IP Library Granted Patent US 10,161,413
Granted Patent B2
US 10,161,413 · App. 14/391,708 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Method for preventing corrosion and component obtained by means of such

Inventors: Riccardo Paoletti (Florence, IT); Massimo Giannozzi (Florence, IT); Marco Romanelli (Florence, IT); Marco Anselmi (Florence, IT)
Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Srl
F04D29/42C23C18/1637C23C18/1653C23C18/1698C23C18/50C23C28/021C25D5/12E21B43/124F04D25/0686F04D29/02F04D29/023F04D29/4206F05D2230/31F05D2230/90F05D2260/95F05D2300/16F05D2300/171F05D2300/611
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Patent No.
US 10,161,413
App. No.
14/391,708
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for preventing corrosion in a component of a turbo-machine having a metal substrate made of carbon steel, low alloy steel and stainless steel includes: a first deposition step of depositing a first metallic layer on the substrate by electroplating; a second deposition step of depositing at least a second layer of a nickel alloy on the first layer by electroless plating; at least one thermal treatment step after the deposition steps, said thermal treatment being applied at a temperature and for a time depending on the overall thickness of the layers, the value of said temperature being directly proportional to the thickness, the value of said time being inversely proportional to the temperature.

Claims (16)

1. A motor-compressor casing, comprising:

a metal substrate made of carbon steel, low alloy steel, or stainless steel; and

a coating comprising nickel on the metal substrate, the coating comprising:

at least a first metallic layer deposited by electroplating; and

at least a second layer of a nickel alloy deposited by electroless plating,

wherein the second layer of the nickel alloy comprises a first portion of the second layer and a second portion of the second layer, wherein the first portion of the second layer comprises a nickel alloy having substantially the same proportions of constituent metals as the second portion of the second layer, and wherein the thickness of the coating is between 150 μm and 300 μm.

2. A turbomachine comprising a motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 .

3. The motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the second layer has a thickness between 10 μm and 25 μm.

4. The motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the second layer has a thickness between 20 μm and 289 μm.

5. The motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third metallic layer on the second layer by electroplating; and

a fourth layer of the nickel alloy on the third layer by electroless plating.

6. The motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 , wherein the layers of the nickel alloy comprise 9% to 11% of phosphorus.

7. The motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 , wherein the coating has a hardness value between 600 HV 100 and 650 HV 100 and a ductility value between 1.000% and 1.025%.

8. The motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the second layer has a thickness equal to or greater than twice a thickness of the first portion of the second layer.

9. The motor-compressor casing according to claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the second layer has a thickness between 20 μm and 100 μm.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 31, 2022
From: NUOVO PIGNONE S.R.L.
To: NUOVO PIGNONE TECNOLOGIE S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 060243/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2014
From: PAOLETTI, RICCARDO; GIANNOZZI, MASSIMO; ROMANELLI, MARCO; ANSELMI, MARCO
To: NUOVO PIGNONE S.R.L
Reel/Frame 033961/0533 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT CO2012A0015 · Apr 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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