CA2520681A1 - Microwave brazing of airfoil cracks - Google Patents
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes alternating rows of rotary airfoils or blades and static airfoils or vanes. The canes are made of a base metal, such as cobalt or nickel superalloy. It a crack forms in one of the vanes, a braze alloy is applied to the crack.
The braze alloy is a powdered slurry. The braze alloy includes approximately 50 to 100% of a base material and approximately 0 to 50% of a braze material. The base material of the braze alloy has the same composition as the composition of the base metal of the vane. The airfoil is then exposed to microwaves which melt the braze alloy in preference to the base metal to repair the crack in the vane.
The braze alloy is a powdered slurry. The braze alloy includes approximately 50 to 100% of a base material and approximately 0 to 50% of a braze material. The base material of the braze alloy has the same composition as the composition of the base metal of the vane. The airfoil is then exposed to microwaves which melt the braze alloy in preference to the base metal to repair the crack in the vane.
Description
ll~iiCRO~~'A~'E BRAItNG OF AIRFOIL CRACKS , BACKGROUND OF THE IN1% ENTION .
The present invention relates generally to a method of repairing cracks in a stationary airfoil or vane of a gas turbine engine by microwave brazing.
A gas turbine engine includes stationary airfoils or vanes made of a base nlal of either cobalt or nickel superalloy. The vanes may crack due to high temperature thermal mechanical fatigue and hot corrosion that occurs during engine operation. The crack is usually repaired by brazing. A braze alloy including lU approximately s0°r of a base material and approximately 50"'0 of a braze material is applleCl tC) llle Cra(:l<. The illClllll~ tClllpel'atlll'c Of tl7(: b1'azc Illatel'lal IS lower tllall the Illl:ltlll~ telllpl:l'atLll'e Ohtlle ba$e llldlel'lal.
Allel' 1110 bi'azc: alloy is appllt;d t0 ll7e CI'aCk, tile vane IS heated I11 a lleatllly furnace. 'fhe balm alloy melts and fills the crack. Typically, the vane is heated for I ~ ,lppruaimately (> to b hours to melt the braze alloy and repair the crack.
Tlle percmta'e of the base material should be relatively high and the p~rcenta4~c of the braze material should be relatively low to prevent the braze malarial front saturating the braze alloy and to ensure that tl1e COIIIpOS1t1011 Of the braze alloy Is as slllllllli' as possible to the composition of the base metal. However, 2u as the percentage of the base material increases, the melting temperature of the braze alloy also increases. If~ the vane is exposed to higher temperatures, tile vane can possibly distort and lose its properties. Therefore, the braze alloy generally includes a hi~~h p~rccntage of the braze material to keep the melting temperature low.
H~nc~, there is a need in the art for a method of repairing a crack in a vane of a ~~cls turbine en~ille that is last and that overcomes the shortcomings and drawbacks u1 the prior art.
SU>\'l>\I.ARI' OF THE INVENTION
A 'gas turbim engine: includes nlternatin'~ rows of rotary airfoils or blades and ;Ii static airfoils or vtlnea. l~he vanes are made of a base metal, such as col)alt or nickel sul)erallu~>~.
111 the present invention, any cracks that form in the vane are repaired by microwave brazing. A braze alloy including a base material and a braze material is applied to the crack. The braze alloy is a powdered slurry. The braze alloy includes approximately 50 to 100% of tile base material and approximately U to SO% of the .
braze material. The base material and tile base metal of the vane have the same C0111pOS1t1011.
.After applying the braze alloy to the crack, the vane is then exposed to microwaves to melt the braze alloy and repair the crack in the vane. The microwaves heat and melt the powdered braze alloy in preference to the base metal to of the vane, leaving the vane undisturbed. Therefore, at the same melting temperature, the braze alloy of the present invention can include a greater percentage of base material than the braze alloy of the prior art.
These and other features of the present invention will be best understood from the following specitication and drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The various lectures and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the currently preferred embodiment. The drawings that accompany the detailed description can 20 be briefly described as follows:
Figure 1 schematically illustrates a gas turbine engine; and Figure 2 schematically illustrates a vane ofthe gas turbine engine.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EI\~1BOD1~1ENT
Figure 1 SCllelllatleally illustrates a gas turbine engine i 0 used for power generation or propulsion. The gas turbine engine 10 includes an axial centerline 12, a tan l ~, a compressor 1 (, a combustion section 18 and a turbine 20. Air compressed in the COlllpl'eSSOr 16 is mixed with fuel, burned in the combustion section 18 and expanded in the turbine 20. The air compressed in the compressor 1(i ,0 and the foci mixture expanded in the turbine 20 are both referred to as a llot gas stream t7ov ?8. Rotors 22 of tile turbine 20 rotate in response to the expansion and drive the compressor 16 and the fan 14. The turbine ?0 also includes alternating;
row -s of rotary airfoils or blades 24 on the rotors 22 and static airfoils or vanes t6.
The vanes ?(> are arranged in various stages, such a first stage, a second stage, a third stage, a fourth sta~'e, etc. The vanes 2G in tile first stage are made of a base metal of cobalt super~311oy, and the vanes 26 in the other stages (second stage, third stage, etc.) are made of a base metal of nickel superalloy.
.As shown in Fi~llre ?, cracks 34 may develop in the vanes 2G over time due t0 11117 thel-171a1 telllperallll'e 111eC11alllCal fatlfJlle x11(1 hot COi'1'OSi017 that OCCIII'S dllrlll~
elm~ine operation. If a crack 34 fol-171s in the vane 26, a braze alloy 30 is applied to the crack 34 to repair tl7e vane 26.
to The braze alloy 3U is a thick liquid po wdered slung n7ade of a base material and a braze material. The braze material is a powder having a low melting temperature. The base material is a powder that has the same composition as the superalloy used to form the vane 2G. The brace alloy 30 includes a reduced amount of braze material over tl7e braze alloy of the prior art and has a low transient liquid phase ratio (TLP), reducing the risk of saturating the braze alloy 30 with tile braze 111Lite1'lal.
Prcierably, the braze alloy 30 includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base material and approximately 0 to 50% of the braze materi~ll. More preferably, the.
base alloy 30 includes approximately 90°'~ of the base material and approximately 30 10~~~ of the l7r~lze material. However, it is to be understood that tile braze alloy 30 could include any percentage of base material and braze material. For example, the braze alloy 30 could include 100°ro base material or 100% braze material.
If the braze alloy 30 is being applied to a first stage vane 26, the braze alloy 30 includes tl7e base material of cobalt superalloy and the braze material.
The braze ?5 alloy 30 preferably includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base material and approximately () to ~U% of the braze material. In one exan7ple, the base material of cob<llt superalloy includes carbon, n7an~'anese, silicon, sulfur, Clll'0111111111, nickel, lllll~'Stell, talltallllll, llta17111111, 111'C011111117, 11'011, 1701'011 al7d Cobalt. Table 1 llStS all mam171e composition of the cobalt superalloy. Tl7e braze material includes carbon, so (111'0171111111, nici:el, boron, and cobalt. Table 2 lists all exan7ple composition of the bI~aZC IllfltCl'lal. f~1t110L1~;h specific CUI1117oSit1o11S Of tile base material alld tile blaze nlatcrial arc described and listed in Ta171es 1 and ?, it is to be understood that the braze alloy 30 call have any C0171pOS1t1017, and one skilled in the al-t woLlld know \~1%hat C01771)OSIt1011S to use.
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T:1BLL 2 If the braze: alloy 30 is being applied to a second stage, a third stage, etc.
vane ?6, the braze alloy 30 includes the base material of nickel superalloy and the to braze material. The braze alloy 3U preferably includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base: material and approximately 0 to ~0% of the braze material. In one example, the base material 01~ nicl<cl superalloy includes carbon, manganese, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chromium, cobalt, tungsten, tantalum, aluminum, titanium, 1121111111171, 11101y'bdi 171f171, b01-011, 11'017, C0111177bi1I177, COppel', Z11'CO11111177, lead, bIS11711t17, Sl:ll:17111177, LClllll'tL1171, tllallll1177 2111(1 IIICheI. T~il7le 3 11s1S
all exa177p1e COIlIpOSlt1017 Of the nickel superalloy. In another exanll)le, the base material of nickel superalloy includes carbon, manganese, silicon, sulfur, aluminum, molybdenum, tantalum, COlllillbilii7l, C111'Olllllllll, LltalllLllll, ZI1'COI711I111, 11'011, cobalt, copper, lead, bismuth, boron, and a nickel cobalt mixture. Table 4 lists an example composition of the s nickel SLIpe1'allOy. Although specific compositions of the base material are described and listed in Tables 3 and 4, it is to be understood that the base material can have any composition, and one skilled in the art v-ould know what compositions to use.
One of the base materials listed in Tables 3 and 4 is mixed with tile braze material. In one example, the braze material is made of carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, to copper, lead, blSllllllll, selenium, silicon, iron, zirconium, Illallgailese, al1i17111111111, lli7flllll177, tlll7gSt217, b01'011, CObLilt, Chl'OI171L1171 al7d nlCkel.
Table ~J llStS all exalllple C0117pOSttl017 Of the braze material that is mixed with the base material of nickel superalloy listed in either Table 3 or 4. Although a specifiic composition of~the braze 171atel'lLll is described and listed in Table 5, it is to be understood that the braze material can have any composition, and one skilled in the aI't would know what C0177pOSltlOn t0 llSe.
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C'OPI'ER 0.00 U.25 ZIRC'O'\'il'M 0.00 U.25 1_L:AD 0.00 U.25 BISML!TH 0.00 0.25 SELENIUM 0.00 0.25 Tl=..L.LI.~RtIiM 0.00 0.25 ~hH.~ILLlU~~1 0.00 0.25 I :~IC'hl;l. ~ 0.00 B.AL,ANCE
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~1 'I'1 I~.A'~I l!v9 O.UU 1.50 ZIRC'ONIL.M1 0.00 1.50 IRON O.UO 1.50 C'Ol3AL~l' 0.00 1.50 _ C'OI'I'EIZ 0.00 0.50 LEAD 0.00 0.50 13f~~-1L~~1'li O.UO 0.;0 -t3<)RO\ U.0(l 0.50 I \ICI<ELtC'OBALT U.l.)0 ~ BALANCE
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1'HOSPHORI'S 0.00 0.20 COPPER 0.00 0.20 LEAD 0.00 0.20 BISMUTH 0.U0 0.20 SELENIUM U.UU 0.20 SIL_ICOI~ 0.00 U.2U
IRON 0.00 0.20 ZIRCO~'ll!M1 U.00 0.20 MANGANESE O.UU U.2U
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'1~i1131..i~ s After the braze alloy 30 is applied to any cracks 34 in the vane 26, the braze s alloy 30 is then exposed to microwaves to melt the braze alloy 30 and repair the cracks 34. A microwave source 32 produces the microwaves that heat and melt the braze alloy 30 in preference to the base metal. When the braze alloy 30 cools, the braze alloy 30 hardens \vithin the crack 34, producing a braze joint that repairs the cralck 34 and builds up the eroded surface of the vane ?6 to extend the life oC the lU vane 2O. The braze alloy 30 can also till in the eroded surfaces on the vane 26 and dIlllCilSlUllally restore the vane 2G.
Preferably, the braze alloy 30 is exposed to the microwaves for approximately Sminutes to 60 minutes, and the braze alloy 30 reaches the melting temperature in approximately 15 minutes. Preferably, the braze alloy 3U is heated to appro~in~ately ?05U to 2250°F to heat the braze alloy 30. Ho\vever, the braze alloy 3() Call be C?~l)OSC:d t0 111101'0\1':IVeS lOr ally alllOlltlt Of llllle al7d Can be heated t0 any temperature, and one sl:illecl in the art lvould know how long to expose the braze alloy 30 to microwaves. Preferably, the microwaves are in the range of 2.45 GHZ.
Because the braze alloy 30 is a powder, the microwaves heat and melt. the po»dered braze alloy 30 in preference to the base metal of the vane 26. This is because the microwaves heat the braze alloy 30 faster than the base metal.
Therefore, the microwaves do not affect the base metal of vane 2G during the microwave bracing process.
The braze alloy 30 of the present lllvel'1t1011 InCltldlng an increased amount of base material melts at the same melting temperature as the braze alloy of the prior art that includes less base material. For example, the braze alloy 30 of the present invention melts at a first melting temperature when employing microwaves. If a braze alloy havin'= the Sallle COn7pOSlt1011 IS applied to the vane 2G and heated without using microwaves, the braze alloy would melt at a second meltin5 temperature that is greater than the first melting temperature. In the prior braze alloy, when izeatin~~ the vane 26 to the second higher llleltlng telllpel'attll'e, the vane 26 can possibly distort. The braze alloy 30 of the present invention that is exposed to microwaves and melts at a given temperature includes a greater amount of base material than the brace alloy of the prior art that melts at the same melting temperature. Therefore, by employing microwaves that preferentially heat the braze 2u alloy 30 over the base metal of the vane 2G, the braze alloy 30 of the present invention can include a higher percentage of base material when exposed to the same melon' temperature. This allows the composition of the braze alloy 30 to be more similar to the composition of the base metal material of the vane 26.
By employin' microwaves ti-om a microwave source 32 rather than heat 2a from a heating furnace to melt the braze alloy 30, the percent content of the base material of the braze allots 30 can he increased over the percent content of the base material of the braze alloy of the pr for art that melts at the same melting temperature. The braze alloy 30 of the present invention does not need to be heated to a meltin~l temperature as hi'h as the melting temperature needed to melt an o ecluivalent braze alloy 30 of the prior art, reducing the distortion and loss of properties of the vane 2(i.
Tl~c toreyoing description is exemplary of the principles of the invention.
Many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in ligln of the above teachings. The preferred embodiments of this invention have been disclosed, however, so that one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that s certain modifications would come ~~ithin the scope of this invention.
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The present invention relates generally to a method of repairing cracks in a stationary airfoil or vane of a gas turbine engine by microwave brazing.
A gas turbine engine includes stationary airfoils or vanes made of a base nlal of either cobalt or nickel superalloy. The vanes may crack due to high temperature thermal mechanical fatigue and hot corrosion that occurs during engine operation. The crack is usually repaired by brazing. A braze alloy including lU approximately s0°r of a base material and approximately 50"'0 of a braze material is applleCl tC) llle Cra(:l<. The illClllll~ tClllpel'atlll'c Of tl7(: b1'azc Illatel'lal IS lower tllall the Illl:ltlll~ telllpl:l'atLll'e Ohtlle ba$e llldlel'lal.
Allel' 1110 bi'azc: alloy is appllt;d t0 ll7e CI'aCk, tile vane IS heated I11 a lleatllly furnace. 'fhe balm alloy melts and fills the crack. Typically, the vane is heated for I ~ ,lppruaimately (> to b hours to melt the braze alloy and repair the crack.
Tlle percmta'e of the base material should be relatively high and the p~rcenta4~c of the braze material should be relatively low to prevent the braze malarial front saturating the braze alloy and to ensure that tl1e COIIIpOS1t1011 Of the braze alloy Is as slllllllli' as possible to the composition of the base metal. However, 2u as the percentage of the base material increases, the melting temperature of the braze alloy also increases. If~ the vane is exposed to higher temperatures, tile vane can possibly distort and lose its properties. Therefore, the braze alloy generally includes a hi~~h p~rccntage of the braze material to keep the melting temperature low.
H~nc~, there is a need in the art for a method of repairing a crack in a vane of a ~~cls turbine en~ille that is last and that overcomes the shortcomings and drawbacks u1 the prior art.
SU>\'l>\I.ARI' OF THE INVENTION
A 'gas turbim engine: includes nlternatin'~ rows of rotary airfoils or blades and ;Ii static airfoils or vtlnea. l~he vanes are made of a base metal, such as col)alt or nickel sul)erallu~>~.
111 the present invention, any cracks that form in the vane are repaired by microwave brazing. A braze alloy including a base material and a braze material is applied to the crack. The braze alloy is a powdered slurry. The braze alloy includes approximately 50 to 100% of tile base material and approximately U to SO% of the .
braze material. The base material and tile base metal of the vane have the same C0111pOS1t1011.
.After applying the braze alloy to the crack, the vane is then exposed to microwaves to melt the braze alloy and repair the crack in the vane. The microwaves heat and melt the powdered braze alloy in preference to the base metal to of the vane, leaving the vane undisturbed. Therefore, at the same melting temperature, the braze alloy of the present invention can include a greater percentage of base material than the braze alloy of the prior art.
These and other features of the present invention will be best understood from the following specitication and drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The various lectures and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the currently preferred embodiment. The drawings that accompany the detailed description can 20 be briefly described as follows:
Figure 1 schematically illustrates a gas turbine engine; and Figure 2 schematically illustrates a vane ofthe gas turbine engine.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EI\~1BOD1~1ENT
Figure 1 SCllelllatleally illustrates a gas turbine engine i 0 used for power generation or propulsion. The gas turbine engine 10 includes an axial centerline 12, a tan l ~, a compressor 1 (, a combustion section 18 and a turbine 20. Air compressed in the COlllpl'eSSOr 16 is mixed with fuel, burned in the combustion section 18 and expanded in the turbine 20. The air compressed in the compressor 1(i ,0 and the foci mixture expanded in the turbine 20 are both referred to as a llot gas stream t7ov ?8. Rotors 22 of tile turbine 20 rotate in response to the expansion and drive the compressor 16 and the fan 14. The turbine ?0 also includes alternating;
row -s of rotary airfoils or blades 24 on the rotors 22 and static airfoils or vanes t6.
The vanes ?(> are arranged in various stages, such a first stage, a second stage, a third stage, a fourth sta~'e, etc. The vanes 2G in tile first stage are made of a base metal of cobalt super~311oy, and the vanes 26 in the other stages (second stage, third stage, etc.) are made of a base metal of nickel superalloy.
.As shown in Fi~llre ?, cracks 34 may develop in the vanes 2G over time due t0 11117 thel-171a1 telllperallll'e 111eC11alllCal fatlfJlle x11(1 hot COi'1'OSi017 that OCCIII'S dllrlll~
elm~ine operation. If a crack 34 fol-171s in the vane 26, a braze alloy 30 is applied to the crack 34 to repair tl7e vane 26.
to The braze alloy 3U is a thick liquid po wdered slung n7ade of a base material and a braze material. The braze material is a powder having a low melting temperature. The base material is a powder that has the same composition as the superalloy used to form the vane 2G. The brace alloy 30 includes a reduced amount of braze material over tl7e braze alloy of the prior art and has a low transient liquid phase ratio (TLP), reducing the risk of saturating the braze alloy 30 with tile braze 111Lite1'lal.
Prcierably, the braze alloy 30 includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base material and approximately 0 to 50% of the braze materi~ll. More preferably, the.
base alloy 30 includes approximately 90°'~ of the base material and approximately 30 10~~~ of the l7r~lze material. However, it is to be understood that tile braze alloy 30 could include any percentage of base material and braze material. For example, the braze alloy 30 could include 100°ro base material or 100% braze material.
If the braze alloy 30 is being applied to a first stage vane 26, the braze alloy 30 includes tl7e base material of cobalt superalloy and the braze material.
The braze ?5 alloy 30 preferably includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base material and approximately () to ~U% of the braze material. In one exan7ple, the base material of cob<llt superalloy includes carbon, n7an~'anese, silicon, sulfur, Clll'0111111111, nickel, lllll~'Stell, talltallllll, llta17111111, 111'C011111117, 11'011, 1701'011 al7d Cobalt. Table 1 llStS all mam171e composition of the cobalt superalloy. Tl7e braze material includes carbon, so (111'0171111111, nici:el, boron, and cobalt. Table 2 lists all exan7ple composition of the bI~aZC IllfltCl'lal. f~1t110L1~;h specific CUI1117oSit1o11S Of tile base material alld tile blaze nlatcrial arc described and listed in Ta171es 1 and ?, it is to be understood that the braze alloy 30 call have any C0171pOS1t1017, and one skilled in the al-t woLlld know \~1%hat C01771)OSIt1011S to use.
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C':~ R BO'\' ().00 0.80 vt:~~GwE~E u.oo o.so 5lt.l('ON 0.00 0.80 St ~I.F(.iR 0.00 0.80 ('HIZOMIUM 18.0 26.00 \~IC'hEL 5.00 12.00 Tl!\IGSTFN s.00 8.00 T=IN f'Ai.ll2'1 2.00 4.00 I'ffrl;~Il.~M 0.1 U 0. ~0 ZIW'ONI~~NI 0.00 0.60 IR<)I~ 0.00 2.i0 BORO~ 0.00 0.01 C'Ol3A!_~l~ 0.00 BALANCE
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T:1BLL 2 If the braze: alloy 30 is being applied to a second stage, a third stage, etc.
vane ?6, the braze alloy 30 includes the base material of nickel superalloy and the to braze material. The braze alloy 3U preferably includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base: material and approximately 0 to ~0% of the braze material. In one example, the base material 01~ nicl<cl superalloy includes carbon, manganese, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chromium, cobalt, tungsten, tantalum, aluminum, titanium, 1121111111171, 11101y'bdi 171f171, b01-011, 11'017, C0111177bi1I177, COppel', Z11'CO11111177, lead, bIS11711t17, Sl:ll:17111177, LClllll'tL1171, tllallll1177 2111(1 IIICheI. T~il7le 3 11s1S
all exa177p1e COIlIpOSlt1017 Of the nickel superalloy. In another exanll)le, the base material of nickel superalloy includes carbon, manganese, silicon, sulfur, aluminum, molybdenum, tantalum, COlllillbilii7l, C111'Olllllllll, LltalllLllll, ZI1'COI711I111, 11'011, cobalt, copper, lead, bismuth, boron, and a nickel cobalt mixture. Table 4 lists an example composition of the s nickel SLIpe1'allOy. Although specific compositions of the base material are described and listed in Tables 3 and 4, it is to be understood that the base material can have any composition, and one skilled in the art v-ould know what compositions to use.
One of the base materials listed in Tables 3 and 4 is mixed with tile braze material. In one example, the braze material is made of carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, to copper, lead, blSllllllll, selenium, silicon, iron, zirconium, Illallgailese, al1i17111111111, lli7flllll177, tlll7gSt217, b01'011, CObLilt, Chl'OI171L1171 al7d nlCkel.
Table ~J llStS all exalllple C0117pOSttl017 Of the braze material that is mixed with the base material of nickel superalloy listed in either Table 3 or 4. Although a specifiic composition of~the braze 171atel'lLll is described and listed in Table 5, it is to be understood that the braze material can have any composition, and one skilled in the aI't would know what C0177pOSltlOn t0 llSe.
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SILIC'O~! 0.00 0._X0 PHOSPH('3R('~S 0.00 0. 0 S('t_Ft!R 0.00 0. ~0 CHROMIUM S.()0 12.00 CO I3 r1L'l x.00 12.00 r(~(.T~~(iS'1 a.00 12.00 L'V
'1~.4N'hALUM 2.00 6.00 ~LL'MINUM 2.00 6.0U
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C'OPI'ER 0.00 U.25 ZIRC'O'\'il'M 0.00 U.25 1_L:AD 0.00 U.25 BISML!TH 0.00 0.25 SELENIUM 0.00 0.25 Tl=..L.LI.~RtIiM 0.00 0.25 ~hH.~ILLlU~~1 0.00 0.25 I :~IC'hl;l. ~ 0.00 B.AL,ANCE
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'1~i1131..i~ s After the braze alloy 30 is applied to any cracks 34 in the vane 26, the braze s alloy 30 is then exposed to microwaves to melt the braze alloy 30 and repair the cracks 34. A microwave source 32 produces the microwaves that heat and melt the braze alloy 30 in preference to the base metal. When the braze alloy 30 cools, the braze alloy 30 hardens \vithin the crack 34, producing a braze joint that repairs the cralck 34 and builds up the eroded surface of the vane ?6 to extend the life oC the lU vane 2O. The braze alloy 30 can also till in the eroded surfaces on the vane 26 and dIlllCilSlUllally restore the vane 2G.
Preferably, the braze alloy 30 is exposed to the microwaves for approximately Sminutes to 60 minutes, and the braze alloy 30 reaches the melting temperature in approximately 15 minutes. Preferably, the braze alloy 3U is heated to appro~in~ately ?05U to 2250°F to heat the braze alloy 30. Ho\vever, the braze alloy 3() Call be C?~l)OSC:d t0 111101'0\1':IVeS lOr ally alllOlltlt Of llllle al7d Can be heated t0 any temperature, and one sl:illecl in the art lvould know how long to expose the braze alloy 30 to microwaves. Preferably, the microwaves are in the range of 2.45 GHZ.
Because the braze alloy 30 is a powder, the microwaves heat and melt. the po»dered braze alloy 30 in preference to the base metal of the vane 26. This is because the microwaves heat the braze alloy 30 faster than the base metal.
Therefore, the microwaves do not affect the base metal of vane 2G during the microwave bracing process.
The braze alloy 30 of the present lllvel'1t1011 InCltldlng an increased amount of base material melts at the same melting temperature as the braze alloy of the prior art that includes less base material. For example, the braze alloy 30 of the present invention melts at a first melting temperature when employing microwaves. If a braze alloy havin'= the Sallle COn7pOSlt1011 IS applied to the vane 2G and heated without using microwaves, the braze alloy would melt at a second meltin5 temperature that is greater than the first melting temperature. In the prior braze alloy, when izeatin~~ the vane 26 to the second higher llleltlng telllpel'attll'e, the vane 26 can possibly distort. The braze alloy 30 of the present invention that is exposed to microwaves and melts at a given temperature includes a greater amount of base material than the brace alloy of the prior art that melts at the same melting temperature. Therefore, by employing microwaves that preferentially heat the braze 2u alloy 30 over the base metal of the vane 2G, the braze alloy 30 of the present invention can include a higher percentage of base material when exposed to the same melon' temperature. This allows the composition of the braze alloy 30 to be more similar to the composition of the base metal material of the vane 26.
By employin' microwaves ti-om a microwave source 32 rather than heat 2a from a heating furnace to melt the braze alloy 30, the percent content of the base material of the braze allots 30 can he increased over the percent content of the base material of the braze alloy of the pr for art that melts at the same melting temperature. The braze alloy 30 of the present invention does not need to be heated to a meltin~l temperature as hi'h as the melting temperature needed to melt an o ecluivalent braze alloy 30 of the prior art, reducing the distortion and loss of properties of the vane 2(i.
Tl~c toreyoing description is exemplary of the principles of the invention.
Many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in ligln of the above teachings. The preferred embodiments of this invention have been disclosed, however, so that one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that s certain modifications would come ~~ithin the scope of this invention.
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Claims (18)
1. A method of repairing a crack in a component and dimensionally restoring the component comprising the steps of:
applying a braze alloy to a crack in a component; and exposing the component to microwaves to melt the braze alloy.
applying a braze alloy to a crack in a component; and exposing the component to microwaves to melt the braze alloy.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the component is an airfoil utilized in a gas turbine engine.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the component is made of a base metal that is one of cobalt superalloy and nickel superalloy.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the braze alloy includes a base material and a braze material.
5. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the braze alloy includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base material and approximately 0 to 50% of the braze material.
6. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the braze alloy includes approximately 90% of the base material and approximately 10% of the braze material.
7. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the component is made of a base metal, and the base metal and the base material are both nickel superalloy.
8. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the component is made of a base metal, and the base metal anti the base material are both cobalt superalloy.
9. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the step of exposing the component to microwaves occurs for approximately 5 to 40 minutes.
10. The method as recited in claim 1 further including the step of heating the component to approximately 2050 to 2250°F.
11. An apparatus for repairing a crack in a component and dimensionally restoring the component comprising:
the component including a crack;
a braze alloy applied to the crack; and a microwave source that generates microwaves to melt the braze alloy.
the component including a crack;
a braze alloy applied to the crack; and a microwave source that generates microwaves to melt the braze alloy.
12. The apparatus as recited in claim 11 wherein the component is an airfoil utilized in a gas turbine engine.
13. The apparatus as recited in claim 11 wherein the component is made of a base metal that is one of cobalt superalloy and nickel superalloy.
14. The apparatus as recited in claim 11 wherein the braze alloy includes a base material and a braze material.
15. The apparatus as recited in claim 14 wherein the component is made of a base metal, and the base metal and the base material are both nickel superalloy.
16. The apparatus as recited in claim 14 wherein the component is made of a base metal, and the base metal and the base material are both cobalt superalloy.
17. The apparatus as recited in claim 14 wherein the braze alloy includes approximately 50 to 100% of the base material and approximately 0 to 50% of the braze material.
18. The apparatus as recited in claim 14 wherein the braze alloy includes approximately 90% of the base material and approximately 10% of the braze material.
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