IP Library Granted Patent US 7,179,342
Granted Patent B2
US 7,179,342 · App. 10/963,793 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Thermally loaded component, and process for producing the component

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Patent No.
US 7,179,342
App. No.
10/963,793
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermally loaded component ( 10 ), in particular a rotor for a steam or gas turbine, includes a plurality of component sections which, during operation, are exposed to different temperature levels, a first component section being designed for temperatures of >750° C., a second component section being designed for temperatures of approximately between 750° C. and 600° C., and a third component section being designed for temperatures of <600° C. In a component of this type, the production costs are reduced while at the same time ensuring a sufficient mechanical strength by virtue of the fact that the component ( 10 ) includes different materials in the component sections which are subject to different levels of thermal loading, the first component section including a precipitation-hardened nickel-base alloy, the second component section including a solution-annealed nickel-base alloy and the third component section including a high-temperature-resistant steel, and that the component ( 10 ) with its different component sections is constructed of individual elements ( 12, . . . , 17 ) which are welded to one another and each form a component section.

Claims (18)

1. A process for producing a thermally loaded component, wherein the thermally loaded component comprises:

a plurality of component sections which, during operation, are exposed to different temperature levels, including

a first component section configured and arranged for temperatures of >750° C.,

a second component section configured and arranged for temperatures of approximately between 750° C. and 600° C., and

a third component section configured and arranged for temperatures of <600° C.;

wherein the component sections which are subject to different levels of thermal loading comprise different materials,

the first component section comprising a precipitation-hardened nickel-base alloy,

the second component section comprising a solution-annealed nickel-base alloy, and

the third component section comprising a high-temperature-resistant steel;

the process comprising:

welding together at least thee individual elements which, after said welding, together form said first, second, and third component sections;

applying an interlayer of a solution-annealed nickel-based alloy in the region of the subsequent weld seam, to weld the individual element which forms the first component section to an individual element which forms another component section;

solution annealing the individual element which forms the first component section before applying the interlayer; and

precipitation-hardening said individual element which forms the first component section after applying the interlayer.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermally loaded component further comprises weld seams joining together the individual elements, the weld seams each containing a solution-annealed nickel-base alloy filler when at least one of the individual elements joined by a weld seam comprises a nickel-base alloy.

3. The process as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the thermally loaded component further comprises a rotor having a plurality of rotor rings and rotor disks comprising said individual elements arranged one behind the other on a rotor axis and welded to one another, wherein each of the individual elements joined by a weld seam comprises a rotor ring when the weld seam contains a filler comprising solution-annealed nickel-base alloy.

4. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermally loaded component comprises a rotor for a steam turbine or a gas turbine.

5. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein applying comprises build-up welding said interlayer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 039714/0578 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2005
From: SCARLIN, RICHARD BRENDON
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 015570/0845 →