IP Library Granted Patent US 11,946,389
Granted Patent B2
US 11,946,389 · App. 17/431,827 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Turbine rotor blade and contact surface manufacturing method

Inventors: Yoshifumi Okajima (Tokyo, JP); Masahiko Mega (Tokyo, JP); Taiji Torigoe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F01D5/288F05D2230/90F05D2300/611
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Patent No.
US 11,946,389
App. No.
17/431,827
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine rotor blade includes a blade body and a tip shroud on a tip of the blade body. The tip shroud has a contact block configured to face a tip shroud of an adjacent turbine rotor blade, and the contact block includes a base material, an oxidation resistant coating on the surface of the base material, and a hard wear resistant coating on the surface of the oxidation resistant coating.

Claims (26)

1. A turbine rotor blade comprising:

a blade body; and

a tip shroud on a tip of the blade body,

wherein the tip shroud has a contact block configured to face a tip shroud of an adjacent turbine rotor blade, and

wherein the contact block includes:

a base material;

an oxidation resistant coating made of a MCrAlY alloy on a surface of the base material; and

a hard wear resistant coating on a surface of the oxidation resistant coating.

2. The turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the MCrAlY alloy is a CoNiCrAlY alloy.

3. The turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein:

the hard wear resistant coating has a thickness of 0.02 mm or more and 0.30 mm or less; and

the oxidation resistant coating has a thickness of 0.02 mm or more and 0.20 mm or less.

4. The turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the oxidation resistant coating divided by a thickness of the hard wear resistant coating is 0.7 or more and 1.3 or less.

5. The turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the oxidation resistant coating is at least on an area of a surface of the contact block that is configured not to be brought into contact with a contact block of the adjacent turbine rotor blade.

6. The turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the hard wear resistant coating is only on the contact block.

7. The turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the blade body has a thermal barrier coating on a blade surface of the turbine rotor blade.

8. A contact surface manufacturing method for forming a contact surface on a contact block of a tip shroud for a turbine rotor blade, the contact surface manufacturing method comprising the steps of:

forming an oxidation resistant coating made of a MCrAlY alloy on a surface of a base material; and

forming a hard wear resistant coating on a surface of the oxidation resistant coating.

9. The contact surface manufacturing method according to claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:

forming an oxidation resistant coating on a blade surface of the turbine rotor blade after the step of forming the hard wear resistant coating; and

performing tip brazing, a stabilization treatment, and a thermal diffusion treatment after the step of forming the oxidation resistant coating on the blade surface of the turbine rotor blade.

10. The contact surface manufacturing method according to claim 8 , further comprising the step of forming an oxidation resistant coating on a blade surface of the turbine rotor blade before the step of forming the hard wear resistant coating.

11. The contact surface manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the turbine rotor blade is a used turbine rotor blade; and

the contact surface manufacturing method further comprises the step of removing a used contact surface on a surface of the contact block before the step of forming the oxidation resistant coating.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058743/0129 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2021
From: OKAJIMA, YOSHIFUMI; MEGA, MASAHIKO; TORIGOE, TAIJI
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057445/0498 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-045288 · Mar 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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