EP2217736A1 - A process for producing body centered cubic (b2) nickel aluminide (nial) coating of controlled thickness on nickel-base alloy surfaces - Google Patents
A process for producing body centered cubic (b2) nickel aluminide (nial) coating of controlled thickness on nickel-base alloy surfacesInfo
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- EP2217736A1 EP2217736A1 EP07870514A EP07870514A EP2217736A1 EP 2217736 A1 EP2217736 A1 EP 2217736A1 EP 07870514 A EP07870514 A EP 07870514A EP 07870514 A EP07870514 A EP 07870514A EP 2217736 A1 EP2217736 A1 EP 2217736A1
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- nickel
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- centered cubic
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
- C23C4/00—Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge
- C23C4/04—Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge characterised by the coating material
- C23C4/06—Metallic material
- C23C4/08—Metallic material containing only metal elements
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
- C23C4/00—Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge
- C23C4/02—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
- C23C4/00—Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge
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- TITLE A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BODY CENTERED CUBIC (B2) NICKEL ALUMINIDE (NiAI) COATING OF CONTROLLED THICKNESS ON NICKEL-BASE ALLOY SURFACES.
- the present invention relates to aluminizing of nickel-base alloys and, in particular, to a process for producing body centered cubic (B2) nickel aluminide (NiAI) coating of controlled thickness on nickel-base alloys surfaces.
- B2 NiAI phase body centered cubic
- the process of producing the nickel aluminide (B2 NiAI phase) coatings on nickel-base alloys is directed to achieve high hardness of 800 - 1100 VHN and dimensional tolerance of 80 ⁇ 30 microns coating thickness.
- the process of the invention achieves desired nickel aluminide coatings with minimum environmental emission of toxic chemicals fumes and is thus also environment friendly.
- the nickel aluminide coating of the present invention is possible without the need for masking of the unwanted regions of the components and more importantly can be attended both on flat and curved surfaces thereby favouring wide scale utilities of such aluminizing process.
- the process of the invention would facilitate fabrication industries required to carry out surface modifications and engineering (protective coating) on nickel-base alloys desired for high temperatures such as nuclear industries, aircraft and gas turbine industries.
- nickel-base alloys are required to be provided surface modified and engineered for protective coatings to adopt such nickel-base alloys for high temperature application for variety of industrial and allied uses.
- Aluminizing on nickel-base alloys is usually known to be carried out by processes such as pack cementations, slurry spraying, brushing, dipping and chemical vapour deposition to produce nickel aluminide (NiAI) layer over the substrate adapted for providing a hard surface for fretting wear and galling resistance (1-3).
- Pack cementations is a process which has been widely used for such aluminizing since it is inexpensive and ideally suited for batch production of small components.
- the components to be aluminized are usually treated at temperatures between 850 0 C and 1050 0 C in a pack consisting of an aluminium source such as Ni-Al, Ti- Al, or Cr-Al, an activator (halide) and some inert filler like alumina(l).
- an aluminium source such as Ni-Al, Ti- Al, or Cr-Al
- an activator (halide) halide
- Vapour phase aluminizing (2) on the other hand largely eliminates the disadvantages of the pack cementation processes, but required specialized vacuum furnaces and fixtures. Moreover, both these processes involve exposure of operator to corrosive halide activators which is unsafe and undesired from the safety of the operator. Apart from the above discussed limitations and complexities of the conventional methods of aluminizing on nickel-base a'loys, it is also important that following such processes of aluminizing it has been always essential to mask the surfaces which were not requi ⁇ d to be coated requiring special precautions and added complexities of such aluminizing processes.
- Another object of the present invention is directed to a process for NiAI aluminide coating of nickel-base alloys which would on one hand be cost effective and at the same time on the other hand would involve safe technology without the problems/disadvantages of handling of large quantity of alumina and metal powder, long furnace time cycle due to large thermal inertia and inherent reduced throughput.
- Further object of the present invention is directed to a simple process for NiAI aluminide coating of nickel-base alloys which would also not require any specialized vacuum furnaces and fixtures and thus can be readily applied and used for producing aluminide nickel-based alloys.
- a further object of the present invention is directed to an aluminizing process which would favour achieving NiAI aluminide coating on nickel-base alloys and which would be suitable for mass production of large sized components to a tolerance of 80 ⁇ 30 microns with hardness range of 800-1100 VHN with reduced cycle time than the conventional pack cementation and vapour phase diffusion coating.
- Yet another object of the present invention is directed to favour production of selectively body centered cubic (B2) nickel aluminide (NiAI) coated nickel-base alloys of desired thickness without the complexities of masking of surfaces not to be coated thereby facilitating controlled and simple production of such nickel aluminide coated nickel-base alloys.
- B2 body centered cubic
- NiAI nickel aluminide
- a further object of the present invention is to produce ordered body centered cubic (B2) nickel aluminide (NiAI) coated nickel-base alloys which can be advantageously used to form the coating only on the desired_ surfaces without any special steps to masking the areas where aluminizing is not desired.
- B2 ordered body centered cubic
- NiAI nickel aluminide
- Yet another object of the present invention is directed to. produce ordered body centered cubic (B2) nickel aluminide (NiAI) coated nickel-base alloys with higher productivity, environmental cleanliness and suitability for mass production of large sized components.
- B2 ordered body centered cubic
- NiAI nickel aluminide
- Yet another object of the present invention is directed to a process which would achieve NiAI aluminide coating on nickel-base alloys involving flat and/or corrugated surfaces to thereby favour production of variety of NiAI aluminide coated nickel-base alloys.
- a further object of the present invention is directed to produce surface protective coating for high temperature application on nickel-base alloys with selectively desired coating thickness, micro structure and hardness which can be consistently reproduced.
- Yet further object of the present invention is to provide for a simple yet effective process for producing surface protective coating for high temperature application on nickel-base alloys which would favour overall reduction of time and cost for aluminizing vis-a-vis the conventional processes of aluminizing of such nickel-base alloys presently in use.
- NiAI nickel aluminide
- B2 body centered cubic
- NiAI nickel aluminide
- the aluminium thus sprayed onto the nickel-base alloy substrate to diffusion heat treatment such that the aluminium sprayed reacts with the nickel-base alloy substrate and form the desired aluminum coating on the entire nickel-base alloy substrate or selective required surface thereof to be coated and with controlled thickness.
- NiAI nickel aiuminide
- B2 nickel aluminide
- NiAI nickel aluminide
- nickel alum ' .nide (NiAI) coating the said surface activation by grit blasting is carried out using alumina grit of specific size and distribution preferably in the range of 30-120 mesh size at an air pressure of 5.5 +/- 0.5 kg/cm 2 .
- the thermal spray parameters comprise (i) aluminum wire diameter in the range of 3.0 to 3.2mm at a Wire Feed Rate in the range of 2.0-2.5 mm/sec;(ii) Pneumatic pressure in the range of 5.5 +/- 0.5 kg/cm 2 ; (iii) Oxygen Pressure in the range of 2.5 +/- 0.3 kg/cm 2 ; and Acetylene pressure in the range of 1.0 +/- 0.2 kg/ cm 2 .
- the said diffusion heat treatment in said vacuum atmosphere is carried out preferably (10 ⁇ 5 ) level at temperature in the range of 950-1100 0 C for a duration of 1.0 to 1.5 hours.
- nickel aluminide (NiAI) coating comprise removing adherent oxide scale using pickling solution following the steps of:
- the pickling solution preferably comprising (a) concentrated nitric acid (specific gravity :1.41 g/cm 3 ) in amounts of 16% (by volume);(b) Hydrofluoric acid (specific gravity 1.61 g/cm 3 ) in amounts of 3.5 % (by volume); and (c ) Water in amounts of 80.5% (by volume); (ii) soaking the diffusion treated strips in the solution for a period of about 30 minutes; followed by (iii) further cleaning the strips involving emery papers of 400 grit size.
- NiAI aluminide coating on nickel-base alloys involving selectively flat and/or corrugated surfaces.
- the said NiAI aluminide coating is carried out on nickel-base alloys with minimum 40weight % nickel content on both flat and corrugated surfaces.
- the process is adapted -to produce surface protective coatings selectively free of any masking of the uncoated regions for desired high temperature applications on nickel-base alloys with minimum 40 weight % nickel content and having hardness of 800-1100 VHN and a coating thickness of 80+/- 30 micron thickness.
- the surface activity, spraying procedures and diffusion parameters are critical in optimization of the coating thickness and hardness.
- Surface activity is achieved by selection of suitable grade grit size (30-120 mesh size) during grit blasting.
- Thermal spraying of aluminium is carried out using 3.2 mm diameter aluminium wires and by maintaining a torch-work distance of 200-300 mm and wire feed rate of 2.0- 2.5 mm/sec. Thickness of sprayed layer is monitored on 100% of the qualification strips and on a certain percentage of production strips at random to ensure sprayed layer thickness of 100-200 microns.
- the optimized diffusion treatment is carried out at 950-1100 0 C for 1.0- 1.5h.
- the selective diffusion treatment after thermal spray in vacuum atmosphere is involved whereby the aluminium melts and reacts with the nickel/iron base alloys to thereby form the desired B2 phase.
- the major advantage in the above process of the invention involving the —combination of thermal spraying and diffusion treatment is that the same avoids the complexities of masking of uncoated surfaces and yet can favour achieving the coating only on the desired surfaces of the nickel-base alloys.
- Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of the stages involved in the aluminizing of Ni-base alloys in accordance with the present invention involving thermal spray and diffusion treatment.
- the basic steps involved in such process of aluminizing comprises of carrying out sequentially (a) dimensional checks, (b) degreasing ,(c ) grit blasting, (d) thermal spraying , (e) diffusion treatment ( f) surface finish and (g) dimensional check.
- a process of aluminizing involving the thermal spray and diffusion treatment of the invention is illustrated further by way of the following example.
- the present aluminizing process can achieve NiAI aluminide coating on nickel-base alloys with minimum 40 wt% nickel content on both flat and corrugated surfaces.
- the processes found suitable for mass production of large sized components to a tolerance of 80 ⁇ 30 microns of NiAl aluminide coating with hardness range of -800 - 1100 VHN with reduced cycle time as compared to the conventional processes such as the pack cementation and vapour phase diffusion coating.
- the process of the invention involving the selective combination of thermal spray and diffusion heat treatment would favour coating on selected areas of the components both on flat and curved surfaces without the need for masking and its related complexities.
- the process offers overall reduction of time and cost of aluminizing which is found to be four time faster than the conventional processes of aluminizing nickel-base alloys.
- the present process would thus enable producing surface protective coatings for high temperature applications on nickel-base alloys with desired coating thickness, microstructure and hardness which importantly can be consistently reproduced. Moreover, the process would favour the desired surface areas alone to be aluminized without rhe need for complex masking of uncoated areas.
- the process offers overall reduction of time and cost for aluminizing. The duration of aluminizing for other conventional processes is four times higher than the present invention and the process would therefore favour much simpler and faster generation of NiAI coated Ni-base alloys both on flat and/or corrugated surfaces apart from being environment friendly and safe to carry out.
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