Chromalloy American Corporation

Gregor Baladjanian

Eugene V Clark

Robert L Rothman

Cracks in superalloys are braze repaired after notching or cutting away material adjacent the cracks, filling the recess with a braze component containing a melting point depressant and subjecting the repair area to a first elevated temperature to form a melt. The melting point of the repair region is raised by diffusing the depressant into the braze material and repair region at second and third elevated temperatures lower than the first elevated temperature to form a repaired superalloy exhibiting highly desirable properties.

High temperature braze repair of superalloys

Superalloy structures, such as high temperature components for jet engines and the like, are provided with aluminum-containing diffusion coatings enabling guantum extensions of service life through unique distributions therein of rhodium. The rhodium is prediffused into the alloy structure, and the resultant distribution minimizes aluminum migration into the structure and thus maximizes protective coating performance.

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Gregor Baladjanian