The research and development of new type of ferro-base heat-resistant alloy

Nickel-base superalloys are high performance materials subject to severe operating conditions in the high temperature turbine section of gas turbine engines.Turbine blades in modern engines are fabricated from Ni-base alloy single crystals which are strengthened by ordered g’ precipitates.Turbine disks are made from polycrystal line Ni-base alloys because these components have higher strength requirements(due to higher stresses).By increasing the upper temperature limit for the next generation of disk materials,the aviation industry will see significant environmental as well as cost benefits. Researchers in the High Temperature Materials Center of the National Institute of Materials Science of Japan have recently completed their work on a new kind of disk alloys.The new disk alloys,a kind of nickel-coble-base superalloys processed by a normal cast and wrought(C & W) route,can withstand temperatures in excess of 725 degree centigrade,a 50-degree increase over C&W disks currently in operation. In this presentation,the author shows the design idea,workability and properties of these Ni-Co-base superalloys. Furthermore,the evaluation of the processing and microstructure on a full-scale processing of Ni-Co-base superalloy turbine disk are described,which demonstrated the advantages and possibility of the Ni-Co-base disc alloys at the component level.