Turbine airfoil coating

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12467372-B2
Application number	US-202418985995-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2024
Priority date	Jun 13, 2023
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

A method for coating a metallic substrate includes applying an MCrAlY coating. Machining removes the MCrAlY coating from one or more regions of the substrate. A simultaneous aluminizing and chromizing: aluminizes an interior surface region of the substrate lacking the MCrAlY and at least a portion of a region where the MCrAlY remains; and chromizes an exterior surface region of the substrate lacking the MCrAlY and at least a different portion of the region where the first MCrAlY remains.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for coating a metallic substrate, the method comprising:
applying a first MCrAlY coating; machining to remove said first MCrAlY coating from one or more regions of the substrate; applying a mask having at least a chromium-containing chromizing portion to a combination of:
regions of the substrate from which the first MCrAlY has been removed; and
regions of the substrate on which the first MCrAlY remains but not on other regions of the substrate on which the first MCrAlY remains;
aluminizing:
an interior surface region of the substrate; and
at least a portion of the region where the first MCrAlY remains absent the mask, wherein, during the aluminizing, the mask masks from the aluminizing but chromizes the regions to which the chromizing portion was applied; and
removing the mask.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein:
the mask is pre-formed and is applied as at least two pieces.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the mask comprises:
a sintered substrate; and
a chromium halide coating forming the chromizing portion on the sintered substrate.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein:
the sintered substrate comprises alumina, Ni, Cr, and additional Al.

5 . The method of claim 4 wherein:
the sintered substrate comprises NiAl, NiCr and alumina; and/or
the sintered substrate comprises NiAlCr and alumina.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein:
the aluminizing comprises exposing to an aluminum halide activator.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein:
the first MCrAlY comprises 25% to 40% by weight Cr.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein:
the first MCrAlY comprises 5% to 15% by weight Al.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the first MCrAlY comprises by weight:
25% to 40% Cr;
5% to 15% by weight Al;
0.01% to 2.0% Y;
up to 30% Co;
0.01% to 5.0% Si;
0.01% to 2.0% Hf;
0.01% to 0.10% Zr; and
balance Ni plus impurities.

10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the substrate is a blade precursor substrate having:
a root section;
an airfoil section; and
a platform section between the root section and the airfoil section, wherein the mask is applied to the root.

11 . The method of claim 10 wherein:
the regions of the substrate from which the first MCrAlY has been removed by the machining but to which the chromizing portion was applied comprise surfaces of the root section;
the regions of the substrate on which the first MCrAlY has not been removed by the machining but to which the chromizing portion was applied comprise an underside of the platform section; and
the other regions of the substrate on which the first MCrAlY has not been removed by the machining comprise a majority of a lateral surface of the airfoil section and an outer diameter surface of the platform section.

12 . The method of claim 11 wherein one of:
a tip of the airfoil is a region of the substrate from which the first MCrAlY has been removed by the machining but to which the mask was not applied; and
said other regions of the substrate on which the first MCrAlY has not been removed by the machining but to which the chromizing portion was not applied comprise a tip of the airfoil section.

13 . The method of claim 11 wherein:
a region of the substrate from which the first MCrAlY has been removed but to which a portion of the mask other than the chromizing portion was applied comprises an inner diameter face of the root.

14 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
applying a ceramic coating along at least some of said other regions of the substrate on which the first MCrAlY remains.

15 . A blade having a metallic substrate with internal passageways and having:
an attachment root having one or more inlets to the passageways; an airfoil through which the passageways pass; a platform between the root and the airfoil and having an underside surface adjacent the root and a gaspath surface adjacent the airfoil; a first coating along a majority of the airfoil comprising:
one or more NiCoCrAlY layers progressively outwardly increasing in aluminum content; and
one or more ceramic layers;
a second coating along the internal passageways comprising:
an aluminization;
a third coating along the root comprising:
a NiCoCr chromization; and
a fourth coating ( 30 ) along the underside of the platform comprising:
a NiCoCrAlY layer; and
a NiCoCrAlY plus alpha-Cr layer.

16 . The blade of claim 15 wherein the blade further comprises:
a fifth coating on a tip of the airfoil comprising:
a NiCoCrAlY layer; and
an abrasive layer.

17 . The blade of claim 15 wherein:
the first coating further comprises an alumina TGO;
the second coating further comprises an alumina TGO;
the third coating further comprises a chromia TGO; and
the fourth coating further comprises a chromia TGO.

18 . The blade of claim 15 wherein:
the first coating progressive aluminum increase is at least a difference of 5.0% by weight;
the fourth coating NiCoCrAlY plus alpha-Cr layer has at least 70% Cr by weight;
the blade has a Ni-alloy substrate; and;
the root is a firtree root.

19 . A method for coating a metallic substrate, the method comprising:
applying a first MCrAlY coating; machining the substrate after application of the first MCrAlY coating to remove said first MCrAlY coating from one or more regions of the substrate; and a step for simultaneously:
aluminizing:
an interior surface region of the substrate lacking the first MCrAlY; and
at least a portion of a region where the first MCrAlY remains; and

chromizing:
an exterior surface region of the substrate lacking the first MCrAlY; and
at least a different portion of the region where the first MCrAlY remains.

20 . The method of claim 19 wherein:
said exterior surface region of the substrate lacking the first MCrAlY includes at least a portion of the one or more regions of the substrate from which the first MCrAlY was removed.

Assignees

• Rtx Corp

Inventors

• Liu Xuan
• Jencks Danielle E
• Cotnoir Glenn A
• Hazel Brian T
• Raymond Lucy Jean

Classifications

• C23C10/56 Primary

  and at least aluminium · CPC title

• C22C30/00

  Alloys containing less than 50% by weight of each constituent · CPC title

• F05D2300/611

  Coating · CPC title

• C22C19/058

  without Mo and W · CPC title

• F05D2230/90

  Coating; Surface treatment · CPC title