Systems and methods for processing alloy ingots
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B32B-015/01
B23K-009/04
C21D-007/13
B23K-035/30
C22F-001/10
B23K-031/02
B05D-003/12
B23K-037/04
B21D-031/00
출원번호
US-0700963
(2010-02-05)
등록번호
US-9267184
(2016-02-23)
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/ 주소
De Souza, Urban J.
Forbes Jones, Robin M.
Kennedy, Richard L.
O'Brien, Christopher M.
출원인 / 주소
ATI PROPERTIES, INC.
대리인 / 주소
K&L Gates LLP
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초록▼
Processes and methods related to processing and hot working alloy ingots are disclosed. A metallic material layer is deposited onto at least a region of a surface of an alloy ingot before hot working the alloy ingot. The processes and methods are characterized by a reduction in the incidence of surf
Processes and methods related to processing and hot working alloy ingots are disclosed. A metallic material layer is deposited onto at least a region of a surface of an alloy ingot before hot working the alloy ingot. The processes and methods are characterized by a reduction in the incidence of surface cracking of the alloy ingot during hot working.
대표청구항▼
1. An ingot processing method comprising: forming a cylindrical alloy ingot, the cylindrical alloy ingot comprising three outer surfaces comprising two parallel and opposed circular end surfaces and a circumferential surface perpendicular to and connecting the two circular end surfaces;depositing a
1. An ingot processing method comprising: forming a cylindrical alloy ingot, the cylindrical alloy ingot comprising three outer surfaces comprising two parallel and opposed circular end surfaces and a circumferential surface perpendicular to and connecting the two circular end surfaces;depositing a metallic material layer onto the three outer surfaces of the cylindrical alloy ingot, wherein the metallic material is more ductile than the alloy;hot working the alloy ingot, wherein the hot working comprises applying force onto the metallic material layer, and wherein the force deforms the alloy ingot; andremoving the metallic material layer from the alloy ingot after hot working the alloy ingot. 2. The ingot processing method of claim 1, further comprising grinding or peeling the surface of the alloy ingot before depositing the metallic layer. 3. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the alloy ingot comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a nickel base alloy, an iron base alloy, a nickel-iron base alloy, and a cobalt base alloy. 4. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the alloy ingot comprises a nickel base superalloy. 5. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the alloy ingot and the metallic material layer comprise the same base metal, the base metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, iron, and cobalt. 6. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the alloy ingot comprises a nickel base superalloy and the metallic material layer comprises a nickel base weld alloy. 7. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein depositing the metallic material layer comprises depositing the metallic material layer as a weld deposit. 8. The ingot processing method of claim 7, wherein depositing the metallic material layer as a weld deposit comprises a welding operation selected from the group consisting of metal inert gas (MIG) welding, tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, and plasma welding. 9. The ingot processing method of claim 7, wherein: depositing the metallic material layer as a weld deposit comprises: rotating the cylindrical ingot; anddepositing the metallic material as a weld deposit onto a first region of the circumferential surface of the rotating cylindrical ingot using at least one stationary welding torch, thereby depositing a ring-shaped layer of the metallic material onto the circumferential surface of the cylindrical ingot. 10. The ingot processing method of claim 9, further comprising: re-positioning at least one welding torch adjacent to a deposited ring-shaped layer of the metallic material after the rotating cylindrical ingot proceeds through at least one rotation; anddepositing metallic material as a weld deposit onto a second region of the circumferential surface of the rotating cylindrical ingot using at least one re-positioned stationary welding torch. 11. The ingot processing method of claim 10, further comprising repeating the re-positioning step and the depositing step until the circumferential surface of the cylindrical ingot is substantially covered with the metallic material. 12. The ingot processing method of claim 7, wherein: depositing the metallic material layer as a weld deposit comprises: moving at least one welding torch along a first region of the circumferential surface of the cylindrical ingot parallel to a long axis of the ingot, while holding the cylindrical ingot stationary, thereby depositing a layer of the metallic material as a weld deposit onto the first region of the circumferential surface of the cylindrical ingot;re-positioning the cylindrical ingot to move the first region of the circumferential surface away from at least one welding torch and to move a second region of the circumferential surface toward at least one welding torch; andmoving at least one welding torch along the second region of the circumferential surface of the cylindrical ingot parallel to the long axis of the ingot, while holding the cylindrical ingot stationary, thereby depositing a layer of the metallic material as a weld deposit onto the second region of the circumferential surface of the cylindrical ingot. 13. The ingot processing method of claim 12, further comprising repeating the re-positioning step and the moving step until the circumferential surface of the ingot is substantially covered with the metallic material. 14. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein hot working the alloy ingot comprises at least one of a forging operation and an extrusion operation. 15. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein hot working the alloy ingot comprises an upset-and-draw forging operation comprising: upset forging the alloy ingot, wherein forging dies contact and apply force to the layer on one or both of the parallel and opposed circular end surfaces to compress the ingot in length and expand the ingot in cross-section; anddraw forging the upset forged alloy ingot, wherein forging dies contact and apply force to the layer on the circumferential surface to compress the ingot in cross-section and expand the ingot in length. 16. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the metallic material layer reduces an incidence of surface cracking of the alloy ingot during the hot working, and wherein the process improves the yield of forged nickel-base superalloy products formed from nickel-base superalloy ingots. 17. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the process produces a wrought nickel-base superalloy billet from a cast nickel-base superalloy ingot. 18. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein forming the cylindrical alloy ingot comprises providing a nickel-base superalloy ingot using a vacuum induction melting—vacuum arc remelting operation or a vacuum induction melting—electroslag refining—vacuum arc remelting operation. 19. The ingot processing method of claim 1, further comprising fabricating an article from the hot worked ingot, the article selected from the group consisting of jet engine components and land based turbine components. 20. An ingot processing method comprising: forming a cylindrical nickel base alloy ingot, the cylindrical nickel base alloy ingot comprising three outer surfaces comprising two parallel and opposed circular end surfaces and a circumferential surface perpendicular to and connecting the two circular end surfaces;depositing a nickel base alloy layer onto the three outer surfaces of the cylindrical nickel base alloy ingot, wherein the nickel base alloy comprising the layer is more ductile than the nickel base alloy comprising the ingot;working the ingot, wherein the working comprises applying force onto the layer, and wherein the force deforms the ingot; andremoving the layer from the ingot after working the ingot. 21. The process of claim 20, wherein the alloy ingot comprises a nickel base superalloy. 22. The process of claim 20, wherein the nickel base alloy layer comprises a weld deposit. 23. The process of claim 20, wherein the ingot comprises a nickel base superalloy and the layer comprises a nickel base weld alloy. 24. The process of claim 20, wherein applying force to the alloy ingot comprises at least one of a forging operation and an extrusion operation. 25. The process of claim 20, wherein applying force to the alloy ingot comprises an upset-and-draw forging operation comprising: upset forging the alloy ingot, wherein forging dies contact and apply force to the layer on one or both of the parallel and opposed circular end surfaces to compress the ingot in length and expand the ingot in cross-section; anddraw forging the upset forged alloy ingot, wherein forging dies contact and apply force to the layer on the circumferential surface to compress the ingot in cross-section and expand the ingot in length. 26. The process of claim 20, wherein the process improves the yield of forged nickel-base superalloy products formed from nickel-base superalloy ingots. 27. The process of claim 20, wherein the process produces a wrought nickel-base superalloy billet from a cast nickel-base superalloy ingot. 28. The process of claim 20, further comprising fabricating an article from the worked ingot, the article selected from the group consisting of jet engine components and land based turbine components. 29. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the alloy ingot is a non-hollow solid alloy ingot. 30. The ingot processing method of claim 20, wherein the alloy ingot is a non-hollow solid alloy ingot. 31. The ingot processing method of claim 1, wherein the two end surfaces comprise planar circular surfaces. 32. The ingot processing method of claim 20, wherein the two end surfaces comprise planar circular surfaces.
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