Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a first seal for an aircraft blade outer air seal (“BOAS”) comprising a first portion comprising a first channel and a second channel, and a second portion comprising a first projection and a second projection, wherein the first projection slidably couples to the first channel and the second projection slidably couples to the second channel. The first portion and/or the second portion may be coated with a low friction substance. The first portion may be coupled to a vane support and/or a BOAS, and the second portion may be coupled to a first OAS support. The first seal may enable a radial translation of the BOAS in response to an aircraft maneuver.
Abstract:
Erosion- and impact-resistant ceramic coatings suitable for protecting surfaces subjected to collisions with particles, including nominally round particles that typically inflict impact damage and more aggressive irregular-shaped particles that typically inflict erosion damage. The ceramic coating is formed to have one of three compositions: at least one layer of titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN) having a thickness of about 25 to about 100 micrometers; multiple layers of chromium nitride (CrN) and TiAlN, each layer having a thickness of about 0.2 to about 1.0 micrometers to yield a total coating thickness of at least about 3 micrometers; and at least one layer of titanium silicon carbonitride (TiSiCN) having a thickness of about 15 to about 100 micrometers. The ceramic coating preferably has a total coating thickness of up to about 100 micrometers, and is deposited by a physical vapor deposition process to have a columnar and/or dense microstructure.
Abstract:
An article includes a monolithic substrate and a coating on the monolithic substrate. The monolithic substrate is selected from graphite, silicon carbide, silicon carbide nitride, silicon nitride carbide, and silicon nitride. The coating has a free, exposed surface and includes a compound of aluminum (Al), boron (B) and nitrogen (N) in a continuous chemically bonded network having Al—N bonds and B—N bonds. The compound includes an atom of nitrogen covalently bonded to an atom of boron and an atom of aluminum, and the compound has a composition BxAl(1-x)N, where x is 0.001 to 0.999.
Abstract:
An article for high temperature service is presented herein. One embodiment is an article including a substrate having a silicon-bearing ceramic matrix composite; and a layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the layer includes silicon and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum. In another embodiment, the article includes a ceramic matrix composite substrate, wherein the composite includes a silicon-bearing ceramic and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum; a bond coat disposed over the substrate, where the bond coat includes elemental silicon, a silicon alloy, a silicide, or combinations including any of the aforementioned; and a coating disposed over the bond coat, the coating including a silicate (such as an aluminosilicate or rare earth silicate), yttria-stabilized zirconia, or a combination including any of the aforementioned.
Abstract:
A method of simultaneously applying three different diffusion aluminide coatings to a metal part with an external surface and internal passageways includes first placing the part in an enclosed retort. Areas of the part are then coated with aluminum containing slurry for a first diffusion aluminide coating. Interior walls of the retort are then coated with a vapor source slurry for a second vapor phase aluminide coating on the surface of the part. Areas on the surface of the part not requiring coating are coated with masking materials. A closed chamber inside the retort containing source material for a third vapor phase diffusion aluminide coating for the internal passageways is then attached to the internal passageways. The retort is then placed in a furnace under a protective atmosphere and subjected to a diffusion heat treat to coat the external surfaces and internal passageways with the three different aluminide coatings.
Abstract:
A method of forming a vibration damping coating on a metallic substrate, eg a titanium alloy aerospace component, comprises applying to the metallic substrate a coating comprising a spinel having regions of relative oxide or nitride imbalance.
Abstract:
A wear protection coating, in particular an erosion protection coating for gas turbine components is disclosed. The wear protection coating is applied to a to-be-protected surface of a flow mechanically stressed component. The wear protection coating has an at least double-layer structure, where a first layer is applied to the to-be-protected surface of the component and has a material composition that is adapted to the material composition of the component and where a second layer forms an outer cover coat.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a turbine engine with at least a high pressure and a low pressure turbine section comprising a casing and at least one turbine blade rotatably mounted within the casing wherein at least part of the inner surface of the casing is covered with shrouds as abradables to provide clearance control between the inner surface and the tip of the at least one blade and wherein the tip of the blade is coated with a hard PVD coating, characterized in that the shroud material of at least the high pressure and/or the low pressure section comprises a porous ceramic based material and the hard PVD coating on the tip of the blade essentially consists of a droplet free nitride coating.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a first seal for an aircraft blade outer air seal (“BOAS”) comprising a first portion comprising a first channel and a second channel, and a second portion comprising a first projection and a second projection, wherein the first projection slidably couples to the first channel and the second projection slidably couples to the second channel. The first portion and/or the second portion may be coated with a low friction substance. The first portion may be coupled to a vane support and/or a BOAS, and the second portion may be coupled to a first OAS support. The first seal may enable a radial translation of the BOAS in response to an aircraft maneuver.
Abstract:
An article includes a substrate and a coating on the substrate. The coating includes a compound of aluminum, boron and nitrogen in a continuous chemically bonded network having Al—N bonds and B—N bonds. Also disclosed is an article wherein the substrate is a plurality of fibers and the coating is a conformed coating of a compound of aluminum, boron and nitrogen having Al—N bonds and B—N bonds. The fibers are disposed in a matrix. Also disclosed is a method of protecting an article from environmental conditions. The method includes protecting a substrate that is susceptible to environmental chemical degradation using a coating that includes a compound of aluminum, boron and nitrogen having Al—N bonds and B—N bonds.