Patents by Inventor Werner Stamm

Werner Stamm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7695827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a substrate and a protective layer, which consists of an intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone on or near the substrate and an outer layer zone which is arranged on the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone, which is characterized in that the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone comprises of (in wt %): 24-26% Co, 16-18% Cr, 9.5-11% Al, 0.3-0.5 Y, 1-1.8% Re and Ni balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Willem J. Quadakkers, Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20100061836
    Abstract: A process for producing a component of a gas turbine having a substrate with a metallic layer is provided. The metallic layer is a MCrAlX layer which is treated at temperatures elevated above the operating temperature, by at least 50° C., so that the oxidation and corrosion behavior are improved. In particular a MCrAlX of the type, NiCoCrAlX is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20090311508
    Abstract: Layered thermal barrier coating with high porosity. Ceramic thermal barrier coatings according to the state of the art often do not withstand the thermal and mechanical stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20090263675
    Abstract: Known protective layers with a high Cr content form brittle phases which become even more brittle during use under the influence of carbon. The protective layer according to the invention has the composition 26% to 28% cobalt, 20% to 22% chromium, 7% to 8% aluminium, 0.5% to 0.7% yttrium and/or at least one equivalent metal from the group comprising scandium and the rare-earth elements, optionally silicon and/or rhenium and the rest made up of nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 7584669
    Abstract: Method for recording microstructural changes in a layer system component. A specific material parameter of the component is measured. The layer system may include an alloy substrate and an alloy or porous ceramic layer. The material parameter may be measured a plurality of times. The measured material parameter may include electrical capacitance, specific heat capacity, peltier coefficient or magnetic susceptibility. The material parameter may first be measured on a new component and subsequent measurements may be performed at a time interval after operational use. The recorded material parameter is then used to determine microstructural changes in the substrate or the layer material of the component caused by changes in precipitation, cracks, or depletion of an alloying element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Dankert, Martin Feldhege, Stefan Irmisch, Matthias Oechsner, Eckart Schumann, Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20090155120
    Abstract: Known protective layers with a high Cr content and additionally a silicon form brittle phases, which become even more brittle under the influence of carbon during use. The protective layer according to the invention has the composition 27% to 31% nickel, 23% to 29% chromium, 7% to 11% aluminum, 0.5% to 0.7% yttrium and/or at least one equivalent metal from the group comprising scandium and rare earth elements, optionally 0.6% to 0.8% silicon, optionally 0.5% to 0.7% zirconium and the remainder cobalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20090136769
    Abstract: Disclosed is a protective layer having the composition 1.5% to 2.5% rhenium, 11% to 13% cobalt, 20% to 22% chrome, 10.5% to 11.5% aluminum, 0.3% to 0.5% yttrium and or at least one equivalent metal selected from the group comprising scandium and the rare earths and the remainder consists of nickel. Existing protective layers which have a high Al and/or Cr content and which are additionally reinforced by Re-forming brittle phases that, during use, additionally embrittle under the influence of carbon. The present invention hardly exhibits a brittleness by Cr/Re depositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20090117390
    Abstract: Protective layers, according to the prior art, achieve their protective function b depletion of a defined element that forms a protective oxide layer or that is exhausted as a sacrificial material. Once said material is exhausted, the protective function cannot be maintained. The invention is characterized by using particles (1) that contain a sustained-release depot of the exhaustible material. For this purpose, the material is present in a superstoichiometric form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Stamm, Jan Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20090081445
    Abstract: Ceramic layers are often used for heat insulation in a layer system, and have a high porosity therefore, The inventive porous ceramic heat insulating layer has a particular pore size distribution such that it has a high expansion tolerance event at temperatures higher than 1200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Stefan Lampenscherf, Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20080206595
    Abstract: An oxidation resistant component is disclosed comprising a substrate and a protective layer. The protective layer consists of an inner MCrAlY layer contiguous with the substrate and an outer layer consisting of at least Ni and Al and having a ?-NiAl structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: William J. Quadakkers, Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20080160269
    Abstract: The layer system according to the invention uses different grain size distributions for the layer, in order to improve the bonding of the layer to a substrate; a different grain size distribution is used for the outer part of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20080138648
    Abstract: Components according to the prior art, to protect against corrosion, have a protective layer, a metal element (for example Al) of this protective layer forming a protective oxide layer. However, this metal element also diffuses into the substrate in an undesired way. The layer system according to the invention includes a metallic blocking layer which prevents this diffusion, the blocking layer including at least one phase of the PdAl2, Ta2Al, NbAl2 or Nb3Al type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Knut Halberstadt, Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 7368177
    Abstract: An oxidation resistant component is disclosed comprising a substrate and a protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Willem J. Quadakkers, Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 7338719
    Abstract: MCrAl layers according to prior art often display chipping of the thermally grown aluminum oxide layer (TGO) as a result of thermally induced stresses, which significantly reduces the oxidation behavior or the bonding behavior of ceramic heat insulating layers. An inventive MCrAl layer is designed in such a way that the TGO created thereon is microporous and thus allows expansion. The microporosity of the TGO is ensured by adding elements into the MCrAl layer in a targeted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH
    Inventors: Willem J. Quadakkers, Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20080026242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a substrate and a protective layer, which consists of an intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone on or near the substrate and an outer layer zone which is arranged on the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone, which is characterized in that the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone comprises of (in wt %): 24-26% Co, 16-18% Cr, 9.5-11% Al, 0.3-0.5 Y, 1-1.8% Re and Ni balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Willem Quadakkers, Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 7261955
    Abstract: Protective layers of the MCrAlX type according to the prior art are often provided with a platinum layer to prevent diffusion of elements out of the base material into the MCrAlX. The MCrAlX alloy according to the invention includes halogens (F, Cl, Br, I), which prevent this diffusion, in particular of titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schütze, Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20070180897
    Abstract: The microstructure of components, particularly layer systems, deteriorates under excessive thermal and/or mechanical stress. Previous test methods are destructive, parts being cut out of the layer system and being microstructurally analyzed. The inventive method allows a deterioration to be determined by means of special, simple non-destructive measurements that are repeated at specific intervals using a mechanical indenter test, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Dankert, Martin Feldhege, Stefan Irmisch, Matthias Oechsner, Eckart Schumann, Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 7250222
    Abstract: A system for bonding layers (1) of different chemical compositions, such as bonding a thermal barrier layer to a metal substrate on a surface of a gas turbine component. A substrate (4) made either of a ceramic material or particularly of a metal super-alloy may be bonded to an outer layer (16) such as a ceramic by means of a fine-grained intermediate layer (7) bonded to the substrate (4), and a coarse-grained layer (10) bonded to the intermediate layer (7) to create a studded surface (9). The fine and coarse layers (7, 10) provide a transition between the substrate (4) and the outer layer (16) for improved bonding between them. The studded surface (9) may provide at least a 20% increase in bonding surface area for the outer layer (16). Additionally, a medium-grained layer (13) may be applied to the studded surface (9) before applying the outer layer(16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Knut Halberstadt, Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20070065675
    Abstract: Known protective layers with a high Al and/or Cr content and additionally strengthened by Re form brittle phases which become more brittle during use under the influence of carbon. The protective layer according to the invention has the composition 0.5 to 2% rhenium, 24 to 26% cobalt, 15 to 21% chromium, 9 to 11.5% aluminum, 0.05 to 0.7% yttrium and/or at least one equivalent metal selected from the group consisting of scandium and the rare earth elements, 0 to 1% ruthenium, remainder cobalt and/or nickel and manufacturing-related impurities, and reveals scarcely any embrittlement caused by Cr/Re precipitates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20060257688
    Abstract: Protective layers of the MCrAlX type according to the prior art are often provided with a platinum layer to prevent diffusion of elements out of the base material into the MCrAlX. The MCrAlX alloy according to the invention includes halogens (F, Cl, Br, I), which prevent this diffusion, in particular of titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Schutze, Werner Stamm