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Granted Patent B2
US 11,897,816 · App. 17/054,676 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Method for manufacturing a CMC part

Inventors: Michaël Podgorski (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Emilie Chantal Gisèle Mendez (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Wen Zhang (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Yvan Rappart (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Charles Leleu (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignees: SAFRAN; SAFRAN CERAMICS; SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
C04B35/565C04B35/185C04B35/573C04B35/583C04B35/584C04B35/78C04B35/80C04B41/009C04B41/459C04B41/47C04B41/5096C04B41/52F01D5/288C04B2235/422C04B2235/5244C04B2235/5248C04B2235/5252C04B2235/6028F05D2260/95F05D2300/6033
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Patent No.
US 11,897,816
App. No.
17/054,676
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process for manufacturing a part made of a ceramic matrix composite material, includes coating an outer surface of a porous preform with a layer of a fugitive material to form a model of the part to be obtained, the fugitive material being wax or resin, the fugitive material layer in the model not exceeding the highest peak of surface undulations of the preform, and ceramic and/or carbon particles being present in the porosity of the preform, coating the model formed with a ceramic powder composition, heat treating the coated model to remove the fugitive material and form a ceramic shell mold by sintering of the ceramic powder composition, introducing a molten composition including silicon into the shell mold to obtain the part in the shell mold, the molten composition infiltrating the porosity of the preform to form the ceramic matrix, and separating the shell mold from the part obtained.

Claims (25)

1. A process for manufacturing a part made of a ceramic matrix composite material, comprising:

coating an outer surface of a porous preform with a layer of a fugitive material to form a model of the part to be obtained, the fugitive material being a wax or a resin, the fugitive material layer in the model not exceeding a highest peak of surface undulations of the porous preform, and ceramic and/or carbon particles being present in the porosity of the porous preform,

coating the model formed with a ceramic powder composition,

heat treating the coated model to remove the fugitive material and form a ceramic shell mold by sintering of the ceramic powder composition,

introducing a molten composition comprising silicon into the shell mold to obtain the part in the shell mold, the molten composition infiltrating the porosity of the porous preform to form the ceramic matrix, and

separating the shell mold from the part obtained.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic powder composition comprises: a mullite powder, a silicon carbide powder, a silicon nitride powder, a boron nitride powder, or a mixture thereof.

3. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the porous preform is a woven fibrous preform obtained by three-dimensional weaving.

4. The process as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the porous preform is partially densified by a ceramic matrix phase.

5. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the part is a turbomachine part.

6. A process for manufacturing a multilayer structure comprising:

manufacturing a part made of ceramic matrix composite material coated with a bonding layer comprising silicon by implementing a process comprising:

coating an outer surface of a porous preform with a layer of a fugitive material in order to form a model of the coated part to be obtained having dimensions of the coated part,

coating the model formed with a ceramic powder composition,

heat treating the coated model to remove the fugitive material and form a ceramic shell mold by sintering of the ceramic powder composition,

introducing a molten composition comprising silicon into the shell mold to obtain the coated part in the shell mold, the molten composition infiltrating the porosity of the porous preform to form the ceramic matrix and covering the outer surface to form the bonding layer, ceramic and/or carbon particles being present in the porosity of the porous preform, and

separating the shell mold from the coated part obtained, and

forming a protective coating on the bonding layer.

7. The process as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the ceramic powder composition comprises: a mullite powder, a silicon carbide powder, a silicon nitride powder, a boron nitride powder, or a mixture of thereof.

8. The process as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the thickness of the fugitive material layer in the model is greater than or equal to 10 μm, said thickness being measured at and from a highest peak of surface undulations of the porous preform.

9. The process as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fugitive material is a wax or a resin.

10. The process as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the porous preform is a woven fibrous preform obtained by three-dimensional weaving.

11. The process as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the porous preform is partially densified by a ceramic matrix phase.

12. The process as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the coated part is a turbomachine part.

13. The process as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the protective coating is an environmental barrier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2021
From: PODGORSKI, MICHAËL; DAMBRINE, BRUNO JACQUES GÉRARD; MENDEZ, EMILIE CHANTAL GISÈLE; ZHANG, WEN; LELEU, CHARLES
To: SAFRAN; SAFRAN CERAMICS; SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 055940/0423 →
Priority Claims (2)
FR 1854047 · May 15, 2018 · national
FR 1854053 · May 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210078913A1 · Mar 18, 2021