Hitachi, Ltd.

Other

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated

Mitsuo Haginoya

Yoshitaka Kojima

Hideyuki Arikawa

Yoshiaki Matsushita

Tetsuo Sasada

Hajime Toriya

Katsuo Wada

Akira Mebata

Ryuta Watanabe

Shin Yoshino

Hisanobu Kanamaru

Hideo Tatsumi

Akira Tohkairin

Naotatsu Asahi

Shizuka Yamaguchi

Sai Ogawa

Yukihiko Wada

Kyozo Iwao

A ceramic-coated blade of a gas turbine and a method of producing the same, in which the thickening of an Al O layer at the interface between a ceramic layer and a primary layer is sufficiently prevented for a long period of time, thereby positively suppressing the separation of the ceramic layer. Using powder of MCrAlY alloy (Co&mdash;32%Ni&mdash;21%Cr&mdash;8%Al&mdash;0.5%Y), a primary layer (alloy coating layer) is formed on a surface of a substrate made of a heat-resistant Ni base alloy (Rene'-80). Further, a heat-resistant ceramic layer, comprising a mixture of ion-conductive ZrO &mdash;8wt. %Y O ceramic and insulative ceramic (e.g. Al O ), is formed on the alloy coating layer. This mixture has a columnar structure in which columnar crystals are grown by a gas phase in a direction of a thickness of the coating, or a porous structure in which flattened particles brought about from molten particles caused to fly at high velocity are laminated.

Method for producing a ceramic-coated blade of gas turbine

A ceramic-coated blade of a gas turbine and a method of producing the same, in which the thickening of an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 layer at the interface between a ceramic layer and a primary layer is sufficiently prevented for a long period of time, thereby positively suppressing the separation of the ceramic layer. Using powder of MCrAlY alloy (Co-32% Ni-21% Cr-8% Al-0.5% Y), a primary layer (alloy coating layer) is formed on a surface of a substrate made of a heat-resistant Ni base alloy (Rene'-80). Further, a heat-resistant ceramic layer, comprising a mixture of ion-conductive ZrO.sub.2 -8 wt. % Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 ceramic and insulative ceramic (e.g. Al.sub.2 O.sub.3), is formed on the alloy coating layer. This mixture has a columnar structure in which columnar crystals are grown by a gas phase in a direction of a thickness of the coating, or a porous structure in which flattened particles brought about from molten particles caused to fly at high velocity are laminated.

Ceramic-coated blade of gas turbine and method of producing same

A ceramic coated heat-resistant element comprises a heat resisting alloy base mainly composed of Ni and/or Co and a heat-resistant coating layer provided on the surface of the base and is characterized in that said heat-resistant coating layer comprises a metal layer of an alloy superior to the base in high-temperature corrosion and oxidation resistance and provided on the base, an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ceramic thin film layer provided on the metal layer, a ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having dense texture provided on the Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ceramic thin film layer and a ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having columnar texture provided on the ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having dense texture cracks are present only in the ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having columnar texture in the direction of thickness along the boundary of the columns. A mixed layer composed of a metal superior to the base in high-temperature corrosion and oxidation resistance and a ZrO.sub.2 ceramic may be provided between the base and the metal layer.

Thermal stress relaxation type ceramic coated heat-resistant element and

The present invention provides ceramic coated heat-resistant elements which suffer no damages even under high heat load conditions and can afford a thermal barrier effect stably for a long period of time and can be used, for example, as buckets and stationary blades of turbines. A method for making the elements is also provided. The ceramic coated heat-resistant element comprises a heat resisting alloy base mainly composed of Ni and/or Co and a heat-resistant coating layer provided on the surface of the base and is characterized in that said heat-resistant coating layer comprises a metal layer of an alloy superior to the base in high-temperature corrosion and oxidation resistance and provided on the base, an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ceramic thin film layer provided on the metal layer, a ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having dense texture provided on the Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ceramic thin film layer and a ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having columnar texture provided on the ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having dense texture and cracks are present only in said ZrO.sub.2 ceramic coating layer having columnar texture in the direction of thickness along the boundary of the columns. A mixed layer composed of a metal superior to the base in high-temperature corrosion and oxidation resistance and a ZrO.sub.2 ceramic may be provided between the base and the metal layer.

Thermal stress relaxation type ceramic coated heat-resistant element

A heat and oxidation resistive high strength material utilized in structural body parts subject to bleaching in high temperature/oxidative atmosphere, the body structure of a space vehicle, a combustor, the combustor for a gas turbine, a turbine blade, and a turbine nozzle, is presented. A method for producing this heat and oxidation resistive high strength material is also explained.

Heat and oxidation resistive high strength material and its production

In a method of joining two metal members by forming an annular groove at least on one of the two metal members to be joined and causing part of the material of the metal member to flow into the annular groove by plastic deformation to form a joint, at least one annular angled member is formed in the annular groove. The annular angled member extending the entire periphery of the annular groove is substantially triangular in axial cross-sectional shape. The joint has increased strength and can be formed with reduced pressure.

Method of joining two metal members

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