The spray cast process and its applications in gas turbine engines

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Abstract

The need for advanced material processing to reduce manufacturing cost and cycle times has never been as great as at this time in our nation's history. Howmet Corporation has licensed and modified the Osprey, or spray forming, process to produce high quality nickel base superalloys for gas turbine engine applications. The modified process, known as the "Spraycast-X™" process, combined vacuum induction melting with high purity argon gas atomization to produce billet and ring shape products. Process parameters were established to produce fine grain size (ASTM 6-8) billet up to 10″ (254 mm) in diameter and ring shape preforms up to 33″ (838 mm) in diameter. Mechanical properties of HIP'ed Spraycast-X plus isoforged U720 and Spraycast-X and HIP'ed MERL 76 (no Hf) were comparable to their wrought counterparts. Mechanical property data for ring rolled IN718, René 41, and Waspaloy were all above specification limits.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGeneral
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)9780791878927
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
EventASME 1993 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition, GT 1993 - Cincinnati, United States
Duration: May 24 1993May 27 1993

Publication series

NameASME 1993 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition, GT 1993
Volume3C

Conference

ConferenceASME 1993 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition, GT 1993
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCincinnati
Period05/24/9305/27/93

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