IP Library Granted Patent US 8,888,461
Granted Patent B2
US 8,888,461 · App. 12/739,929 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Material for a gas turbine component, method for producing a gas turbine component and gas turbine component

Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly (Munich, DE); Helmut Clemens (Leoben, AT); Volker Guether (Burgthann, DE); Sascha Kremmer (Kraubath, AT); Andreas Otto (Rosstal, DE); Harald Chladil (Trofaiach, AT)
Assignees: MTU Aero Engines GmbH; Montanuniversitaet Leoben; Boehler Schmiedetechnik GmbH & Co. KG; GFE Metalle Unf Materialien GmbH
C22C14/00C22F1/183
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Patent No.
US 8,888,461
App. No.
12/739,929
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A material for a gas turbine component, to be specific a titanium-aluminum-based alloy material, including at least titanium and aluminum. The material has a) in the range of room temperature, the β/B2-Ti phase, the α 2 -Ti 3 Al phase and the γ-TiAl phase with a proportion of the β/B2-Ti phase of at most 5% by volume, and b) in the range of the eutectoid temperature, the β/B2-Ti phase, the α 2 -Ti 3 Al phase and the γ-TiAl phase, with a proportion of the β/B2-Ti phase of at least 10% by volume.

Claims (29)

1. A material for a gas turbine component, comprising:

titanium; and

aluminum;

wherein:

a) the material has, in a range of room temperature, a β/B2-Ti phase, a α2-Ti 3 Al phase, and a γ-TiAl phase, with a proportion of the β/B2-Ti phase of at most 5% by volume;

b) and the material has, in a range of eutectoid temperature, the β/B2-Ti phase, the α2-Ti 3 Al phase, and the γ-TiAl phase, with a proportion of the β/B2-Ti phase of at least 10% by volume.

2. The material according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of a body-centered cubic β/B2-Ti phase in the range of room temperature is less than 5% by volume.

3. The material according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of a body-centered cubic β/B2-Ti phase in the range of eutectoid temperature is greater than 10% by volume.

4. The material according to claim 1 , wherein the β/B2-Ti, the α 2 -Ti 3 Al, and the γ-TiAl phases are present in the range of room temperature.

5. The material according to claim 1 , wherein the β/B2-Ti, the α 2 Ti 3 Al, and the γ-TiAl phases are in thermodynamic equilibrium in the range of eutectoid temperature.

6. The material according to claim 1 , further comprising:

niobium;

molybdenum and/or manganese; and

boron and/or carbon and/or silicon.

7. The material according to claim 6 , wherein the material has:

42 to 45 atomic percent aluminum;

3 to 8 atomic percent niobium;

0.2 to 3 atomic percent molybdenum and/or manganese;

0.1 to 1 atomic percent boron and/or carbon and/or silicon; and

a remainder of titanium.

8. The material according to claim 1 , wherein a forming temperature of the material lies between T e −50 K and T a +100 K, wherein T e is the eutectoid temperature of the material and T a is the alpha transus temperature of the material.

9. A method for producing a gas turbine component, comprising the steps of:

a) making available a semi-finished product from the material according to claim 1 ; and

b) forging the semi-finished product from the material into a component at a forming temperature between T e −50 K and T a +100 K, wherein T e is the eutectoid temperature of the material and T a is the alpha transus temperature of the material.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the forging is carried out at a forming rate of at least 1 m/s.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a heat treatment is carried out following the forging.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a cast semi-finished product is used as the semi-finished product.

13. A gas turbine component made of the material according to claim 1 and produced by the method according to claim 9 .

14. The gas turbine component according to claim 13 , wherein the component is a blade, which is singly forged in a region of a blade pan for making a rougher microstructure with high creep resistance available, and which is multiply forged in a region of a blade root for making a finer microstructure with high ductility available.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: VOESTALPINE BOEHLER AEROSPACE GMBH & CO KG
To: MTU AERO ENGINES AG; GFE METALLE UND MATERIALIEN GMBH; MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN
Reel/Frame 059671/0270 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
To: GFE METALLE UND MATERIALIEN GMBH; MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN
Reel/Frame 059671/0314 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: BOEHLER SCHMIEDETECHNIK GMBH & CO KG
To: VOESTALPINE BOEHLER AEROSPACE GMBH & CO KG
Reel/Frame 059756/0908 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
To: MTU AERO ENGINES HOLDING AG
Reel/Frame 059793/0560 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: MTU AERO ENGINES HOLDING AG
To: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
Reel/Frame 059835/0982 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2011
From: SMARSLY, WILFRIED; CLEMENS, HELMUT; GUETHER, VOLKER; KREMMER, SASCHA; OTTO, ANDREAS; CHLADIL, HARALD
To: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH; MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN; BOEHLER SCHMIEDETECHNIK GMBH & CO KG; GFE METALLE UND MATERIALIEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 026162/0846 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 051 499 · Oct 27, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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