简介：Widegapbrazing(WGB)experimentsusingthebuttedspecimenwitha1.5mmgapwerecarriedoutfortherepairofthefailedK418Bsuperalloylow-pressureturbinevanes.Thehightemperaturecreeprupturestrengthsofthebrazedjointsweretested,andthemicrostructuresandfracturesurfacesofthejointswereobserved.TheresultsshowthatthemicrostructureofK418Balloyjointiscomposedofdenseequiaxedgrain,smallanddiscretecompoundswithafewmicro-pores.Duringthecreeprupturetest,thecracksinitiatepreferentiallyatthemicro-poreorthegrainboundary,thenpropagatealongthegrainboundarytillthefracturehappens.Thecreeprupturestrengthat700℃ofthebrazedjointswith50%brazemetalintheworkingpartcouldexceed90%thatoftheK418Bsuperalloy,andthejointswith100%brazemetalintheworkingpartachieve70%to80%ofthecreeprupturestrengthsfortheK418Bbasemetal.

简介：Anewtechnology,thetwo-steptransientliquidphasediffusionbonding(TLP-DB)technologyforcobalt-basedK640superalloy,wasinvestigated.Themethodconsistsofashort-timehightemperatureheatingtomeltinterlayerfollowedbyisothermalsolidificationofliquidphaseatalowertemperaturethanthatoftheconventionalTLP-DB.Theresultindicatesthatthetwo-stepTLP-DBcanreliablyproduceanidealjointwithuniformchemicalcomposition,whichissuperiortothejointweldedbyconventionalTLP-DBinmicrostructureandmechanicalproperties.Bondingparametersofnewprocessare1250℃for0.5hand1180℃for3h.Thehigh-temperaturetensilestrengthofthejointbytwo-stepTLP-DBreaches74%ofthatofthebasematerialonanequalbasis,butthehigh-temperaturetensilestrengthofthejointbyconventionalTLP-DBisonly58%ofthatofthebasematerial.

简介：Ni-basedsuperalloyK465isbrazedwithBNi-2fillermetalbyvacuumelectronbeambrazing(VEBB).InprocessofVEBB,effectsofprocessingprimaryparametersonshearstrengthofjointsareinvestigated.MicrostructureofthebrazedjointwithBNi-2fillermetalisstudiedbymeansofscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),energydispersivespectroscopy(EDS)andX-raydiffraction(XRD).TheresultsshowthatthestructureofbrazedseamconsistsofalargeamountofNi-basedγsolidsolution,Ni3Al(γ′),Ni3B,WB,CrB,andasmallquantityofWC,NbC.Themaximumshearstrengthofthejointis398MPawhenthebeamcurrentofweldingis2.6mA,heatingtimeis480sandfocusedcurrentis1800mA.