Abstract: Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 20.0% to about 21.5% chromium, about 8.5% to about 10.0% nickel, about 4.0% to about 5.0% manganese, about 0.5 to about 1.5% niobium, about 0.5% to about 2.0% silicon, about 0.4% to about 0.5% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.3% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The elements tungsten and molybdenum are excluded beyond impurity levels. Turbocharger turbine housings made of the stainless steel alloy, and methods of making the same, are also disclosed. The stainless steel alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures up to about 1020° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 20.0% to about 21.5% chromium, about 8.5% to about 10.0% nickel, about 4.0% to about 5.0% manganese, about 0.5% to about 2.0% silicon, about 0.4% to about 0.5% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.3% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The elements niobium, tungsten, and molybdenum are excluded beyond impurity levels. Turbocharger turbine housings made of the stainless steel alloy, and methods of making the same, are also disclosed. The stainless steel alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures up to about 1020° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 24.0% to about 26.0% chromium, about 13.0% to about 20.0% nickel, about 4.5% to about 5.5% manganese, about 1.2 to about 1.5% niobium, about 1.0% to about 2.0% silicon, about 0.4% to about 0.5% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.3% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The elements tungsten and molybdenum are excluded beyond impurity levels. Turbocharger turbine housings made of the stainless steel alloy are also disclosed. The stainless steel alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures beyond about 1050° C., such as up to about 1070° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a housing for an electrical device, in particular an electrical machine. The housing encloses a cavity. The housing has a housing cup and a housing part. The housing part, which is formed, for example, by a closing element, in particular a housing cover, is designed to be connected to the housing cup, in particular separably or inseparably, or to close the housing cup. According to the invention, the housing cup, in particular a housing wall of the housing cup, has an opening. The housing cup is made of metal, in particular steel or aluminum, at least in the region of a housing cup edge extending peripherally around the opening. The housing part is preferably made of plastic. The housing preferably has an adapter, which is in particular tubular, for connecting the housing cup to the housing part. The adapter is injection-molded or fused onto a longitudinal section of the housing cup edge.

Abstract: Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 20.0% to about 21.5% chromium, about 8.5% to about 10.0% nickel, about 4.0% to about 5.0% manganese, about 0.5 to about 1.5% niobium, about 0.5% to about 2.0% silicon, about 0.4% to about 0.5% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.3% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The elements tungsten and molybdenum are excluded beyond impurity levels. Turbocharger turbine housings made of the stainless steel alloy, and methods of making the same, are also disclosed. The stainless steel alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures up to about 1020° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 20.0% to about 21.5% chromium, about 8.5% to about 10.0% nickel, about 4.0% to about 5.0% manganese, about 0.5% to about 2.0% silicon, about 0.4% to about 0.5% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.3% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The elements niobium, tungsten, and molybdenum are excluded beyond impurity levels. Turbocharger turbine housings made of the stainless steel alloy, and methods of making the same, are also disclosed. The stainless steel alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures up to about 1020° C.

Abstract: Components, turbochargers, and methods of forming components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method of forming a component is provided. The method includes applying a plurality of coated particles to a substrate, wherein each coated particle comprises a solid film lubricant particle and a layer surrounding an entire surface of the solid film lubricant particle, each solid film lubricant particle comprises at least one compound, and the layer comprises a coating material having a greater resistance to oxidation than the compound when subjected to a predetermined processing temperature and heating the substrate to the predetermined processing temperature to form a portion of a coating over the substrate.

Abstract: Components, turbochargers, and methods of forming components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method of forming a component is provided. The method includes applying a plurality of coated particles to a substrate, wherein each coated particle comprises a solid film lubricant particle and a layer surrounding an entire surface of the solid film lubricant particle, each solid film lubricant particle comprises at least one compound, and the layer comprises a coating material having a greater resistance to oxidation than the compound when subjected to a predetermined processing temperature and heating the substrate to the predetermined processing temperature to form a portion of a coating over the substrate.

Abstract: A method includes applying a coating precursor material over a substrate, the coating precursor material comprising a powder having an average particle diameter in a range of about 10 nanometers to about 10 microns comprising a fluoride eutectic, a metal capable of oxidizing at about 535° C. to about 800° C., one or more materials selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a glass, a carbide, and a nitride, and optionally, a precious metal selected from silver, palladium, platinum, gold, rhodium, and alloys thereof, subjecting the coating to a sintering heat treatment, occurring at a first temperature in an inert or reducing atmosphere to sinter the metal of the precursor material, and exposing the coating to an oxidizing heat treatment performed in an oxidizing atmosphere at a second temperature that is less than the first temperature to oxidize a portion of the metal in the coating precursor material.

Abstract: Components, turbochargers, and methods of forming components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method of forming a component is provided. The method includes applying a plurality of coated particles to a substrate, wherein each coated particle comprises a solid film lubricant particle and a layer surrounding an entire surface of the solid film lubricant particle, each solid film lubricant particle comprises at least one compound, and the layer comprises a coating material having a greater resistance to oxidation than the compound when subjected to a predetermined processing temperature and heating the substrate to the predetermined processing temperature to form a portion of a coating over the substrate.

Abstract: Coating precursor materials, turbomachinery components, and methods of manufacturing the components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a coating precursor material includes a solid film lubricant component and a bonding component comprising at least one eutectic mixture, said at least one eutectic mixture selected from a group consisting of barium fluoride/nickel fluoride, barium fluoride/cobalt fluoride, and barium fluoride/barium fluoride-boron oxide.

Abstract: A method includes applying a coating precursor material over a substrate, the coating precursor material comprising a powder having an average particle diameter in a range of about 10 nanometers to about 10 microns comprising a fluoride eutectic, a metal capable of oxidizing at about 535° C. to about 800° C., one or more materials selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a glass, a carbide, and a nitride, and optionally, a precious metal selected from silver, palladium, platinum, gold, rhodium, and alloys thereof, subjecting the coating to a sintering heat treatment, occurring at a first temperature in an inert or reducing atmosphere to sinter the metal of the precursor material, and exposing the coating to an oxidizing heat treatment performed in an oxidizing atmosphere at a second temperature that is less than the first temperature to oxidize a portion of the metal in the coating precursor material.

Abstract: Components, turbochargers, and methods of forming components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method of forming a component is provided. The method includes applying a plurality of coated particles to a substrate, wherein each coated particle comprises a solid film lubricant particle and a layer surrounding an entire surface of the solid film lubricant particle, each solid film lubricant particle comprises at least one compound, and the layer comprises a coating material having a greater resistance to oxidation than the compound when subjected to a predetermined processing temperature and heating the substrate to the predetermined processing temperature to form a portion of a coating over the substrate.

Abstract: Coating precursor materials, turbomachinery components, and methods of manufacturing the components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a coating precursor material includes a solid film lubricant component and a bonding component comprising at least one eutectic mixture, said at least one eutectic mixture selected from a group consisting of barium fluoride/nickel fluoride, barium fluoride/cobalt fluoride, and barium fluoride/barium fluoride-boron oxide.

Abstract: A protective coating for a component comprising a ceramic based substrate, and methods for protecting the component, the protective coating adapted for withstanding repeated thermal cycling. The substrate may comprise silicon nitride or silicon carbide, and the protective coating may comprise at least one tantalate of scandium, yttrium, or a rare earth element. The protective coating may further comprise one or more metal oxides. The coating protects the substrate from combustion gases in the high temperature turbine engine environment. The coating may be multi-layered and exhibits strong bonding to Si-based substrate materials and composites.

Abstract: An integrated power and pressurization management system supplies electrical power and cabin pressurization and cooling air during both airborne and ground operations. The system includes an integral auxiliary power unit (APU) that has a compressor, a motor-generator, and a power turbine all mounted on one shaft. The integral APU can supply compressed air for cabin pressurization and environmental cooling functions, and can generate electrical power for various electrical loads. The system further includes one or more electrically driven compressors.

Abstract: A protective barrier coating system including a diffusion barrier coating and an oxidation barrier coating and method for use in protecting silicon-based ceramic turbine engine components. A complete barrier coating system includes a thermal barrier coating of stabilized zirconia and an environmental barrier coating of an alloyed tantalum oxide. The oxidation barrier coating includes a layer of metallic silicates formed on a substrate of silicon nitride or silicon carbide to be protected. The oxidation barrier coating can include silicates of scandium, ytterbia or yttrium. The oxidation barrier coating may also include an inner layer of Si2ON2 between the diffusion barrier and the metallic silicate layer. The oxidation barrier coating can be applied to the substrate by spraying, slurry dipping and sintering, by a sol-gel process followed by sintering, by plasma spray, or by electron beam-physical vapor deposition.

Abstract: Sintered silicon nitride products comprising predominantly ?-silicon nitride grains in combination with from about 0.1 to 30 mole % silicon carbide, and grain boundary secondary phases of scandium oxide and scandium disilicate. Such products have high fracture toughness, resistance to recession, and resistance to oxidation at temperatures of at least 1500° C. Methods for preparing sintered silicon nitride products are also disclosed.

Abstract: A layered structure includes a substrate comprising a layer of an oxide/oxide ceramic based composite material, a first oxide layer disposed directly on the substrate and formed from a material that has no greater than about 10% porosity and is substantially impermeable by water vapor, and a second oxide layer disposed directly on the first oxide layer and having a greater porosity than the first oxide layer. Either or both the first and second oxide layers of the coating system may be deposited using a plasma spraying process, a slurry deposition process which is followed by a sintering step, or an EB-PVD process.

Abstract: A component comprising a silicon-based substrate and a diffusion barrier coating disposed on the silicon-based substrate. The diffusion barrier coating comprises an isolation layer disposed directly on the silicon-based substrate and at least one oxygen barrier layer disposed on the isolation layer. The oxygen barrier layer prevents the diffusion of oxygen therethrough, and prevents excessive oxidation of the silicon-based substrate. The isolation layer(s) prevent contaminants and impurities from reacting with the oxygen barrier layer. An environmental barrier coating may be disposed on the diffusion barrier coating, and a thermal barrier coating may be disposed on the environmental barrier coating. Methods for making a component having a diffusion barrier coating are also disclosed.