SOLID-STATE WELDING OF COARSE GRAIN POWDER METALLURGY NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS

• Main Authors: FRISK, Kenneth A, CRYWCZYNSKI, Michael A, KAPLAN, Max A, RAGHAVAN, Ashwin Sreekant, BOCHIECHIO, Mario P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.01.2024
• Subjects: BLASTING; CASTING; CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS ANDNON-FERROUS ALLOYS; CHEMISTRY; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WEAPONS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

A method for welding a first powder metallurgical (PM) part to a second powder metallurgical (PM) part includes: working a first face of the first PM part; working a first face of the second PM part; and friction welding the first face of the first part to the first face of the second part.