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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Mark D. Gorman, West Chester, OH (US);
Andrew P. Woodfield, Highland Heights, KY (US);
Barbara A. Link, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An alpha-beta titanium-base alloy is heat treated to improve its dwell fatigue properties while retaining a good balance of mechanical properties. The heat treatment includes first heating the alpha-beta titanium-base alloy to a first heat-treatment temperature in a first range of from about 70° F. below a beta transus temperature of the alpha-beta titanium-base alloy to the beta transus temperature of the alpha-beta titanium-base alloy, and quenching the alpha-beta titanium-base alloy at a rate of greater than about 200° F. per minute. The alpha-beta titanium-base alloy is second heated to a second heat-treatment temperature in a second range of from about 100° F. to about 400° F. below the beta transus temperature of the alpha-beta titanium-base alloy, and thereafter cooling the alpha-beta titanium-base alloy to ambient temperature at a rate of from about 10° F. per minute to about 200° F. per minute.