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Metal alloys in the form of plates, sheets, billets, forgings, all for use in the further manufacture of molds and tools; metal rivets; Small items of metal hardware, namely, nuts, screws, bolts, washers, springs; metal fasteners, namely, quarter turn fasteners and panel locking fasteners; screw inserts of common metal; kits primarily comprised of metal screw inserts, all sold as a unit with installation equipment therefor; pipes and tubes of metal; Metals and alloys used for castings; superalloys, titanium and its alloys, and aluminum and its alloys for use in the further manufacture of finished goods
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Vehicles, namely, land vehicles; vehicle wheels; components for land vehicles, namely, structural parts for automobiles and trucks; components for aircraft, namely, structural parts for airplanes
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Cores made of ceramic and patterns made of wax and plastic for metal casting; non-metal fasteners, namely, rivets, bolts, nuts, threaded inserts, and screws
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Metal alloys in the form of plates, sheets, billets, forgings, all for use in the further manufacture of molds and tools; metal rivets; Small items of metal hardware, namely, nuts, screws, bolts, washers, springs; metal fasteners, namely, quarter turn fasteners and panel locking fasteners; screw inserts of common metal; kits primarily comprised of metal screw inserts, all sold as a unit with installation equipment therefor; pipes and tubes of metal; Metals and alloys used for castings; superalloys, titanium and its alloys, and aluminum and its alloys for use in the further manufacture of finished goods
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Vehicles, namely, land vehicles; vehicle wheels; components for land vehicles, namely, structural parts for automobiles and trucks; components for aircraft, namely, structural parts for airplanes
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A casting method and apparatus are provided for casting a near-net shape article, such as for example a gas turbine engine blade or vane having a variable cross-section along its length. A molten metallic melt is provided in a heated mold having an article-shaped mold cavity with a shape corresponding to that of the article to be cast. The melt-containing mold and mold heating furnace are relatively moved to withdraw the melt-containing mold from the furnace through an active cooling zone where cooling gas is directed against the exterior of the mold to actively extract heat. At least one of the mold withdrawal rate, the cooling gas mass flow rate, and mold temperature are adjusted at the active cooling zone as the melt-containing mold is withdrawn through the active cooling zone to produce an equiaxed grain microstructure along at least a part of the length of the article.
B22D 27/04 - Influencing the temperature of the metal, e.g. by heating or cooling the mould
B22D 25/02 - Special casting characterised by the nature of the product by its peculiarity of shapeSpecial casting characterised by the nature of the product of works of art
B22D 30/00 - Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine airfoil component.
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine airfoil component.
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine component.
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine component.
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine component.
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine airfoil component.
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine airfoil component.
A mask is used in aluminizing of superalloy turbine component, such as a turbine blade, where a region exposed to relatively high operating temperature is aluminized to form a diffusion aluminide coating and another region exposed to relatively lower operating temperatures is masked to prevent aluminizing of the masked region while concurrently being enriched in Cr and/or retaining a pre-existing Cr-content from the superalloy chemistry itself or from a previous chromizing operation.
A method is provided for making a mold for casting advanced turbine airfoils (e.g. gas turbine blade and vane castings) which can include complex internal and external air cooling features to improve efficiency of airfoil cooling during operation in the gas turbine hot gas stream. The method steps involve incorporating at least one fugitive insert in a ceramic material in a manner to form a core and at least a portion of an integral, cooperating mold wall wherein the core defines an internal cooling feature to be imparted to the cast airfoil and the at least portion of the mold wall has an inner surface that defines an external cooling feature to be imparted to the cast airfoil, selectively removing the fugitive insert, and incorporating the core and the at least portion of the integral, cooperating mold wall in a mold for receiving molten metal or alloy cast in the mold.
A casting method and apparatus are provided for casting a near-net shape article, such as for example a gas turbine engine blade or vane having a variable cross-section along its length. A molten metallic melt is provided in a heated mold having an article-shaped mold cavity with a shape corresponding to that of the article to be cast. The melt-containing mold and mold heating furnace are relatively moved to withdraw the melt-containing mold from the furnace through an active cooling zone where cooling gas is directed against the exterior of the mold to actively extract heat. At least one of the mold withdrawal rate, the cooling gas mass flow rate, and mold temperature are adjusted at the active cooling zone as the melt-containing mold is withdrawn through the active cooling zone to produce an equiaxed grain microstructure along at least a part of the length of the article.
B22D 27/04 - Influencing the temperature of the metal, e.g. by heating or cooling the mould
B22D 25/02 - Special casting characterised by the nature of the product by its peculiarity of shapeSpecial casting characterised by the nature of the product of works of art
B22D 30/00 - Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group
A Pt-Al-Hf/Zr aluminide coating that can be used as a bond coat for TBC and improve TBC spallation life in service at elevated temperatures is provided. The aluminide coating can include a metastable ternary or higher X-Pt/Pd-Ni phase where the phase and other elements in the alloy system are present in a NiAl .beta. phase of the coating. The metastable phase can be present and observable in the as-deposited condition of the bond coating; e.g. in an as-CVD deposited condition of the bond coating.
C23C 16/06 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the deposition of metallic material
A Pt-Al-Hf/Zr aluminide coating that can be used as a bond coat for TBC and improve TBC spallation life in service at elevated temperatures is provided. The aluminide coating can include a metastable ternary or higher X-Pt/Pd-Ni phase where the phase and other elements in the alloy system are present in a NiAl .beta. phase of the coating. The metastable phase can be present and observable in the as-deposited condition of the bond coating; e.g. in an as-CVD deposited condition of the bond coating.
C23C 16/08 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the deposition of metallic material from metal halides
C23C 16/44 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the method of coating
A Pt-Al-Hf/Zr aluminide coating that can be used as a bond coat for TBC and improve TBC spallation life in service at elevated temperatures is provided. The aluminide coating can include a metastable ternary or higher X-Pt/Pd-Ni phase where the phase and other elements in the alloy system are present in a NiAl β phase of the coating. The metastable phase can be present and observable in the as-deposited condition of the bond coating; e.g. in an as-CVD deposited condition of the bond coating.
C23C 16/00 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
Method of melting a metallic material such as a metal or or alloy involves the steps of disposing the metal or alloy in a crucible or other melting vessel having an induction coil disposed about an upstanding side wall of the vessel. The side wall comprises graphite and has a side wall thickness not exceeding about 0.50 inch. The induction coil is energized to generate an electromagnetic field effective to heat and melt the metal or alloy in the crucible and having a low enough frequency that the side wall is so transparent (does not suscept) to the electromagnetic field of the induction coil that a solid skull forms on the side wall to separate the melted metal or alloy from the side wall of the crucible.
Method of making a sputtering target includes the steps of melting a metallic target material, controlling the temperature of the melted target material in a manner that the melted target material has almost no superheat, introducing the melted target material into a mold having interior walls forming a mold cavity in the shape of the desired target, and solidifying the melted target material in the mold by extracting heat therefrom at a rate to solidify it to form a sputtering target having a cellular nondendritic microstructure uniformly throughout the target. A sputtering target is provided comprising a metallic target material having a substantially equiaxed, cellular nondendritic microstructure uniformly throughout the target.
Method and apparatus for casting molten metal or alloy into a plurality of molds that are connected by mold ingate passages in melt flow communication to a melt supply passage which is configured in a manner to completely or partially fill the molds with the molten metal or alloy sequentially one after another. Filling of the molds in this manner provides uniform mold filling, reduces foreign matter in molds filled after the first-filled mold, and improves quality of the cast articles.
Method and apparatus for casting molten metal or alloy into a plurality of molds (20) that are connected by mold ingate passages (2Og) in melt flow communication to a melt supply passage ( 1Oe) which is configured in a manner to completely or partially fill the molds (20) with the molten metal or alloy sequentially one after another Filling of the molds (20) in this manner provides uniform mold filling, reduces foreign matter in molds (#2, #3, #4) filled after the first-filled mold (#l ), and improves quality of the cast articles.
Composite mold for use in casting a metal or alloy includes an inner mold region that includes a mold cavity and a fugitive metallic outer backup mold region residing on the inner mold region, wherein the metallic material of the backup mold region has such a melting temperature that the backup mold region melts from the inner mold region after the molten metal or alloy is cast and at least partially solidified in the mold. The inner mold region can comprise a non-metallic refractory or ceramic shell mold, while the backup mold region can comprise tin or other relatively low melting point metal or alloy.
B22C 1/00 - Compositions of refractory mould or core materialsGrain structures thereofChemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds
Method of forming different diffusion aluminide coatings on different surface regions of the same superalloy substrate involves positioning the substrate in a coating chamber having a aluminum-bearing coating gas flowing therein with a first substrate surface region enclosed in a masking enclosure having one or more coating gas entrance apertures communicating the interior of the enclosure to the coating gas in the coating chamber and with a second substrate surface region freely communicated to the coating gas in the coating chamber, and gas phase aluminizing the substrate by heating the substrate to an elevated coating temperature in the coating chamber having the coating gas therein to concurrently form an outwardly-grown diffusion aluminide coating on the first substrate surface region and to form an inwardly-grown, diffusion aluminide coating on the second substrate surface region of the same substrate.
C23C 10/14 - Solid state diffusion of only metal elements or silicon into metallic material surfaces using gases more than one element being diffused in one step
Method of making a sputtering target wherein the number of processing steps is reduced by providing melted sputtering target material in a heated mold and solidifying the melted material in the mold using a unidirectional heat removal process to produce a sputtering target with a selective grain orientation. The method can produce a solidified sputtering target having a selectively oriented multigrain microstructure or a selectively oriented single crystal microstructure suited or tailored to the sputtering process to be subsequently employed using the target.
An aluminum casting alloy comprises, in weight percent: about 4-5% Zn; about 1-3% Mg; about 0-1% Cu; less than about 0.3% Si; less than about 0.12% Fe; less than about 0.5% Mn; about 0.01-0.05 wt% B; less than about 0.15% Ti; about 0.05-0.2% Zr; about 0.1-0.5% Ag; no more than about 0.05% each miscellaneous element or impurity; no more than about 0.15% total miscellaneous elements or impurities; balance aluminum. The alloy may advantageously be used in either T5 or T6 tempers.
An aluminum casting alloy, comprises, in weight percent, about 4-9% Zn; about 1-4% Mg; about 1-2.5% Cu; less than about 0.1% Si; less than about 0.12% Fe; less than about 0.5% Mn; about 0.01-0.05% B; less than about 0.15% Ti; about 0.05-0.2% Zr; about 0.1-0.5% Sc; no more than about 0.05% each miscellaneous element or impurity; no more tha about 0.15% total miscellaneous elements or impurities.
A method of making a solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte includes preheating a substrate on which an oxide electrolyte layer is to be deposited to a substrate temperature of about 1100°C and above, impinging a surface of a source comprising the oxide with an electron beam in an evacuated chamber at a pressure of about 10-3 or less mm of Hg devoid of process gas, such as oxygen, to evaporate the oxide in the chamber, and placing the preheated substrate in the chamber where the oxide deposits on the preheated substrate. The oxide fuel cell electrolyte is deposited having a columnar oxide microstructure .
Glass-forming die, such as a parsain- forming or bottle- forming die, includes a die body having a molding surface with a curved contour to form at least a portion of a glass bottle or other article to be made. The die body has one or more cooling passages inside the body wherein the cooling passages is/are non-linear (non-straight) along at least a portion of their length to improve temperature control of the die during the glass forming operation. To this end, the cooling passages are curved in a manner to generally follow the curved contour along at least a portion of the length of the curved contour, and may include heat radiating or turbulating elements in the cooling passage. The glass- forming die alternately, or in addition, can include integral cooling fins, ribs or other heat radiating element on one or more exterior regions of the die.
Method of forming an outwardly grown aluminide diffusion coating on a superalloy substrate disposed in a coating retort including the steps of heating the substrate to a temperature of 900 to 1200 degrees C, flowing a coating gas comprising aluminum trichloride and a carrier gas through the coating retort at a flow rate of the coating gas of about 100 to about 450 standard cubic feet per hour, providing a concentration of aluminum trichloride in the retort of less than 1.4% by volume of the coating gas, and providing a total pressure of the coating gas in the coating retort of about 100 to about 450 Torr.
C23C 10/28 - Solid state diffusion of only metal elements or silicon into metallic material surfaces using solids, e.g. powders, pastes
C23C 16/00 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
C23C 16/455 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the method of coating characterised by the method used for introducing gases into the reaction chamber or for modifying gas flows in the reaction chamber
C23C 28/00 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and
