0.2 to 0.6 wt % hafnium, up to 0.05 wt % yttrium, up to 3.0 wt % ruthenium, and the balance nickel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Alan D. Cetel, Dilip M. Shah
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Patent number: 7699944Abstract: Intermetallic braze alloys and methods of repairing an engine component are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, an intermetallic braze material includes between about 10% to about 15% chromium, by weight, between about 1% to about 3% aluminum, by weight, between about 0.1% to about 0.5% zirconium, by weight, between about 18% to about 25% hafnium, by weight, and a balance of nickel. In another embodiment, by way of example only, an intermetallic braze material includes between about 10% to about 15% chromium, by weight, between about 1% to about 3% aluminum, by weight, between about 10% to about 13% zirconium, by weight, between about 0.3% to about 0.7% hafnium, by weight, and a balance of nickel.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Yiping Hu