Turbine rotor fabrication
US4096615A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49865
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a hybrid, dual property turbine wheel assembly comprising the steps of preforming a blade element and separate support ring of a supperalloy material and locating the blades in support slots in the outer diameter of the support ring and radially outwardly of a preformed inner diameter underlying base tangs on each blade element; vacuum braze sealing each of the base tangs within a support slot and thereafter machining the inside diameter of the ring to expose the base tangs; thereafter joining the ring and undercut base tangs thereon to the outside diameter of a preformed disc element and vacuum braze sealing the hub disc and ring blade assemblies to produce a sealed interface region between the outside diameter of the hub element and the inside diameter of the ring and base tangs; and thereafter directly hot isostatically pressing the joined parts to form a direct diffusion bond between the tangs, ring and disc.
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