IP Library Granted Patent US 11,549,374
Granted Patent B2
US 11,549,374 · App. 16/793,950 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Gas turbine rotor component and method of manufacture

Inventors: Jeremy K. Paskind (Glastonbury, CT); Carl Busta (Glastonbury, CT)
Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
F01D5/08B23P15/006C22C19/03
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Patent No.
US 11,549,374
App. No.
16/793,950
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine rotor disk and a method of making the turbine rotor disk using solid state bonding techniques are disclosed. The turbine rotor disk includes a radially inner portion comprising a wrought nickel alloy having a yield strength of at least 126 ksi at 1,000° F. The turbine rotor disk also includes a radially outer portion bonded to the radially inner portion, said radially outer portion comprising a cast nickel alloy configured as a single crystal or with a grain size of ASTM 2 or larger.

Claims (11)

1. A method of making a turbine rotor disk, comprising:

providing a first preform corresponding to a radially inner portion of the turbine rotor disk, said first preform comprising a wrought nickel alloy having a yield strength of at least 126 ksi at 1,000° F.;

providing a second preform corresponding to a radially outer portion of the turbine rotor disk, said second preform comprising a cast nickel alloy configured with a grain size of ASTM 2 or larger; and

solid-state bonding the first and second preforms together under heat and pressure to form a turbine rotor disk including a radially inner portion comprising the first preform and a radially outer portion comprising the second preform;

wherein bonding the first and second preforms together comprises inertia bonding the first and second preforms together.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the first preform comprises working a billet comprising the nickel alloy to form the first preform.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the second preform comprises casting the nickel alloy under conditions to form the nickel alloy of the second preform configured with a grain size of ASTM 2 or larger.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second preform has a grain size of ASTM 1 or larger.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second preform has a grain size of ASTM 0 or larger.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the first preform comprises working a billet comprising the nickel alloy to form the first preform, and wherein providing the second preform comprises casting the nickel alloy under conditions to form the nickel alloy of the second preform with a grain size of ASTM 2 or larger.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first preform includes a portion corresponding to a bore of the turbine rotor disk, and the second preform includes a portion corresponding to a rim of the turbine rotor disk.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057350/0649 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: PASKIND, JEREMY K.; BUSTA, CARL
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051971/0410 →
Continuity (1)
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