KR20120017896A - A manufacturing method for profiled ring of ni-base superalloy for obtaining a uniform microstructure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of a nickel-based superalloy profile ring having uniform microstructure is provided to form uniform structure by forming thermal process under a specific temperature condition after a ring rolling. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of a nickel-based superalloy profile ring having uniform microstructure is as follows. The billet consisting of the nickel base super alloy is prepared. A billet is heated in a constant temperature range. The heated billet is compacted. A center portion of the billet is punched in order to form a hollow billet. The hollow billet is ring rolled and forms a shape ring. The shape ring is heat-treated in order to make uniform organization.

Description

A manufacturing method for profiled ring of Ni-base superalloy for obtaining a uniform microstructure}

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring, and more particularly, ring-rolled caustic products formed by piercing the center portion of a billet, and then heat-treated at a specific temperature condition to express a uniform tissue distribution. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a method for producing a nickel-based super heat resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure to improve mechanical properties.

The core molded parts for propulsion engines are exposed to high temperature and high pressure, so about 80% of them use nickel-based super heat-resistant alloys. It is true.

Nickel-based super heat-resistant alloys have high temperature flow stress and difficult working conditions, which make them difficult to form. Is difficult to meet.

In particular, the global market for nickel base superalloy ring parts for aircraft is limited to a few companies in the US and Europe, including Carlton Forge Works and Firth Rixton.

In Korea, there is a strong will and demand to lower supply and demand periods of materials and parts through the localization of aircraft engine parts, and the technical and social conditions necessary for domestic development have matured so that there is a high possibility of successful localization.

In addition, under the government's initiative, we are promoting the engine localization business for aircraft, and the engine development business is under way to meet civil and military demand by investing about KRW 100 billion in the future. It is anticipated that the manufacture of the material may be realized.

However, these forgings are urgently required to develop molding technology by ring rolling process, which has faster work speed and better yield than other processes, but forging and ring rolling technology, precision nondestructive inspection technology, and ring rolling process There is a problem that can be settled only when related technologies such as computer analysis technology and mechanical property evaluation technology are comprehensively utilized.

In particular, the recrystallization behavior is different due to differences in process variables such as strain, temperature, and strain rate during the manufacturing of super heat-resistant alloy ring parts.The disadvantage is that the grain size is unevenly distributed or the partial recrystallization structure is obtained, thereby deteriorating the mechanical properties. There is an urgent need for a method to solve this problem.

An object of the present invention for solving the problems as described above, by rolling a caustic product formed by piercing the central portion of the billet and heat-treated at a specific temperature conditions to express a uniform tissue distribution for each part of the nickel-based super-alloy forgings In addition, the present invention provides a method for producing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shaped ring having a uniform structure in which mechanical properties are improved.

According to the present invention, a method for preparing a nickel-base super heat-resistant alloy ring includes a material preparation step of preparing a billet made of a nickel-base super heat-resistant alloy, a material heating step of heating the billet within a predetermined temperature range, and a heated billet. Upsetting step of compressing the, billet punching step of forming a hollow billet by drilling the central portion of the billet, ring rolling step of ring rolling the hollow billet to form a ring, and heat-treating the ring Characterized by a tissue homogenization step.

The material heating step, upsetting step and billet punching step is characterized in that carried out in the temperature range of 950 ~ 1050 ℃.

The ring rolling step includes a linear ring forming process of ring rolling the hollow billet to form a linear ring, and a shape ring forming process of forming a shape ring by forming irregularities on an outer surface of the linear ring. .

After the billet punching step, a cooling process of quenching the billet is performed.

The ring rolling step is characterized in that carried out at a temperature of 1020 ℃ or less.

The tissue homogenization step is characterized in that the process for maintaining for up to 30 minutes in a temperature range of 1025 ~ 1040 ℃.

The ring rolling step, characterized in that carried out in the deformation rate range of 10 ^-1 ~ 1s ^{- 1} .

As described in detail above, in the present invention, ring rolling was applied in manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy forged product, and heat treatment was carried out at a specific temperature condition after ring rolling to induce a uniform structure and induce the absence of partial recrystallized structure. To improve mechanical properties.

In addition, there is an advantage that the productivity is maximized by using a ring rolling process, there is also an advantage that the dimensional accuracy is improved.

In addition, according to the present invention, the development of next-generation industrial materials and infrastructure parts such as energy (generator parts), transportation (superchargers, engines, etc.), environment (high temperature incinerators), aerospace (gas turbines), logistics (propulsion engines), etc. It can greatly contribute to the activation.

1 is a model of the shape ring to be produced according to the method for producing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy ring having a uniform structure of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a process flow chart showing a method of manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy ring having a uniform structure according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a process flowchart showing in detail a ring rolling step as a step in the method for producing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is an experimental result for deriving the optimum heating temperature and heating time of the material heating step, which is one step in the manufacturing method of nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure according to the present invention.
Figure 5 is an analysis result showing the deformation pattern and temperature distribution of the shape ring over time during the ring rolling step, which is one step in the manufacturing method of nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure according to the present invention.
Figure 6 is a table showing the fracture shape and fracture results after the Gleeble high temperature tensile test of the IN 718 alloy.
7 is a graph showing the stress-strain curve of the alloy obtained in FIG.
Figure 8 is an enlarged photograph showing the grain size of each part of the semi-finished product of the ring rolling step is completed in the method of manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure according to the present invention.
9 to 17 are electron micrographs showing the recrystallized grain size change with heat treatment temperature and time change during the tissue homogenization step.
18 is a structure analysis result of the nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy ring formed according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, referring to the shape ring to be manufactured according to the present invention with reference to FIG. 1, the shape ring 10 has an empty ring shape inside, and the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the shape ring have an asymmetrical shape or convex with each other. Or concave-convex unevenness 12.

The shape ring is made of a nickel-based super heat resistant alloy. In the embodiment of the present invention was adopted IN 718, to improve the mechanical properties by performing a tissue homogenization step after the ring rolling process to have a uniform structure for each site.

Looking more specifically, the shape ring is a component for constituting the compressor case for an aircraft engine as a material for applying to a high temperature, high pressure use environment is preferably a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy.

Hereinafter, a method of manufacturing a nickel base super heat resistant alloy shape ring according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a process flowchart showing a method of manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy ring according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, a method for manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy ring (hereinafter referred to as the 'shape ring 10'), a material preparation step (S100) for preparing a billet made of nickel-based super-resistant alloy, and the billet A heating step (S200) for heating the material within a predetermined temperature range, an upsetting step (S300) for compressing the heated billet, and a billet punching step (S400) for forming a hollow billet by drilling a central portion of the billet; The ring rolling comprises a ring rolling step (S500) to form a shape ring by rolling the hollow billet, and a tissue homogenization process step (S600) for heat treatment of the shape ring.

The material preparation step (S100) is a process of preparing a billet made of nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy, a billet of about 200mm in diameter was adopted.

After the material preparation step (S200), the material heating step (S200) is carried out. The material heating step (S200) is a process required for the upsetting step (S300) and the billet punching step (S400). In the embodiment of the present invention, the billet is heated within a temperature range of 1050 ° C.

The upsetting step S300 is performed while the material heating step S200 is performed, and the billet having a wider width and lower height according to the implementation of the upsetting step S300 is performed by the billet punching step S400. The hollow billet has a perforated center.

In addition, the hollow billet manufactured according to the billet punching step (S400) is a cooling process (S420) is performed, the cooling process (S420) is preferably quenching.

The hollow billet is then manufactured in a shape ring by a ring rolling step (S500), the ring rolling step (S500) is carried out in a strain rate range of 10 ^-1 ~ 1s ^{- 1} at a temperature of 1020 ℃ or less.

More specifically, the ring rolling step (S500) may be performed sequentially in the linear ring forming process (S520) and the shape ring forming process (S540) as shown in Figure 3 attached to the complexity of the cross-sectional shape of the shape ring. have.

After the ring rolling step (S500), the tissue homogenization processing step (S600) is carried out. The tissue homogenization step (S600) is a process for improving mechanical properties by changing the partially recrystallized necklace structure of the shape ring into a uniform equiaxed structure, and is maintained for up to 30 minutes in a temperature range of 1025 ~ 1040 ℃.

Hereinafter, the detailed conditions of each step will be presented based on the embodiments of the present invention.

First, the nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy billet prepared in the material preparation step (S100) was determined that the grain size is a major factor in determining the mechanical properties of the shape ring, and the grain size is greatly influenced by the heating temperature and the heating time. Various experiments were performed as shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C.

That is, Figure 4a is a graph of measuring the change in grain size when heating a plurality of billets to 800 ℃, 900 ℃, 950 ℃, respectively, increasing the heating time, Figure 4b is a billet to 1050 ℃, 1150 ℃ It is a graph measuring the change of grain size when heating each time but increasing heating time.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, when the heating temperature of the billet exceeds 1050 ° C., the grain size rapidly increased, and when heated to 1025 ° C. and 1035 ° C. as shown in FIG. It was confirmed that the grain size increased rapidly.

Therefore, the material heating step (S200) was performed based on the characteristics of the billet as described above.

That is, in the material heating step (S200), the billet was heated to 1050 ° C. or less, and the additional holding time within 30 minutes / inch and 30 minutes was sufficiently heated to the inside.

After the material heating step (S200), the upsetting step (S300) and the billet punching step (S400) was performed sequentially.

After the billet punching step S400, the ring rolling step S500 was performed using the ring rolling device as shown in FIG. 5.

Figure 5 shows the deformation pattern and temperature distribution of the shape ring over time, in the ring rolling step (S500), the minimum temperature of the surface portion in which the temperature drop occurred by contact with the mold was interpreted as about 978 ℃, The temperature rise by the deformation heat was about 38 degreeC.

In addition, deformation nonuniformity in the overall shape was not observed, but deformation was concentrated on the site and the surface portion where the shape was given. Eventually, the site of temperature and strain of branched phosphorus causes a systematic non-uniformity.

6 is a photograph showing the fracture shape and the fracture surface observation result after the Gleeble high temperature tensile test of the IN 718 alloy, a high temperature tensile test was performed using a hot deformation reproducing tester (Gleeble 3500).

The high temperature tensile test was performed at 1s ^-1 strain rate, which corresponds to the normal hydraulic press rate, and the temperature range was 900 ~ 1150 ℃. As shown in the accompanying drawings, it is observed that fracture occurs due to local shrinking as a mode of ductile fracture.

As a result, the cross-sectional shrinkage rate or the amount of strain at break is a variable having a close relationship with the formability, which means that the larger the value, the more favorable the molding conditions.

FIG. 7 is a graph showing a stress-strain curve of an alloy according to the high temperature tensile test conditions shown in FIG. 6, and a strain almost corresponding to “0” on the curve may be defined as a fracture strain.

As can be seen from the stress-strain curve of IN 718 superheat resistant alloy (left graph of Fig. 9), it can be observed that 1000 ° C shows the highest fracture strain value at a given temperature condition. It suddenly lowered and showed a strain at less than 0.1 at 1150 ° C.

In addition, it can be observed that at low temperature, the strain at break rapidly decreases from 900 ° C.

As a result, the most suitable molding temperature section from this strain-stress curve can be summarized as follows.

In other words, the hot forming process of the IN 718 super heat-resistant alloy is preferably managed in the temperature range of 950 ~ 1050 ℃ section.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figures 8 to 17 looks at the recrystallized grain size according to the heat treatment temperature and the retention time changes in the tissue homogenizing step (S600).

Figure 8 is an enlarged photograph showing the grain size of each part of the semi-finished product of the ring rolling step is completed in the method of manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, it can be seen that the surface part is completely fine recrystallized and a uniform grain size is formed. However, as it moves toward the center, it shows a necklace structure in which crystal grains recrystallized and non-recrystallized portions are mixed near the initial grains by partial recrystallization.

This tends to be due to the fact that the dynamic recrystallization is active in the surface part as the deformation concentrates on the surface part given the shape in the ring rolling process and the partial recrystallization occurs due to the relatively small amount of deformation in the center part.

In order to solve the non-uniformity of the grains for each part by the partial recrystallization, the tissue homogenization step (S600) is required.

9 to 17 show the recrystallized grain size when the tissue homogenization treatment step was performed, and the case of air cooling after heat treatment at 954 ° C. for 1 hour showed a necklace structure by partial recrystallization as shown in FIG. Grain size was shown.

The case of air cooling after heat treatment at 982 ° C. for 1 hour showed a necklace structure as shown in FIG. 10, and showed a recrystallized grain size of 7.26. The necklace structure was still shown as shown in FIG. 11 when air cooling after heat treatment at 1010 ° C. for 1 hour. And a recrystallized grain size of 18.3 μm.

In the case of air cooling after heat treatment at 1025 ° C. for 1 hour, it showed fully recrystallized equiaxed crystal structure as shown in FIG. 12, and showed an average grain size of 91.75. In the case of air cooling after heat treatment at 1040 ° C. for 1 hour, The equiaxed crystal structure was shown, and the average grain size was 105.22㎛.

On the other hand, when the heat treatment conditions are changed by heat treatment at 1025 ℃ for 2 hours and then air-cooled as shown in Fig. 14 shows an average grain size of 100.86㎛ with an equiaxed crystal structure, the grain size than the result of Figure 12 heat treatment for 1 hour at the same temperature Increased.

In addition, in the case of air cooling after heat treatment at 1040 ° C. for 30 minutes, the average grain size of the equiaxed crystal structure was 79.73 as shown in FIG. 15, and when the heat treatment time was shortened by 30 minutes, the grain size was relatively small. It was confirmed that the "ASTM # 4 (~ 90㎛) or finer" condition required by the aviation standard was well satisfied.

Therefore, the tissue homogenization step (S600) is preferably carried out in a holding time of up to 30 minutes in the range of 1025 ~ 1040 ℃.

16 and 17 are optical micrographs of samples when air-cooled after annealing for 1 hour at 1050 ℃, 1060 ℃, it can be seen that the grain size gradually increases, both conditions can be seen to be out of flight standards .

FIG. 18 is a structure analysis result of the nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring manufactured according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and most of the regions showed uniform grain distribution, and showed grain distribution of ASTM # 4.0 or higher at all sites. .

This result is to prove that the static recrystallization is effectively induced by performing the tissue homogenization processing step (S600) after the hot ring rolling step (S500).

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and many other modifications based on the present invention will be possible to those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the ring rolling step is divided into a linear ring forming process and a shape ring forming process, but it is apparent that only one of the linear ring forming process and the shape ring forming process may be selectively performed.

10. Shape ring 12. Furnace S100. Material preparation step S200. Material heating stage
S300. Upsetting step S400. Billet Punching Step
S420. Cooling process S500. Ring Rolling Step
S520. Linear ring forming process S540. Shape ring forming process
S600. Tissue Homogenization Process

Claims (7)

A material preparation step of preparing billets made of nickel base super heat resistant alloy,
A material heating step of heating the billet within a predetermined temperature range;
An upsetting step of compressing the heated billet,
A billet punching step of forming a hollow billet by drilling a central portion of the billet;
A ring rolling step of ring rolling the hollow billet to form a shape ring;
The method of manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure, characterized in that it comprises a tissue homogenizing treatment step of homogenizing the structure to heat-treat the shape ring. The method of claim 1, wherein the material heating step, the upsetting step and the billet punching step are performed in a temperature range of 950 ~ 1050 ℃. The method of claim 1, wherein the ring rolling step,
A linear ring forming process of ring rolling the hollow billet to form a linear ring;
The method of manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy shape ring having a uniform structure, characterized in that formed in the outer ring of the linear ring to form a shape ring to form a shape ring. The method of claim 1, wherein after the billet punching step, a cooling process of quenching the billet is performed. The method of claim 3, wherein the ring rolling step,
A method for producing a nickel-based super heat resistant alloy ring having a uniform structure, characterized in that carried out at a temperature of 1020 ℃ or less. According to claim 1, The tissue homogenization step,
Method of manufacturing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy ring having a uniform structure, characterized in that the process for maintaining for up to 30 minutes in the temperature range of 1025 ~ 1040 ℃. The method of claim 5, wherein the ring rolling step,
A method for producing a nickel-based super heat-resistant alloy ring having a uniform structure, characterized in that it is carried out in a strain rate range of 10 ^-1 to 1s ^{- 1} .

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