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• the present disclosure relates generally to the field of materials technology, and more particularly to additive manufacturing and a laser metal deposition process utilizing an in-situ manufactured sintered wire.
• LMD laser metal deposition
• aspects of the present disclosure relate to a system for additively manufacturing and/or repairing a superalloy component via laser metal deposition utilizing a sintered wire and a method of additively manufacturing and/or repairing a superalloy component.
• a first aspect provides a system for additively manufacturing and/or repairing a superalloy component via laser metal deposition utilizing a sintered wire.
• the system includes a pressure vessel connected to a powder feed system for delivering at least two powders to a powder mixing zone of the pressure vessel. The at least two powders are mixed via a rotating cone in the pressure vessel. After mixing, a heating device contained within the pressure vessel heats the mixture so that liquid phase sintering occurs and a sintered wire is created. The sintered wire is continuously fed to a laser wire welding system for depositing a layer of additive material on a base material.
• a second aspect provides a method of additively manufacturing and/or repairing a superalloy component.
• the method includes the step of sintering at least two different powders in a pressure vessel by a heating process so that a sintered wire is created.
• the sintered wire is continuously fed in-situ to a weld head of a laser wire welding system.
• the laser metal deposition system directs a laser beam from the laser wire welding system towards a base material of the superalloy component which forms a melt pool on the base material of the superalloy component into which the sintered wire is deposited forming a layer of additive material on the base material.
• a third aspect provides a method of manufacturing a sintered wire for in- situ feeding to a laser wire welding system.
• a sintered wire For the manufacturing of a sintered wire, at least two powders are fed into a powder mixing zone of a pressure vessel where the at least two powders are mixed in a powder mixing zone. The mixture is then heated by a heating device so that liquid phase sintering occurs creating a sintered wire. The sintered wire may then be continuously fed in-situ to a laser weld head for a laser metal deposition process.
• Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic of a system for additively manufacturing and/or repairing superalloy components via laser metal deposition
• Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a method of manufacture of a sintered wire and in-situ feeding to a laser wire welding system
• FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an additive manufacturing and/or a repair process in accordance with the disclosure provided herein.
• Fig. 1 illustrates a system 100 for manufacturing a sintered wire 50 for in-situ feeding to a laser wire welding system 200.
• the system 100 may include a pressure vessel 230 operably connected to one or more powder feed systems 220, 222.
• the powder feed system 220, 222 is configured to deliver at least two powders to the pressure vessel 230. In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1, two powder feed systems 220, 222 are shown, however, one skilled in the art would understand that more powder feed systems may be added to the system.
• the powder(s) may be fed into the powder mixing zone 236 of the pressure vessel 230.
• the powder mixing zone 236 may comprise a container 238 having a rotating cone 232. In the powder mixing zone 236, the rotating cone 232 may be utilized to mix the powders forming a mixture of powders.
• the powder feed systems 220, 222 may each include a powder to be delivered, via a respective feed line 224, to a powder mixing zone 236 of the pressure vessel 230.
• the powders may include a first powder comprising a base metal powder and a second powder comprising a braze alloy powder.
• the base metal powder may correspond to a base material composition of a component 10 to be laser welded.
• the base metal powder comprises a nickel-based superalloy powder.
• the braze alloy powder may comprise a braze material that includes a lower melting temperature than the base metal powder.
• the mixture of powders may comprise a proportion of base metal powder in the range of (in wt. %) of 60-100% to braze alloy powder in the range of (in a wt. %) of 0-40%.
• the braze alloy powder may comprise a braze alloy powder used for nickel or cobalt based superalloys such as Amdry BRB or Amdry DF-4B.
• the braze alloy powder may also comprise a powder composition selected from the following alloys, Ni-Cr-Ti, Ni-Cr-Zr-Ti, Ni-Ti-Zr, Ni- Cr-Hf-Zr, Ni-Cr-Ti-Hf, and Ni-Cr-Hf-Zr-Ti.
• the pressure vessel 230 may include a heating device 234 disposed within the pressure vessel 230, as shown in Fig. 1, in order to perform a sintering process.
• the heating device 234 may comprise an induction heating system, a furnace, or a combination of both an induction heating system and a furnace, the heating device 234 operable to produce heat up to or beyond a melt temperature of the braze alloy powder, for example temperatures in the range of l000°C - l250°C. It should be appreciated that heating devices capable of producing lower or higher temperatures than the above mentioned range may be used depending on the melt temperatures of the chosen braze alloy powders and the base metal powders.
• the heating device 234 heats the mixture to a temperature at which the braze alloy powder begins to melt. It should be noted that the heating temperature of the heating system would be below the melting temperature of the base metal powder so that only the braze alloy powder melts. Upon melting, the braze alloy powder contacts the remaining base metal powder, wetting the powder, so that all the remaining powder sinters together due to the molten braze material. Thus, a liquid phase sintering occurs.
• the sintered material may be formed into a sintered wire 50 within the pressure vessel 230. The sintered wire 50 may then be continuously fed via a plurality of rollers 226 disposed on the exterior of the pressure vessel 230 into a laser wire welding system 200.
• the system 100 may include a conventional laser wire welding system 200 for applying a laser energy, via a laser energy source 202, to the base material of the component 10 to be welded, and for depositing the sintered wire 50 into a melt pool of the base material resulting from the laser energy to form layers of additive material for manufacturing or repairing the desired component 10.
• the component 10 may be a nickel-based superalloy component such as a gas turbine blade or vane.
• the laser energy source 202 may be operably configured to direct or emit laser energy therefrom and toward the base material for melting portions of the base material to form the melt pool.
• the laser wire welding system 200 includes a welding head 204 for receiving the hot sintered wire 50 directly from the pressure vessel 230.
• the pressure vessel 230 may continuously heat the at least two powders to sinter wire enabling a continuous in-situ feeding of sintered wire 50 to the welding head 204 of the laser wire welding system 200.
• the welding head 204 may be operably connected to the laser energy source 202.
• the laser energy processes/melts the additive/build up materials, which subsequently solidifies to form a layer 15 of additive material for forming the desired part or component.
• Successive layers may be built on top of the deposited layer via the laser metal deposition process in order to form the desired part or component.
• the proportion of base metal powder to braze metal powders may be different layer- wise, i.e., a proportion of base metal powder to braze metal powder in a first layer may be different than in a successive layer.
• cracks may be filled with a material having a higher proportion of braze metal powder to base metal powder, and the higher layers may have a higher proportion of base metal powder to braze metal powder where more strength is needed in the material for the component such as a turbine blade.
• additive material utilized to fill a crack may have a ratio of 80 wt.% base metal powder to 20 wt. % braze alloy powder where the additive material in a higher layer may have a ratio of 90 wt.% base metal powder to 10 wt. % braze alloy powder. Please check percentages again - are these accurate?
• FIG. 1 an embodiment of a process 300 of manufacturing a sintered wire for in-situ feeding to a laser wire welding system 200 is provided.
• System components for manufacturing a sintered wire have been described previously. Assembling the system components may include providing at least two powder feed systems 220, 222 each containing a different powder alloy. Each powder alloy is fed 310 from its respective powder feed system 220, 222, via a feed line 224, to a mixing zone 236 of a container 238 within a pressure vessel 230. The mixing 320 is accomplished, via a rotating cone 232, in the container 238. The mixture of the at least two powders is then fed into a heating device 234 within the pressure vessel 230.
• the heating device 234 is provided to perform a sintering process 330 on the mixture.
• the mixture is heated to a high temperature just to or slightly above the melting point of the braze alloy powder.
• the braze material melts, but the base metal powder does not melt so that liquid phase sintering occurs and a sintered wire 50 is created.
• the wire 50 may be continuously fed 340 in-situ to a weld head 204 for a laser metal deposition process.
• the sintered wire 50 may be fed at a cooler temperature to the welding head 204 for laser metal deposition.
• a base material or substrate of a superalloy component 10 is provided to a welding site for a repair and/or additive manufacturing process.
• a heating device 234 at the site forming a sintered wire 50.
• The‘hot’ sintered wire 50 may be continuously fed 420 to a welding head 204 of a laser wire welding system 200.
• the sintered wire 50 is utilized in an additive manufacturing process or a repair process directly after its manufacture at the welding site.
• the method may include steps for removing the component 10 from an industrial machine, and preparing the component 10 for the welding process by, for example, excavating any damaged portions of the component.
• the additive manufacturing or repair process 400 may include directing 430 a laser beam 202 from the laser metal deposition system 200 towards the base material of the superalloy component 10.
• the laser energy creates a melt pool on the base material of the component 10.
• an end of the sintered wire 50, carried by the welding head 204 may be positioned within the melt pool of the base material.
• the braze alloy material melts so that the molten braze material flows into the weld pool and upon cooling, solidifies to produce an additive layer 15 on the base material 10.
• the component may be moved relative to the laser metal deposition system 200 so that a layer of additive material may be disposed on the substrate as desired. It can be appreciated that a successive layer may be formed on the layer 15 repeating the laser processing and depositing steps until a shape or geometry of the desired component is achieved.
• a structural repair of the component may be achieved utilizing the method as the molten braze may flow into a crack, for example, with the aid of capillary force.
• the disclosed system for additively manufacturing and/or repairing a superalloy component via laser metal deposition allows an additive layer to be built on a base material utilizing a hot sintered wire continuously manufactured at the weld site while the additive layer is deposited.
• a hot sintered wire is directly welded after its manufacture.
• sintered wires may be manufactured from brittle material and directly welded due to the more ductile material properties of the wired in a heated condition.
• the use of the disclosed sintered wire with the laser metal deposition process reduces contaminations common with powdered particles and alloys for structural repair of superalloy materials, as the sintered wire once processed provides for an identical or near identical chemical composition as the base material of the underlying component.

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