Taguchi design for heat treatment of rene 65 components

Christina Maria Katsari, Stephen Yue, Andrew Wessman

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Abstract

Rene 65 is a nickel-based superalloy used in aerospace components such as turbine blades and disks. The microstructure in the as received condition of the superalloy consists of ∼40% volume fraction of gamma prime precipitates, which gives such a high strength that thermomechanical processing is problematic. The goal of this study was to develop a heat treatment for manufacturing of Rene 65 components by changing the size distribution and volume fraction of those precipitates and lowering the strength. Gamma prime in this alloy is observed in three sizes, ranging from a few urn to tens of nm. For the design of the heat treatments, Design of Experiments (DOE) has been used; more specifically Taguchi's L8 matrix. The four factors that are examined are cooling rate, hold temperature, hold time and cooling method to room temperature. The levels of the factors were two (high and low) with replication. Microstructures were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy and mechanical properties by Vickers microhardness testing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication30th ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition, Heat Treat 2019 - Full Papers
PublisherASM International
Pages337-342
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781713802730
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event30th ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition, Heat Treat 2019 - Detroit, United States
Duration: Oct 15 2019Oct 17 2019

Publication series

Name30th ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition, Heat Treat 2019 - Extended Abstracts
Volume2

Conference

Conference30th ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition, Heat Treat 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDetroit
Period10/15/1910/17/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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