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Michael James Weimer

Bernard Patrick Bewlay

Thomas Joseph Kelly

Joseph David Rigney

Brian Ellis

Brian Thomas Hazel

Joan McKiever

Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj

Joseph Aloysius Heaney

Mohamed Rahmane

Nripendra Nath Das

Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti

Jeffrey Allen Conner

Stephen Francis Bancheri

Ramgopal Darolia

Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner

Sairam Sundaram

John Frederick Ackerman

Stephen Francis Rutkowski

Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr

Jon Conrad Schaeffer

James Anthony Ruud

Xi Yang

William Scott Walston

Bhupendra Kumar Gupta

Leonardo Ajdelsztajn

Andrew Joseph Detor

Curtiss Mitchell Austin

Lyle Timothy Rasch

Timothy P Coons

James Andrew Hahn

Andrew William Emge

John Lewis Lackman

Shyh-Chin Huang

Andrew Philip Woodfield

Yuk-Chiu Lau

Mark Daniel Gorman

David Edwin Budinger

Andrew Jay Skoog

Reed Roeder Corderman

Tao Li

Jane Ann Murphy

David Paul Mourer

Wayne Ray Grady

Mark Alan Rosenzweig

Thomas Froats Broderick

Mark Lloyd Miller

Matthew J Stewart

William Clarke Brooks

Richard Arthur Nardi, Jr

Robert George Zimmerman, Jr

Kenneth Rees Bain

Peter Wayte

Bryan Thomas Bojanowski

Eva Zielonka Lanman

Paul John Fink

David John Dietz

William Henry Harrison

Thomas F Berry

Bernard Harold Lawless

Joseph Carl Wukusick

Richard Didomizio

Nancy Ann Sullivan

William Evan McCormack

Elissa H Lee

Dean A Wheeler

Donald E Larson, Jr

Blair London

Thomas Michael Bigelow

Bernard Patrick Bewley

Wesley Douglas Pridemore

Richard Kenneth Whitacre

Jr Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti

Brian Michael Ellis

Joan Mckiever

Stephen Bancheri

Joseph Aloysius Heany

The present disclosure relates to a method of fabricating a ceramic composite components. The method may include providing at least a first layer of reinforcing fiber material which may be a pre-impregnated fiber. An additively manufactured component may be provided on or near the first layer. A second layer of reinforcing fiber, which may be a pre-impregnated fiber may be formed on top the additively manufactured component. A precursor is densified to consolidates at least the first and second layer into a densified composite, wherein the additively manufactured material defines at least one cooling passage in the densified composite component.

Articles for creating hollow structures in ceramic matrix composites

A casting method for titanium and titanium alloys, the casting method including obtaining an investment casting mold composition having calcium aluminate and aluminum oxide, the calcium aluminate combined with a liquid to produce a slurry of calcium aluminate, and wherein the solids in the final calcium aluminate/liquid mixture with large scale alumina is about 71% to about 90%. The method further includes pouring the investment casting mold composition into a vessel containing a fugitive pattern, curing the investment casting mold composition to form a mold, removing the fugitive pattern from the mold, firing the mold, preheating the mold to a mold casting temperature, pouring molten titanium or titanium alloy into the preheated mold, solidifying the molten titanium or titanium alloy and forming a solidified titanium or titanium alloy casting, and removing the solidified titanium or titanium alloy casting from the mold.

Mold compositions and methods for casting titanium and titanium aluminide alloys

Gamma titanium aluminide intermetallic compositions (gamma TiAl intermetallics) based on the TiAl (gamma) intermetallic compound. The gamma TiAl intermetallics contain chromium and niobium, as well as controlled amounts of carbon that achieve a desirable balance in room temperature mechanical properties and high temperature creep capabilities at temperatures approaching and possibly exceeding 1600&#xb0; F. (about 870&#xb0; C.).

Titanium aluminide intermetallic compositions

A method for forming a mold for casting a titanium-containing article, the method including combining calcium aluminate with a liquid to produce an initial slurry of calcium aluminate and adding oxide particles into the initial slurry to create a final slurry. The method further includes introducing the final slurry into a mold cavity that contains a fugitive pattern and allowing the final slurry to cure in the mold cavity to form a mold of a titanium-containing article.

An article includes a substrate comprising a precipitate-strengthened alloy and a coating disposed over the substrate. The alloy comprises a) a population of gamma-prime precipitates, the population having a multimodal size distribution with at least one mode corresponding to a size of less than about 100 nanometers; or b) a population of gamma-double-prime precipitates having a median size less than about 300 nanometers. The coating comprises at least two elements, and further comprises a plurality of prior particles. At least a portion of the coating is substantially free of rapid solidification artifacts. Methods for fabricating the article and for processing powder useful for fabricating the article are also provided.

Coated articles and method for making

Coatings for substrates, such as superalloy substrates, are provided. The coating can include: 15 wt % to 45 wt % cobalt; 20 wt % to 40 wt % chromium; 2 wt % to 15 wt % aluminum; 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % yttrium; and nickel. The coatings may include nickel, cobalt, chromium and aluminum, and other optional additives to improve oxidation and corrosion resistance of the substrate without significant debit to its mechanical properties.

Coatings for metallic substrates

The disclosure relates generally to mold compositions and methods of molding and the articles so molded. More specifically, the disclosure relates to mold compositions, intrinsic facecoat compositions, and methods for casting titanium-containing articles, and the titanium-containing articles so molded.

Methods for casting titanium and titanium aluminide alloys

The disclosure relates generally to mold compositions and methods of molding and the articles so molded. More specifically, the disclosure relates to mold compositions, intrinsic facecoat compositions, and methods for casting titanium-containing articles, and the titanium-containing articles so molded, where the mold comprises calcium hexaluminate.

Calcium hexaluminate-containing mold and facecoat compositions and methods for casting titanium and titanium aluminide alloys

A titanium-containing article casting mold composition includes calcium aluminate and an X-ray or Neutron-ray detectable element. A method for detecting sub-surface ceramic inclusions in a titanium or titanium alloy casting includes combining calcium aluminate, an element more radiographically dense than the calcium aluminate, and a liquid to form a slurry; forming a mold having the calcium aluminate and the radiographically dense element from the slurry; introducing a titanium aluminide-containing metal to the radiographically dense element-bearing mold; solidifying the titanium aluminide-containing metal to form an article in the mold; removing the solidified titanium aluminide-containing metal article from said mold; subjecting the solidified titanium aluminide-containing article to radiographic inspection to provide a radiograph; and examining the radiograph for the presence of the radiographically dense element on or in the article.

Casting mold composition with improved detectability for inclusions and method of casting

Mold and facecoat compositions

The present disclosure relates to a titanium-containing article casting mold composition comprising calcium aluminate and an X-ray or Neutron-ray detectable element. Furthermore, present embodiments teach a method for detecting sub-surface ceramic inclusions in a titanium or titanium alloy casting by combining calcium aluminate, an element more radiographically dense than the calcium aluminate, and a liquid to form a slurry; forming a mold having the calcium aluminate and the radiographically dense element from the slurry; introducing a titanium aluminide-containing metal to the radiographically dense element-bearing mold; solidifying said titanium aluminide-containing metal to form an article in the mold; removing the solidified titanium aluminide-containing metal article from said mold; subjecting the solidified titanium aluminide-containing article to radiographic inspection to provide a radiograph; and examining said radiograph for the presence of the radiographically dense element on or in the article.

Methods for making a reinforced refractory crucible for melting titanium alloys including providing a form, applying a facecoat to the form, the facecoat having at least one facecoat layer, applying a backing about the facecoat, the backing having at least one backing layer, applying at least one reinforcing element to at least a portion of the facecoat layer, the backing layer, or a combination thereof where the reinforcing element includes at least one composition selected from ceramic compositions, metallic compositions, and combinations thereof.

Methods for making reinforced refractory crucibles for melting titanium alloys

Refractory crucibles capable of managing thermal stress and suitable for melting highly reactive alloys having a facecoat, a backing, and at least one retaining ring applied about at least a portion of the backing of the crucible, the retaining ring comprising a composition selected from the group consisting of conductive materials, non-conductive materials, and combinations thereof.

Refractory crucibles capable of managing thermal stress and suitable for melting highly reactive alloys

Crucibles for melting titanium alloys having a facecoat including at least one facecoat layer containing an oxide selected from scandium oxide, yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, a lanthanide series oxide, and combinations thereof, and a backing including at least one backing layer where the crucible has a backing to facecoat thickness ratio of from about 6.5:1 to about 20:1.

Crucibles for melting titanium alloys

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