Method for producing and repairing a part, and part of a gas turbine
The invention relates to a method for producing and repairing a part comprising at least two joined metal components, especially components of a gas turbine. In said method, corresponding joining surfaces of the components are joined together and connected by means of a pressure welding process, a machining allowance in the area of a joining zone of the two joining surfaces is upset during the joining process, and once the two components have been joined together, the machining allowance is machined by means of a precise electrochemical machining (PECM) process until a predefined final contour of the part has been obtained. The invention further relates to a gas turbine part obtained by means of the disclosed method.
1. A method for producing and repairing a part comprising at least two metal components joined together, the components being components of a gas turbine, wherein the joining and connection of the corresponding joining surfaces of the components is produced by means of a pressure welding method, and during the joining process, a machining allowance is upset in the region of a joining zone of the two joining surfaces, is hereby characterized in that after joining the two components, the machining allowance is processed by means of a precise electrochemical machining (PECM) until a pre-defined final contour of the part is obtained, wherein the machining is conducted by means of an electrode;
the step of performing precise electrochemical machining further comprising a step of disposing an electrically non-conductive guide element on the electrode for guiding an electrolyte;
whereby the guide element is disposed on the electrode in a way that provides a targeted guiding of the electrolyte along the part so that removed material does not enter into regions of the part that are to be machined;
wherein, in precise electrochemical machining, the electrode conducts oscillating movements when sunk down, and the step of performing precise electrochemical machining further comprises a step of emitting a current pulse only in a region of minimum distance between the electrode and the part.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further characterized in that the pressure welding method is an inductive low-frequency or high-frequency pressure welding method and the frequencies used are selected from a range between 0.05-2.5 MHz.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further characterized in that the precise electrochemical machining is conducted by means of a synchronous machining sink-down process simultaneously on all sides of the part.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further characterized in that the machining is conducted by means of a hollow electrode.
5. The method according to claim 3 , further characterized in that the machining is conducted by means of at least one electrode guided on each opposite-lying side of the part.
6. The method according to claim 1 , further characterized in that electrically non-conducting guide elements for conducting the electrolyte are disposed on the electrodes and the part, whereby the guide elements provide the targeted guiding of electrolyte along the part.
7. The method according to claim 6 , further characterized in that the guide elements are formed elastically.
8. The method according to claim 1 , further characterized in that in precise electrochemical machining, the contour of each electrode is adapted to the final contour of the part.
9. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the two metal components are a first component and a second component,
further characterized in that the first component is a blade or a part of a blade of a rotor in a gas turbine and the second component is a ring or a disk of the rotor or a blade footing disposed on the periphery of the ring or the disk.
10. The method according to claim 1 , further characterized in that the components are parts of a blade of a rotor in a gas turbine.
11. A part of a gas turbine comprising at least one first component and one second component produced according to a method according to claim 1 .
12. The part according to claim 11 ,
wherein the two metal components are a first component and a second component,
further characterized in that the first component is a blade or a part of a blade of a rotor in a gas turbine and the second component is a ring or a disk of the rotor or a blade footing disposed on the periphery of the ring or the disk.
13. The part according to claim 11 , further characterized in that the components are parts of a blade of a rotor in a gas turbine.
14. The method of claim 1 , further characterized in that during the step of precise electrochemical machining, regions of the part that match the pre-defined final contour of the part are identified as regions of the part that are not to be machined, and a passivation of the regions of the part that are not to be machined is carried out.
15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
during the step of precise electrochemical machining, regions of the part that match the pre-defined final contour of the part are identified as regions of the part that are not to be machined, and
during the step of precise electrochemical machining, a passivation of the regions of the part that are not to be machined is carried out so that the regions of the part that are not to be machined are not etched;
wherein the passivation of the regions of the part that are not to be machined is carried out by adjusting a suitable electrochemical potential difference between part and electrode.