Method for forging niobium-tungsten alloy forged ring

1. A method for forging a niobium-tungsten alloy forged ring, comprising:

(S1) subjecting a niobium-tungsten alloy ingot to blanking, turning and chamfering to obtain a primary blank; spraying an anti-oxidation coating on a surface of the primary blank to obtain a secondary blank; sheathing the secondary blank with a stainless-steel sheath followed by heating to obtain a tertiary blank; and subjecting the tertiary blank to upsetting to obtain a primary pancake by using a flat die hammer, rapid forging press or hydraulic press;

(S2) machining the primary pancake to remove the stainless-steel sheath and an oxide scale and defect on a surface of the primary pancake; subjecting the surface of the primary pancake to fluorescent penetrant inspection/dye penetrant inspection; when the surface of the primary pancake is free of defects, subjecting the primary pancake to vacuum stress-relief annealing to obtain a secondary pancake; and subjecting the secondary pancake to wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) to form an inner hole to obtain a ring blank;

(S3) subjecting the ring blank to core shaft/saddle forging on the flat die hammer or rapid forging press to obtain a crude forged ring; and

(S4) subjecting the crude forged ring to vacuum recrystallization annealing to obtain a desired forged ring.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (S1), after blanked, the niobium-tungsten alloy ingot is sequentially subjected to turning and chamfering at two end surfaces to obtain the primary blank; the stainless-steel sheath is manufactured from a stainless-steel plate; and the stainless-steel sheath is welded at an outer circumference and an end surface of the secondary blank by an argon arc welding technology.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (S1), the heating is performed through steps of:

loading the secondary blank in a furnace at a temperature not higher than 850° C. followed by preheating at 850-950° C. for 1 h and heating to 1290±40° C.;

subjecting the secondary blank to heating at 1290±40° C. at a heating coefficient of 0.8 mm/min to obtain the tertiary blank; and

subjecting the tertiary blank to air cooling;

wherein a final forging temperature is not less than 1000° C.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein when it is required to perform multiple heating operations to form the tertiary blank, the secondary blank is returned to the furnace with a temperature of higher than 800° C. and subjected to heating at a heating coefficient of 0.5 mm/min.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (S1), during the heating process, after heated for a preset period of time, the secondary blank is removed, subjected to soft sheathing with an aluminosilicate fiber with a thickness of 5-12 mm and a binding agent, then returned to the furnace and subjected to heating for 60-120 min to form the tertiary blank.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (S1), a single-fire upsetting deformation of the niobium-tungsten alloy ingot is 0.1-0.35; and a height of the primary pancake obtained after the upsetting is 105-120% of a height of the desired forged ring.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step (S2) further comprises:

subjecting inner and outer circular end faces of the ring blank to rounding.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step (S2) further comprises:

polishing a surface of the ring blank to eliminate cracks, folds and pits thereon; and

subjecting the ring blank after being polished to fluorescent penetrant inspection/dye penetrant inspection to further determine whether there are cracks, folds and pits on the surface of the ring blank;

wherein a width-depth ratio of a polished part on the ring blank is not less than 6:1.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (S2), the vacuum stress-relief annealing is performed at 1250-1350° C. for at least 60 min.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step (S3) further comprises:

loading the ring blank at a temperature not higher than 850° C. followed by preheating at 850-950° C. for 1 h and heating to 1290±40° C.;

subjecting the ring blank to heating at 1290±40° C. with a heating coefficient of 0.8 mm/min; and

subjecting the ring blank to air cooling;

wherein a final forging temperature is not less than 1000° C.;

after heated for a preset period of time, the ring blank is removed, subjected to soft sheathing with an aluminosilicate fiber with a thickness of 5-12 mm and a binding agent, returned to the furnace and then subjected to heating for 60-120 min.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (S3), a core shaft is placed into the inner hole of the ring blank processed through WEDM; and the inner hole of the ring blank is subjected to expansion on a saddle.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (S4), the vacuum recrystallization annealing is performed at 1350-1450° C. for at least 60 min.