METHOF OF JOINING A TITANIUM WORKPIECE WITH A STEEL WORKPIECE THROUGH DIFFUSION BONDING

• Main Authors: RICCETTI, Bruno, FERTE, Jean-Pierre, GILLIA, Olivier, COUTURIER, Raphaël, LESCURE, Xavier Firmin Camille Jean
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.11.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A method of assembling together titanium parts and steel parts by diffusion welding, the method interposing two thin layers of niobium or vanadium and copper respectively between a titanium part and a steel part, evacuating the assembly of parts and interposed metal layers, and subjecting the assembly to hot isostatic compression at a temperature lying in a range 900° C. to 950° C. and at a pressure lying in a range 1000 bars to 1500 bars for about two hours. The method can be applied to fabricating turbine shafts for turbomachines.