Local heat treatment for improved fatigue resistance in turbine components

A method for locally heat-treating a gas turbine engine superalloy article to improve resistance to strain-induced fatigue of the article is disclosed. The method comprises providing a gas turbine engine superalloy article having a gamma prime solvus temperature; and locally over aging only a select...

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Main Author GROH JON RAYMOND
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.02.2010
Subjects
ALLOYS
CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS ANDNON-FERROUS ALLOYS
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS
MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS
METALLURGY
METALLURGY OF IRON
MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Summary:A method for locally heat-treating a gas turbine engine superalloy article to improve resistance to strain-induced fatigue of the article is disclosed. The method comprises providing a gas turbine engine superalloy article having a gamma prime solvus temperature; and locally over aging only a selected portion of the article to locally improve fatigue resistance at the selected portion of the article, wherein the local over age cycle includes heating at about 843° C. for about 3 to 4 hours.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080317176