Method for manufacturing or for repairing a component of a rotary machine as well as a component manufactured or repaired using such a method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11845131-B2
Application number	US-202217860914-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2022
Priority date	Sep 22, 2016
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

A component of a rotary machine extends to an axial direction and a radial direction vertical thereto, and has an inner channel, extending from a first end of a core of a center of the component and to a second end at a radial limiting surface of the component and which is at least partially closed. A blank includes the core of the component and is limited by an outer surface in the radial direction. The blank is subtractively processed in a first subtractive process step, such that an outer contour is elaborated in the area of the outer surface, which extends in the radial direction, and a part of the channel is manufactured, which radially extends in the blank to the first end. The channel is formed by a build-up process on the blank.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A component of a rotary machine, comprising:
an impeller, a guide wheel or a diffusor of the rotary machine, the component extending in an axial direction and in a radial direction vertical thereto, and having at least one inner channel extending from a first end of a core of a center of the component, and to a second end at a radial limiting surface of the component and which is at least partially closed, the component being formed from a blank comprising the core of the component, the blank being limited by an outer surface in the radial direction, being subtractively processed in a first subtractive process step in such a manner, that an outer contour in an area of the outer surface is elaborated, the outer contour extending at least in the radial direction, and a part of the channel being manufactured, the part at least partially extends radially in the blank to the first end, and the channel being formed by a build-up process on the blank at an inlet of the component, so as to form first and second layers having different microstructures with a transition between the first and second layers, a portion of the second layer forming a portion of an external surface of the at least one inner passage.

2. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the component is part of a pump, a turbine, a compressor, a compactor or an expander.

3. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the outer contour comprises parts of a cover plate of the component or parts of a shroud of the component.

4. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the build-up process is performed layer by layer, at least in a direction vertical to the axial direction.

5. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the build-up process is additionally performed layer by layer in the axial direction.

6. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the build-up process is performed layer by layer in a peripheral direction extending at an angle relative to the radial direction.

7. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one inner channel includes a plurality of inner channels, with each of the plurality of inner channels extending from the first end from the core of the component to the second end at the radial limiting surface of the component, and adjacent channels are respectively separated by a separating wall.

8. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the blank has a central bore before the first subtractive process step, the central bore being arranged radially inwardly such that in a finished state of the component, a first end of the channel arranged in the center is separated from the central bore by an annular body.

9. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the build-up process comprises several additive process steps to successively build up the component.

10. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 9 , wherein at least one further subtractive process step is performed between the additive process steps.

11. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the component is built up part by part after the first subtractive process step.

12. The component of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the build-up process is performed by a laser.

Assignees

• Sulzer Management Ag

Inventors

• RETTBERG Robin
• MAROCCIA Bruno

Classifications

• B22F5/009 Primary

  of turbine components other than turbine blades (of turbine blades B22F5/04) · CPC title

• B22F10/80

  Data acquisition or data processing · CPC title

• B23K9/044

  Built-up welding on three-dimensional surfaces · CPC title

• B23K9/167

  and of a non-consumable electrode · CPC title

• B23K9/173

  and of a consumable electrode · CPC title