IP Library Granted Patent US 10,946,487
Granted Patent B2
US 10,946,487 · App. 16/345,532 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Method for producing a turbomachine impeller

Inventors: Matthias Dommermuth (Zürich, CH); Sascha Schob (Lupsingen, CH)
Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
B23P15/006B22F3/1055B22F5/009B22F7/08B22F2998/10B23K26/34B23K26/60B23K2101/001F04D29/023F04D29/2222F04D29/284F05D2230/22F05D2230/31
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Patent No.
US 10,946,487
App. No.
16/345,532
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a turbomachine impeller, which has a radially inner hub body, a radially outer shroud body and blades extending between the hub body and the shroud body. The blades, the hub body and the shroud body are designed as an integral, monolithic assembly includes providing a blank; milling the blank to form a basic contour of the hub body, the shroud body, and the blades; performing build-up welding or additive manufacturing at least once on the main contour that is formed and subsequently performing milling at least once on portions that are formed by the build-up welding.

Claims (21)

1. A method for producing a turbomachine impeller, having a radially inner hub body, a radially outer shroud body, and moving blades extending between the inner hub body and the outer shroud body, wherein the moving blades, the inner hub body and the outer shroud body are embodied as an integral, monolithic assembly, the method comprising:

providing a blank;

milling-machining the blank to forming a basic contour of the inner hub body, the outer shroud body, and the moving blades;

at least one deposition welding or additive manufacturing on the basic contour; and

at least one subsequent milling-machining on portions formed by the at least one deposition welding or additive manufacturing.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, alternating multiple times, the deposition welding or the additive manufacturing and the at least one subsequent milling-machining are initially carried out on the portions formed by deposition welding.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

during an n-th deposition welding or additive manufacturing, material is deposited on the basic contour;

following the n-th deposition welding or additive manufacturing the portions formed in the process undergo an n-th milling-machining;

subsequent to the n-th milling-machining on the portions formed by this milling-machining, material is again deposited on the basic contour during a (n+1)-th deposition welding or additive manufacturing; and

following this (n+1)-th deposition welding or additive manufacturing, the portions ( 15 n +1) formed in the process undergo an (n+1)-th milling-machining, wherein n>1 applies.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein multiple alternating deposition welding or additive manufacturing and subsequent milling-machining in a radial direction of the turbomachine impeller is performed at least one of:

radially inside to radially outside and

radially outside to radially inside.

5. The method according to any one of the claim 1 , wherein the milling-machining of the blank, the at least one deposition welding or additive manufacturing, and the at least one subsequent milling-machining are carried out on one machine tool, which comprises both at least one tool for the milling-machining and at least one tool for the deposition welding.

6. The method according to any one of the claim 1 , wherein the deposition welding is carried out as laser deposition welding or laser sintering.

7. The method according to any one of the claim 1 , wherein during the at least one deposition welding or additive manufacturing a metal alloy material is deposited on the milling-machined blank, that is different that a metal alloy material of the blank.

8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein during the multiple deposition welding or additive manufacturing a metal alloy material is deposited on the milling-machined blank, which deviates at least once from a metal alloy material of the blank.

9. The method according to any one of the claim 2 , wherein during the multiple deposition welding or additive manufacturing, different metal alloy materials are deposited on the milling-machined blank.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one deposition welding or additive manufacturing, is a laser sintering on the basic contour.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one deposition welding or additive manufacturing on the basic contour take place in an axial direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2025
From: MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS SE
To: EVERLLENCE SE
Reel/Frame 072914/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: DOMMERMUTH, MATTHIAS; SCHOB, SASCHA
To: MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS SE
Reel/Frame 049009/0465 →
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