IP Library Granted Patent US 7,624,909
Granted Patent B2
US 7,624,909 · App. 11/984,660 · Granted Dec 1, 2009

Welded component

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Patent No.
US 7,624,909
App. No.
11/984,660
Granted
Dec 1, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A welded component includes at least one high temperature segment of a high alloy Cr steel with high creep strength and a low temperature segment of a low alloy steel with high toughness and/or a high yield strength which are connected materially to one another via a weld joint. In one such component a gradual transition of chemical, physical and mechanical properties in the joining area is achieved in that between the weld joint and the high temperature segment there are at least two successive clad layers of at least two lower alloy weld metals with a total content of elements which increase the creep strength, such as for example Cr, Mo, W and V, which total content decreases toward the weld joint, and/or an increasing total content of elements which increase the toughness and/or yield strength, such as for example Ni and Mn, which total content increases toward the weld joint.

Claims (4)

1. Process for producing a welded component, wherein proceeding from two separately present segments, the segments comprising a high temperature segment made of a first material and a low temperature segment made of a second material, in a first step, at least two clad layers are applied to a surface of the high temperature segment in succession by build-up welding, wherein in a second step the high temperature segment with the at least two clad layers is subjected to a heat treatment which is suitable for the first material of the high temperature segment, wherein in a third step the high temperature segment is welded to the low temperature segment by way of the at least two clad layers, and wherein in a fourth step the welded segments are subjected to heat treatment which is suitable for the second material of the low temperature segment at a lower temperature.

2. Process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein to apply the clad layers individual weld beads of low thickness are applied in succession.

3. Process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the high temperature segment comprises a 8.5 to 13% Cr steel, wherein to produce the first clad layer weld beads of a 5 to 6% CrMo steel are applied and to produce the second clad layer weld beads of a 1.8 to 2.5% CrMo steel are applied, and wherein in the second step the high temperature segment with the clad layers is stress-relieved for 10 hours at 670±10° C.

4. Process as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the low temperature segment comprises a 0.8 to 3.7% Ni, 0.8 to 2.5% Cr steel, wherein the weld joint is produced preferably using a weld metal of 0.8 to 2.7% Ni, 0.5 to 1.3% Cr steel, and wherein the component is stress-relieved in the fourth step for 10 hours at 590±10° C.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
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