Method for vapor phase aluminiding of a gas turbine blade partially masked with a masking enclosure

Gas turbine blade (20) is selectively protected by providing gas turbine blade, providing masking enclosure (50) having airfoil enclosure (52) and dovetail enclosure (54), placing the gas turbine blade into masking enclosure to form aluminiding assembly (88), and vapor-phase aluminiding the aluminid...

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Hauptverfasser: YOW, KWOK HENG, LANGLEY, NIGEL BRIAN THOMAS
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Gas turbine blade (20) is selectively protected by providing gas turbine blade, providing masking enclosure (50) having airfoil enclosure (52) and dovetail enclosure (54), placing the gas turbine blade into masking enclosure to form aluminiding assembly (88), and vapor-phase aluminiding the aluminiding assembly with gas turbine blade. Selective protection of gas turbine blade comprises: providing gas turbine blade having airfoil (22), shank (24) with dovetail (26), and platform (28) having top and bottom surfaces (30, 32); providing masking enclosure having airfoil enclosure and dovetail enclosure; placing the gas turbine blade into masking enclosure to form aluminiding assembly; and vapor-phase aluminiding the aluminiding assembly with gas turbine blade having its airfoil and dovetail in the masking enclosure so that aluminum is deposited on exposed portion of the gas turbine blade that is not in the masking enclosure. The airfoil enclosure has top seal plate (60) with top opening (62). It is sized to receive the airfoil of the gas turbine blade. The airfoil extends through the top opening, and the top seal plate contacts the top surface of the platform. The dovetail enclosure includes dovetail guide (70) that receives lower end (72) of the dovetail, and bottom seal plate (74) with bottom opening (76). The bottom seal plate is sized to fit around the shank.