Method for constructing abradable coating, and shroud

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10994301-B2
Application number	US-201716092247-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2017
Priority date	Aug 10, 2016
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

A method for constructing an abradable coating comprises: a slurry layer formation step S 2 in which a slurry layer 31 is formed on the surface of a base material 30 using a slurry containing ceramic particles and a solvent; a calcination step S 3 in which the slurry layer 31 formed on the surface of the base material 30 is sintered and a sintered layer 35 to be a portion of an abradable coating layer 22 is formed; and a slurry removal step S 5 in which extraneous slurry is removed after the abradable coating layer 22 has been formed on the surface of the base material 30 , a plurality of the sintered layers 35 having been laminated in the abradable coating layer 22 through a plurality of repeated cycles of the slurry layer formation step S 2 and the calcination step S 3.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for constructing an abradable coating on a shroud, comprising:
a first slurry layer formation step of forming a first slurry layer on a surface of a base material by using a slurry that contains ceramic particles and a solvent;
a first sintering step of forming a first sintered layer to be a portion of an abradable coating layer by partially sintering the first slurry layer that is formed on the surface of the base material using a laser;
a second slurry layer formation step of forming a second slurry layer on a surface of the first slurry layer by using a slurry that contains ceramic particles and a solvent;
a second sintering step of forming a second sintered layer to be another portion of the abradable coating layer by partially sintering the second slurry layer that is formed on the surface of the first slurry layer using the laser; and
a slurry removal step of removing a non-sintered slurry of the first slurry layer and the second slurry layer after forming the abradable coating layer in which the first and second sintered layers are laminated on the surface of the base material,
wherein the ceramic particles include coarse particles having a large particle size and fine particles having a particle diameter smaller than that of the coarse particles,
wherein the slurry used in the first slurry layer has a smaller proportion of the coarse particles than that of the slurry used in the second slurry layer, and
wherein in the first sintering step, the first slurry layer is irradiated with the laser,
a focal position of the laser is set to be the surface of the abradable coating layer, and
in an off-focus state where the focal position of the laser is separated from the surface of the first slurry layer, the first slurry layer is irradiated with the laser, and the first slurry layer is partially sintered.

2. The method for constructing the abradable coating according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the first slurry layer is formed to be thinner than that of the second slurry layer.

3. The method for constructing the abradable coating according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the slurry removal step, by using the solvent, the non-sintered slurry is removed.

4. The method for constructing the abradable coating according to claim 1 ,
wherein the slurry further contains a pore forming material.

5. The method for constructing the abradable coating according to claim 4 ,
wherein the pore forming material contains at least one of a carbon-based material and a polymer-based material.

6. The method for constructing the abradable coating according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an inspection step of inspecting the abradable coating layer formed on the base material after the slurry removal step.

7. The method for constructing the abradable coating according to claim 1 ,
wherein a porous ceramic layer is formed on the surface of the base material, and
wherein, in the slurry layer formation step, the slurry layer is formed on the ceramic layer by using the slurry.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Aero Engines Ltd

Inventors

• Kurimura Takayuki
• Matsumoto Mineaki
• Hanada Tadayuki
• Tamugi Azusa

Classifications

• C04B38/067 Primary

  Macromolecular compounds (C04B38/062 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C23C24/082

  without intermediate formation of a liquid in the layer · CPC title

• C04B2111/00482

  Coating or impregnation materials · CPC title

• C04B2235/775

  Products showing a density-gradient · CPC title

• C23C24/08

  by application of heat or pressure and heat (C23C24/04 takes precedence) · CPC title