METHOD OF HEAT TREATING SUPERALLOY COMPONENT AND ALLOY COMPONENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of heat treating a superalloy component.SOLUTION: The method of heat treating a superalloy component includes solution heat treating the component at a temperature below γ' solvus temperature to produce a fine grain structure. Insulation is placed over...

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Hauptverfasser: DAVID ULRICH FURRER, JOSEPH ANDREW LEMSKY, MARK CHRISTOPHER HARDY, ROBERT JOHN MITCHELL
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of heat treating a superalloy component.SOLUTION: The method of heat treating a superalloy component includes solution heat treating the component at a temperature below γ' solvus temperature to produce a fine grain structure. Insulation is placed over a first area to form a heat insulated assembly. The heat insulated assembly is placed in a furnace at a temperature below the γ' solvus temperature and maintained at that temperature for a predetermined time to achieve a uniform temperature. The temperature is increased at a predetermined rate to a temperature above the γ' solvus temperature to maintain a fine grain structure in a first region, produce a coarse grain structure in a second region and produce a transitional structure in a third region between the first and second regions. The heat insulated assembly is removed from the furnace when the second region has been above the γ' solvus temperature for a predetermined time and/or the first region has reached a predetermined temperature.