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Granted Patent B2
US 10,267,174 · App. 15/140,903 · Granted Apr 23, 2019

Outer airseal abradable rub strip

Inventors: Xuan Liu (Glastonbury, CT); Christopher W. Strock (Kennebunk, ME); Russell A. Beers (Manchester, CT)
Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
F01D11/122C22C1/08C22C19/058C23C4/073C23C4/126C23C4/131C23C4/134F01D25/005F01D25/18B22F2998/10B22F2999/00C22C1/10F01D5/288F05D2220/32F05D2230/311F05D2230/60F05D2240/11F05D2300/175F05D2300/177F05D2300/2282F05D2300/509F05D2300/514F05D2300/6032F05D2300/612F05D2300/613F05D2300/614Y02T50/672
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Patent No.
US 10,267,174
App. No.
15/140,903
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade outer airseal has a body comprising: an inner diameter (ID) surface; an outer diameter (OD) surface; a leading end; and a trailing end. The airseal body has a metallic substrate and a coating system atop the substrate along at least a portion of the inner diameter surface. At least over a first area of the inner diameter surface, the coating system comprises an abradable layer comprising a metallic matrix and a solid lubricant; and the metallic matrix comprises, by weight, ≥35% nickel, 12.0-20.0% cobalt, 5.0-15.0% aluminum, and 5.0-15.0% chromium.

Claims (84)

1. A blade outer airseal having:

a body comprising:

an inner diameter (ID) surface;

an outer diameter (OD) surface;

a leading end;

a trailing end;

a metallic substrate; and

a coating system atop the substrate along at least a portion of the inner diameter surface,

wherein:

at least over a first area of the inner diameter surface, the coating system comprises an abradable layer comprising a metallic matrix and a solid lubricant;

at 1200° F. the metallic matrix has at least 98% by volume fcc and L12 phases combined with at least 30% L12; and

the metallic matrix comprises, by weight:

≥50% nickel;

12.0-20.0% cobalt;

5.0-15.0% aluminum; and

5.0-15.0% chromium.

2. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein the metallic matrix comprises, by weight:

≥55% nickel.

3. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein the metallic matrix comprises, by weight:

≥55% nickel;

15.0-20.0% cobalt;

6.0-10.0% aluminum; and

8.0-12.0% chromium.

4. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein the metallic matrix comprises, by weight:

at least 15.0% combined aluminum and chromium.

5. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein an iron content of the metallic matrix is no more than 5.0% by weight.

6. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein at 1200° F. the metallic matrix has:

at least 98% by volume fcc and L12 phases combined with at least 40% L12.

7. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein the metallic matrix further comprises, by weight:

no more than 4.0% iron

no more than 5.0% combined of all other elements; and

no more than 1.5% of any individual other element.

8. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein the metallic matrix further comprises, by weight:

no more than 5.0% combined of all other elements; and

no more than 1.5% of any individual other element.

9. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein the metallic matrix further comprises, by weight:

no more than 0.5% combined of niobium, molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten, and rhenium.

10. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein the metallic matrix further comprises, by weight:

≤1.0% hafnium;

≤1.0% silicon; and

≤1.0% yttrium.

11. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein:

over the first area of the inner diameter surface, the coating system comprises the abradable layer and a thermal barrier layer between the abradable layer and the substrate.

12. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein:

the abradable layer has a volume content of said solid lubricant of 5.0% to 80%.

13. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein:

the solid lubricant comprises HBN.

14. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein:

the abradable layer has a volume content of said metallic matrix of 20% to 50%.

15. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein:

the abradable layer has less than 20% porosity.

16. The blade outer airseal of claim 1 wherein one or more of:

the coating system has a bondcoat between the abradable layer and the substrate; and

the substrate is a nickel-based superalloy.

17. A method for manufacturing the blade outer airseal of claim 1 , the method comprising:

thermal spray of the abradable layer.

18. A method for using the blade outer airseal of claim 1 , the method comprising:

installing the blade outer airseal on a turbine engine; and

running the turbine engine so that blade tips rub the abradable layer.

19. A blade outer airseal having:

a body comprising:

an inner diameter (ID) surface;

an outer diameter (OD) surface;

a leading end;

a trailing end;

a metallic substrate; and

a coating system atop the substrate along at least a portion of the inner diameter surface,

wherein:

at least over a first area of the inner diameter surface, the coating system comprises an abradable layer comprising a nickel-based metallic matrix and a solid lubricant; and

at 1200° F. the metallic matrix has:

at least 40% primary fcc;

at least 40% by volume gamma prime (L12); and

at most 10% by volume beta (B2) crystal structure.

20. A gas turbine engine compressor section comprising:

a stage of blades having Ni-based substrates; and

the blade outer airseal of claim 19 wherein the inner diameter (ID) surface faces tips of the blades.

21. The gas turbine engine compressor section of claim 20 wherein the metallic matrix comprises, by weight:

≥50% nickel;

12.0-20.0% cobalt;

5.0-15.0% aluminum;

5.0-15.0% chromium;

no more than 4.0% iron;

no more than 5.0% combined of all other elements; and

no more than 1.5% of any individual other element.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AND REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11886281 AND ADD PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14846874. TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054062 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055659/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054062/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2016
From: LIU, XUAN; STROCK, CHRISTOPHER W.; BEERS, RUSSELL A.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038406/0896 →
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