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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1994
David E Budinger, Milford, OH (US);
Jim D Reeves, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert A Anderson, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An article with a high temperature superalloy body having a directionally oriented microsuucture and a structural discontinuity, such as a crack, or surface erosion or wear portion, is repaired, to provide a repaired article, using a mixture of Ni base ahoy powders. One powder includes a careful balance of the temperature depressants Si and B. In the one powder, Si is included in the range of about 0.05-2.2 wt. % to provide about 0.02-1.3 wt. % Si in a repaired portion as bonded with the article. In that same powder, B is include in the range of about 0.2-1.2 wt. % to provide about 0.08-0.7 wt. % in that repaired portion. In the repair method, the repaired portion can be provided, when shorter brazing times are used, with improved mechanical properties by diffusing the brazed alloy and aging the repaired structure in the range of about 1600.degree.-1700.degree. F. for a time in the range of about 1-16 hours.