Ni-base Component Patents (Class 428/680)
  • Publication number: 20110138621
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a carrier for manufacturing a substrate, including: an insulation layer including a first metal layer formed on one side or both sides thereof; a second metal layer formed on one side of the first metal layer; and a third metal layer formed on one side of the second metal layer, wherein the second metal layer has a lower melting point than the first metal layer or the third metal layer. The carrier is advantageous in that a build up layer can be separated from a carrier by heating, so that a routing process is not required, with the result that the size of a substrate does not change when the build up layer is separated from the carrier, thereby reusing the carrier and maintaining the compatibility between the substrate and manufacturing facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Seong Min CHO, Keung Jin SOHN, Tae Kyun BAE, Hyun Jung HONG, Kyung Ah LEE, Chang Gun OH
  • Publication number: 20110139858
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a carrier for manufacturing a substrate, including: two insulation layers, each being provided on one side thereof with a first metal layer and on the other side thereof with a second metal layer; and a third metal layer having a lower melting point than the first metal layer and formed between the two first metal layers respectively formed on the two insulation layers such that the two first metal layers are attached to each other. The carrier is advantageous in that the carrier can be separated by heating the third metal layer, so that the size of a substrate does not change at the time of separating the carrier, thereby maintaining the compatibility between a substrate and manufacturing facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Seong Min Cho, Keung Jin Sohn, Chang Gun Oh, Hyun Jung Hong, Tae Kyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20110143164
    Abstract: A coated article having an improved coating oxidation life includes a superalloy substrate material having a composition which includes sulfur, herein the sulfur is present in an amount less than 1 ppm; and an overlay coating formed over a surface of the substrate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan D. Cetel, Dilip M. Shah
  • Patent number: 7947381
    Abstract: The present invention provides parts of a rotation machine which effectively prevent particulates, such as silica, iron oxide, and other particles, contained in a gas to adhere to the rotating machines which work with the gases containing the particulates. An intermediated metal-plated film and a plated film containing fluorocarbon polymer particles provided on the intermediate metal-plated film are deposited on the surfaces of moving blades used in a steam turbine. The plated film containing the fluorocarbon polymer particles includes fluorocarbon polymer particles made of any of Ni-based metals and a plated matrix, and some of the fluorocarbon polymer particles are exposed at the surfaces of the plated matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan Kanigen Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoaki Yasui, Yoshikazu Yamada, Katsuyasu Hananaka, Satoshi Hata, Yuzo Tsurusaki, Osamu Isumi, Kazuhide Saito, Kenichi Nemoto, Yukiharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7943243
    Abstract: An interference fit assembly (10) is made of a first metal part (12), which has a recess (14) with an inner contact surface (16) and a second metal part (18) arranged in the recess (14) of the first metal part (12), wherein the second metal part has an outer contact surface (20). The inner contact surface (16) of the first metal part is in contact with the outer contact surface (20) of the second metal part (18), and at least one of the contact surfaces (16, 20) features a layer (22), which is made of a material, which differs from the material of the first metal part (12) and the material of the second metal part (18) and which comprises nickel or copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Anzinger, Willibald Schürz, Martin Simmet
  • Patent number: 7935413
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Publication number: 20110097599
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Yiping Hu
  • Patent number: 7931759
    Abstract: Improved compositions are described for the protection of gas turbine parts at elevated temperatures. The compositions are of the MCrAlY type, wherein M is Nickel, or Nickel in combination with cobalt and/or iron. The compositions further comprise a lanthanide, a group 4 metal selected from hafnium, zirconium, titanium, or a combination of these, and optionally, a group 14 element selected from silicon and/or germanium. The combination results in improved Al retention properties. Also disclosed herein are articles comprising the coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Ganjiang Feng, Melvin Robert Jackson
  • Patent number: 7927714
    Abstract: A metallic article for high temperature applications such as a turbine engine component is protected by a thermal barrier coating system on the article's metallic substrate. The thermal barrier coating system includes a bond coat layer of aluminum containing alloy on the metal substrate, an alumina layer on the bond coat layer and a ceramic thermal barrier layer on the alumina layer. The bond coat layer is doped with elemental barium that enhances the creep resistance of the alumina layer, thus, minimizing spallation of the ceramic thermal barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Emily A. Carter, Ivan Milas
  • Patent number: 7919193
    Abstract: A component for use in a high vacuum environment, the component including a core of non-magnetic Hastelloy with a cladding of nickel-iron covering the core at least in part. The component can be, for example, at least one of a gate valve for use in a high vacuum environment of an electron gun, a bearing, a slide way, a gate valve bearing, a rotary slide, a linear slide, an electron beam column, and electron beam chamber, and a vacuum chamber. In this manner, because the final mechanical tolerance is controlled by machining instead of part assembling, extremely high alignment accuracy is obtained. The final part provides field shielding as provided by the nickel alloy shell, low stray field provided by the non-magnetic Hastelloy, good vacuum performance, and tight mechanical tolerance control. Also, because Hastelloy has the advantage of a low oxidation rate in comparison to stainless steel and titanium, there is less contamination buildup due to conditions such as electron beam bombardment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammed Tahmassebpur, Salam Harb, Liqun Han, Marian Mankos
  • Patent number: 7901790
    Abstract: There is provided a high temperature component with a thermal barrier coating, which can be used as a high temperature component for a gas turbine, an aircraft gas turbine engine, or the like. A top coat is formed of a ceramic on a bond coat, the bond coat being formed on a heat resistant alloy substrate composed mainly of at least one element of nickel and cobalt, wherein the bond coat contains at least one of nickel and cobalt, chromium and aluminum, and further contains at least one selected from a group consisting of tantalum, cesium, tungsten, silicon, platinum, manganese and boron in a range of 0 to 20 wt %. The high temperature component according to the present invention has very high durability of a thermal-insulating ceramic layer, and is less susceptible to spalling damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Takayuki Yoshioka, Mitsutoshi Okada, Tohru Hisamatsu
  • Patent number: 7901788
    Abstract: CVD aluminide coatings including a small concentration of a reactive, gettering element for surface active impurities dispersed therein are formed for improved oxidation resistance. The aluminide coatings are formed by CVD codeposition of Al and the gettering element on the substrate using coating gases for the gettering element generated either outside or inside the coating retort depending on the chlorination temperature needed for the particular gettering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Howmet Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce M. Warnes, David C. Punola, Jeffery S. Smith, Daniel L. Near
  • Patent number: 7897264
    Abstract: A reactive foil assembly for the packaging and presenting of a reactive foil. The reactive foil assembly comprising a reactive foil, a film, a flex circuit and an adhesive. The reactive foil is placed above the film such that a portion of the reactive foil does not overlap with the film. The flex circuit is also placed above the film such that the flex circuit is operably coupled to the reactive foil. The reactive foil assembly is placed over a surface such that the film adheres to the surface with the help of the adhesive. The reactive foil is ignited by an energy pulse provided by the power source and delivered by the flex circuit coupled to the power source. An exothermic reaction of the reactive foil is initiated, which provides a molten foil available for joining of two objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Michael H. Bunyan
  • Publication number: 20110014495
    Abstract: A Ni alloy layer is formed on a surface of a steel base on the side to be in direct contact with a molten aluminum alloy, and titanium carbide (TiC) is bonded in a particulate state to the surface of the Ni alloy layer. This makes it possible to provide a metal material having materially enhanced melting loss resistance without resorting to conventional techniques, such as the provision of a ceramic coating by PVD or CVD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Masuda, Shuhei Homma, Ryousuke Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 7871247
    Abstract: A high modulus component, such as an aircraft engine turbine blade, is formed from a base metal that has a high modulus crystallographic orientation that is aligned with the primary, i.e. radial, direction of the turbine blade. The base metal is Ni, Fe, Ti, Co, Al, Nb, or Mo based alloy. Alignment of a high modulus direction of the base metal with the primary direction provides enhanced high cycle fatigue life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dilip M. Shah, Alan D. Cetel, Alan W. Stoner, William P. Allen
  • Publication number: 20110003170
    Abstract: A coating and process for depositing the coating on a substrate. The coating is a nickel aluminide overlay coating of predominantly the beta (NiAl) and gamma-prime (Ni3Al) intermetallic phases, and is suitable for use as an environmental coating and as a bond coat for a thermal barrier coating (TBC). The coating can be formed by depositing nickel and aluminum in appropriate amounts to yield the desired beta+gamma prime phase content. Alternatively, nickel and aluminum can be deposited so that the aluminum content of the coating exceeds the appropriate amount to yield the desired beta+gamma prime phase content, after which the coating is heat treated to diffuse the excess aluminum from the coating into the substrate to yield the desired beta+gamma prime phase content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Joseph David Rigney, Gillion Herman Marijnissen, Eric Richard Irma Carolus Vergeldt, Annejan Bernard Kloosterman
  • Publication number: 20100330393
    Abstract: A ductile corrosion and oxidation resistant coating, being predominately of gamma-prime nickel aluminide intermetallic includes 15-30 atomic % aluminum, up to atomic % chromium, optionally, up to 30 atomic % of a platinum group metal, optionally, up to 4 atomic % of a reactive element, and optionally, up to 15 atomic % of at least one strengthening element, and a balance being essentially nickel or nickel and at least one of cobalt, iron, or cobalt and iron. A coated article includes the ductile corrosion and oxidation resistant coating on a superalloy substrate such as a turbine disk, turbine seal, a turbine blade, a turbine nozzle, a turbine shroud, or a turbine frame or case having an under platform or non-gas path region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Hazel, Ming Fu
  • Patent number: 7858205
    Abstract: A bimetallic bond layer (26, 28) for a thermal barrier coating or TBC (30) on a superalloy substrate (22) for a high temperature environment. An interlayer (26) is applied on the substrate. A bond coat (28) comprising a CoNiCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY alloy is applied on the interlayer. A ceramic TBC (30) such as 8YSZ is applied on the bond coat. The interlayer (26) is an alloy that is compatible with the substrate and the bond coat, and that blocks or delays diffusion of aluminum from the bond coat into the substrate at high operating temperatures. This preserves aluminum in the bond coat that maintains a beneficial alumina scale (29) between the bond coat and the TBC. This delays spalling of the TBC, and lengthens the coating and component life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Allen, Andrew J. Burns, Ramesh Subramanian
  • Patent number: 7854997
    Abstract: Metallic substrates have a surface for receiving application of an adhesive that includes a precipitated coating of metallic nanoparticulates. A first portion of the nanoparticulates is adhered to the surface and a second portion is in contact with the first portion. Also provided are adhered constructs. These constructs include a first substrate with a first surface that has a metallic precipitated coating of nanoparticulates. A first portion of the nanoparticulates is adhered to the surface and a second portion contacts the first portion. The constructs include a second substrate that has a second surface; and an adhesive is applied between the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Julia J. Mack
  • Publication number: 20100304182
    Abstract: Free standing articles or articles at least partially coated with substantially porosity free, fine-grained and/or amorphous Co-bearing metallic materials optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein, are disclosed. The electrodeposited metallic layers and/or patches comprising Co provide, enhance or restore strength, wear and/or lubricity of substrates without reducing the fatigue performance compared to either uncoated or equivalent thickness chromium coated substrate. The fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings comprising Co are particularly suited for articles exposed to thermal cycling, fatigue and other stresses and/or in applications requiring anti-microbial properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: INTEGRAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Diana Facchini, Francisco Gonzalez, Jonathan McCrea, Mike Uetz, Gino Palumbo, Klaus Tomantschger
  • Publication number: 20100304178
    Abstract: A carrier material to be used as a placeholder for structuring workpieces having at least one vacuity is disclosed, said carrier material comprising at least two metal powders Mel and Mell, the standard electrode potentials of which are different at room temperature, which can be produced by a method compacting the powders, as well as a method for producing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: HERMLE MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Dirscherl
  • Patent number: 7842402
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating (TBC) system is provided. The system includes at least one thermal barrier coating (TBC) bond coat layer formed over a substrate surface region. The TBC bond coat layer includes at least one TBC bond coat material. The TBC bond coat material is a nickel-chromium-aluminum-yttrium (NiCrAlY) composition that also includes silicon (Si), hafnium (Hf) and less than 10 weight percent (wt %) cobalt (Co). The TBC system further includes at least one top coat layer formed over the TBC bond coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ganjiang Feng, Paul S. Dimascio, Jon C. Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20100291406
    Abstract: A cobalt-nickel alloy composition is described, containing about 20% to about 28% cobalt; about 37% to about 46% nickel; at least about 6% chromium; aluminum; and at least one refractory metal. The total weight of cobalt, aluminum, and refractory metal in the composition is less than about 50% of the total weight of the composition. Moreover, the alloy composition comprises both a (Co, Ni)-gamma phase and an L12-structured (gamma prime) phase. Various components made from the cobalt-nickel alloy composition are also described. Examples include high-temperature machinery and devices, e.g., components of gas turbine engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Akane Suzuki, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100291405
    Abstract: A method of producing or repairing single-crystalline turbine or engine components by the following steps: heating of braze filler metal to a temperature which is greater than or equal to the melting temperature of the braze filler metal; introducing the molten mass of the braze filler metal produced through the heating process into a crack formed in the turbine or engine component, or into the gap formed between two turbine or engine components, or into a damaged area of a turbine or engine component; and non-isothermal control or regulation of the temperature of the braze filler metal or turbine or engine component during an epitaxic solidification process of the braze filler metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Vossberg, Hans Joachin Rösler, Sebastian Piegert
  • Publication number: 20100279146
    Abstract: A tool for friction stir welding or forming is provided. The tool comprises a shoulder portion (40b) and optionally a pin portion (5Ob)l the shoulder portion (40b) comprised of at least 60% by weight and up to 100% by weight of tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium or hafnium, the balance being alloying materials, if used. The tool has at least one surface treatment or coating. Articles welded by the tools are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: H.C. Starck Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles E.D. Rowe, Jonathan R. Tuck, David George Staines, Wayne Morris Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100279147
    Abstract: A structural component suitable for use as refinery and/or petrochemical process equipment and piping is provided. The structural component has improved corrosion, abrasion, environmental degradation resistance, and fire resistant properties with a substrate coated with a surface-treated amorphous metal layer. The surface of the structural component is surface treated with an energy source to cause a diffusion of at least a portion of the amorphous metal layer and at least a portion of the substrate, forming a diffusion layer disposed on a substrate. The diffusion layer has a negative hardness profile with the hardness increasing from the diffusion surface in contact with the substrate to the surface away from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Grzegorz Jan Kusinski, Jan P. Kusinski
  • Publication number: 20100279148
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Yiping Hu
  • Publication number: 20100266417
    Abstract: A method for applying a NiAl based bond coat and a diffusion aluminide coating to a metal substrate is disclosed. The method comprises providing a superalloy substrate, the superalloy substrate having an external surface; and optionally cleaning the external surface of the superalloy substrate. The method further comprises coating a portion of the external surface of the superalloy substrate, by physical vapor deposition with a layer of a NiAl based metal alloy, wherein the deposited NiAl based metal alloy includes a controlled amount of about 6 to 25 weight percent aluminum and additionally the deposited aluminum level of the NiAl based metal alloy is controlled to be about 50-100% of its final level after aluminizing to form a coated external portion; and subsequently, simultaneously aluminizing the coated external portion and a different surface of the superalloy substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Daniel Gorman, Brett Allen Boutwell, Robert George Zimmerman, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100254820
    Abstract: A restored or regenerated article including a residual substrate comprised of a first material and a restorative or regenerative layer of second material overlying at least a portion of the residual substrate. The second material is substantially similar in composition to the first material to promote an integral bond therebetween. The second material comprises the deposit of a suitable deposition process, i.e., vapor phase deposition, cathodic arc deposition, or sputtering. The restored/regenerated article includes an environmental coating at least partly diffused into the restorative or regenerative layer. The environmental coating comprises a deposit from a deposition process selected from vapor phase deposition, cathodic arc deposition, and combinations thereof. Heat treatments of about 2 hours or longer at temperatures between about 1500 ° F. to about 2300° F. (about 816° C. to about 1260° C.) to enhance the bond between the residual substrate and the restorative/regenerative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Maly, William Thomas Carter, JR., Thomas Joseph Kelly, Mark David Veliz
  • Patent number: 7807273
    Abstract: An alloy-coated boiler part is furnished with a melted coating of alloy material excellent in erosion/corrosion resistance when joined by welding, and free from thermal shock cracking. Super alloy coating (15) is applied over rapid temperature rise region width (C), where thermal shock cracking may occur at a welding operation, at end portions subjected to weld joint including the vicinity. Self-fluxing alloy coating (16) is applied on remaining regions other than the rapid temperature rise region width (C). While over a half proportion of each of the alloy coatings (15, 16) occupied by an Ni-enriched Ni—Cr component, the super alloy coating (15) has the contents of B and Si suppressed to equal or less than 0.1% and equal or less than 0.5%, respectively, and in the self-fluxing alloy coating (16), the content of each of B and Si is in the range of 1 to 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignees: Dai-Ichi High Frequency Co., Ltd., Flourshing Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Matsubara, Yoshinobu Sochi, Makoto Kumakawa, Shin-Nan Lee
  • Publication number: 20100233507
    Abstract: One aspect is a device including at least two interconnected metal parts. The two interconnected parts are formed from metals with different melting temperature from the group consisting of the elements Pt, Pd, Ag, Au, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, W, V, Hf, Mo, Co, Cr, Ni, Ir, Re, Ru as well as alloys on the basis of at least one of those elements. The metal part with the lower melting temperature is fused onto the metal part with the higher melting temperature and both parts are friction-locked and/or form-locked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: W. C. HERAEUS GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Vogt, Lena Lewandrowski, Stefan Schibli, Heiko Specht
  • Publication number: 20100221575
    Abstract: A substrate having a coating is disclosed. The coating is formed of a plurality of layers. At least one of the layers includes a super alloy and at least two additional layers including silver. A coating for a substrate is also disclosed. A method of applying a coating to a substrate is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Randy Leland Stull
  • Publication number: 20100215984
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Naoki Oiwa, Sadao Nishikiori, Tsukasa Wakabayashi, Junji Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20100209733
    Abstract: A The hot-gas conducting component for a flow machine has a nickel-base wrought alloy as structural material and a hot gas-side lining made from the group of iron-chromium-aluminum-yttrium alloys and a flow machine having a component of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: MAN Turbo AG
    Inventors: Markus Beukenberg, Sharad Chandra, Norbert Czech, Roland Herzog
  • Patent number: 7776454
    Abstract: A method for producing titanium alloy brazing strips and the resulting brazing strips and/or foils. The method uses a cold-rolling process without heat treating to generate a titanium based multi-layer alloy strip or foil made up of discrete layers of titanium and an additional layer or layers of one or more metals, such as zirconium, nickel and/or copper, for example, or alloys thereof, with the layer of titanium roll bonded without heat treating to the layers of the additional metal(s). The resulting strip or foil can include, for example, Cu/Ti/Cu, Ni/Ti/Ni, Ni/Ti/Cu, Cu/Ni/Ti/Ni/Cu, Ni/Cu/Ti/Cu/Ni, Ni/Cu/Ni/Ti/Ni/Cu/Ni, Ni/Zr/Cu/Ti/Cu/Zr/Ni and Ni/Ti/Cu/Zr/Cu/Ti/Ni among other combinations. The resulting strip or foil can be used for brazing, creating an alloy of the weight percentage of the original materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: EMS Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Chung S. Chang, Bijendra Jha, Matthew J. Pohlman
  • Patent number: 7776449
    Abstract: A composite article that can be used as a substrate for coated conductors is disclosed. The composite substrate has at least three layers in which one or more inner layers of Ni—W alloys with 9 at. %-13 at. % W and two outer layers of Ni—W alloys with 3 at. %-9 at. % W. The content of W element gradually decreases from the inner layers to the outer layers. The composite substrate can be prepared using a process of designing and sintering composite ingot, rolling composite ingot and then annealing composite substrate. The composite substrate have a dominant cube texture on the outer layer of the whole substrate which have a weaker magnetism and higher strength than that of a single Ni-5 at. % W alloy substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Beijing University of Technology
    Inventors: Hongli Suo, Min Liu, Yue Zhao, Meiling Zhou, Lin Ma, Tieyong Zuo
  • Patent number: 7754350
    Abstract: A coating suitable for use as a wear-resistant coating for a gas turbine engine component comprises titanium chrome carbonitride and nickel cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Melvin Freling, Paul Henry Zajchowski
  • Patent number: 7749614
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of brazing a Ti—Al alloy. According to the invention, a layer of nickel (2) is disposed between a part (1) which is made from titanium aluminide and a brazing sheet (3), such as to enable: the aforementioned part (1) to be brazed to another metallic material (4) without the aluminium diffusing from one to the other; and a stable link with good mechanical strength to be produced. The invention can be used for the assembly of aircraft engine parts which are made from titanium aluminide and nickel-based superalloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales)
    Inventors: Carine Hoffmann, Marie-Pierre Bacos, Pierre Josso, Serge Naveos
  • Publication number: 20100167087
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing a metallic coating layer comprising nickel and molybdenum on an electrically conductive substrate by electrodeposition from an aqueous solution including nickel salts, gluconate anions and citrate anions wherein the substrate acts as the cathode and wherein molybdate is added and wherein the pH of the aqueous solution is adjusted between 5.0 and 8.5. The invention also relates to an electrically conductive substrate provided with such a metallic coating layer electrodeposited from the aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Hille & muller GMBH
    Inventors: Jacques Hubert Olga Joseph Wijenberg, Daniël Adriaan De Vreugd, Ilja Portegies Zwart
  • Publication number: 20100167084
    Abstract: Methods of producing one or more biaxially textured layer on a substrate, and articles produced by the methods, are disclosed. An exemplary method may comprise electrodepositing on the substrate a precursor material selected from the group consisting of rare earths, transition metals, actinide, lanthanides, and oxides thereof. An exemplary article (150) may comprise a biaxially textured base material (130), and at least one biaxially textured layer (110) selected from the group consisting of rare earths, transition metals, actinides, lanthanides, and oxides thereof. The at least one biaxially textured layer (110) is formed by electrodeposition on the biaxially textured base material (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Midwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Raghu N. Bhattacharya, Sovannary Phok, Priscila Spagnol, Tapas Chaudhuri
  • Patent number: 7736753
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for forming a structure that contains alternating first and second ferromagnetic layers of different material compositions. A substrate containing a supporting matrix with at least one open pore and a conductive base layer is first formed. Electroplating of the substrate is then carried out in an electroplating solution that contains at least one ferromagnetic metal element and one or more additional, different metal elements. A pulsed current with alternating high and low potentials is applied to the conductive base layer of the substrate structure to thereby form alternating ferromagnetic layers of different material compositions in the open pore of the supporting matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hariklia Deligianni, Qiang Huang, Lubomyr T. Romankiw
  • Publication number: 20100143747
    Abstract: A liquid phase diffusion bonding method for a metal machine part superior in the quality of the joint and the productivity enabling the bonding time to be shortened, achieving homogenization of the bonding structure and improving the tensile strength, fatigue strength, and joint quality and reliability. This liquid phase diffusion bonding method of a metal machine part is characterized interposing an amorphous alloy foil for liquid phase diffusion bonding at bevel faces of metal materials, performing primary bonding by melt bonding said amorphous alloy foil and said metal material by resistance welding to form a joint, then performing secondary bonding by liquid phase diffusion bonding by reheating said joint to at least the melting point of said amorphous alloy foil, then holding it there to complete the solidification process of said joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Hasegawa, Ryuichi Honma, Yutaka Takagi
  • Publication number: 20100136368
    Abstract: A nickel, chromium, iron alloy and method for use in producing weld deposits and weldments formed therefrom. The alloy comprises, in weight percent, about 28.5 to 31.0% chromium; about 0 to 16% iron, preferably 7.0 to 10.5% iron, less than about 1.0% manganese, preferably 0.05 to 0.35% manganese; about 2.1 to 4.0% niobium plus tantalum, preferably 2.1 to 3.5% niobium plus tantalum, and more preferably 2.2 to 2.8% niobium plus tantalum; 0 to 7.0% molybdenum, preferably 1.0 to 6.5%, and more preferably 3.0 to 5.0% molybdenum; less than 0.50% silicon, preferably 0.05 to 0.30% silicon; 0.01 to 0.35% titanium; 0 to 0.25% aluminum; less than 1.0% copper; less than 1.0% tungsten; less than 0.5% cobalt; less than about 0.10% zirconium; less than about 0.01% sulfur; less than 0.01% boron, preferably less than 0.0015% boron, and more preferably less than 0.001% boron; less than 0.03% carbon; less than about 0.02% phosphorous; 0.002 to 0.015% magnesium plus calcium; and balance nickel and incidental impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: HUNTINGTON ALLOYS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samuel D. Kiser, Brian A. Baker, David E. Waskey
  • Publication number: 20100136361
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Takahiro Osuki, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Hirokazu Okada
  • Publication number: 20100136367
    Abstract: A component with a substrate and a protective layer is provided. The protective layer consists of an intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone on or near the substrate and an outer layer zone arranged on the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone, wherein the outer layer zone has the structure of the phase ?-NiAl and comprises in a weight percentage: 17%-23% Al, 6%-11% Co, and Ni balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Willem J. Quadakkers, Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 7718279
    Abstract: An epitaxial Ni3FeN film with unique magnetic properties such as single magnetic domain (even in a large scale 0.5?×0.5?), which rotates coherently in response to the desired switching field with a very sharp transition is described. The magnetic hysteresis loop of this new magnetic nitride is close to the perfect ideal square with the same value of saturation magnetization, remnant magnetization, and magnetization right before switching (domain reversal). The switching field is tunable which make this material more attractive for magneto-resistive devices such as MRAM's, read heads and magnetic sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Reza Loloee
  • Publication number: 20100119871
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating (TBC) system is provided. The system includes at least one thermal barrier coating (TBC) bond coat layer formed over a substrate surface region. The TBC bond coat layer includes at least one TBC bond coat material. The TBC bond coat material is a nickel-chromium-aluminum-yttrium (NiCrAlY) composition that also includes silicon (Si), hafnium (Hf) and less than 10 weight percent (wt %) cobalt (Co). The TBC system further includes at least one top coat layer formed over the TBC bond coat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Ganjiang Feng, Paul S. Dimascio, Jon C. Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20100098971
    Abstract: A coating, in particular for gas turbine components produced of a superalloy, is disclosed. The coating has an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer constitutes 10% to 60% of the overall coating and is substantially made of a ?-NiAl phase having an Al proportion between 23 and 35 percent by weight. The inner layer constitutes 90% to 40% of the overall coating and is substantially made of a ?-NiAl phase having an Al proportion of a maximum of 15 percent by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Horst Pillhoefer, Heinrich Walter, Markus Niedermeier, Joern Kohlscheen
  • Patent number: 7700199
    Abstract: Hollow, cylindrical, seamless metal master for producing seamless diffuser sheets of preselected length and width. Additional aspects of the invention include a hollow cylindrical seamless invertable elastomeric master and method of making the same and an apparatus and process for effecting variable diffuser recording in photosensitive medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: San Zhuang Wang, Gajendra Savant, Edward M. Kaiser, Kang Lee
  • 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