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EP1668165B1
EP1668165B1 EP04781202A EP04781202A EP1668165B1 EP 1668165 B1 EP1668165 B1 EP 1668165B1 EP 04781202 A EP04781202 A EP 04781202A EP 04781202 A EP04781202 A EP 04781202A EP 1668165 B1 EP1668165 B1 EP 1668165B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D27/00—Treating the metal in the mould while it is molten or ductile ; Pressure or vacuum casting
    • B22D27/04—Influencing the temperature of the metal, e.g. by heating or cooling the mould
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22F—CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C22F1/00—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
    • C22F1/02—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working in inert or controlled atmosphere or vacuum
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22F—CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C22F1/00—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
    • C22F1/04—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon
    • C22F1/043—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon of alloys with silicon as the next major constituent
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22F—CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C22F3/00—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by special physical methods, e.g. treatment with neutrons
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/02—Selection of particular materials
    • F04D29/023—Selection of particular materials especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/26—Rotors specially for elastic fluids
    • F04D29/28—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/284—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps for compressors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05D2230/10—Manufacture by removing material
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05D2230/20—Manufacture essentially without removing material
    • F05D2230/21—Manufacture essentially without removing material by casting
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05D2230/40—Heat treatment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05D2230/40—Heat treatment
    • F05D2230/41—Hardening; Annealing
    • F05D2230/411—Precipitation hardening
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2300/00—Materials; Properties thereof
    • F05D2300/10—Metals, alloys or intermetallic compounds
    • F05D2300/17—Alloys
    • F05D2300/173—Aluminium alloys, e.g. AlCuMgPb

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  • the present invention relates to improved processing methods for cast compressor wheels, especially for turbochargers, industrial compressors, and gas turbines, and also for any application in which improved fatigue strength and/or fracture toughness is desirable.
  • turbocharged engine for internal combustion engines used in high performance applications such as on-highway trucks and off highway construction and agricultural applications and high performance automobile engines
  • high performance applications such as on-highway trucks and off highway construction and agricultural applications and high performance automobile engines
  • titanium it is known to forgo cast aluminum as the material of choice, and instead use titanium.
  • the higher strength properties of titanium will restore adequate life to the compressor wheel, but only at a significant cost in light of the expense of the raw material, difficulties in machining, and other concerns. Therefore, some turbocharged engines use titanium compressor wheels which greatly increases the initial cost of the turbocharger.
  • the use of titanium is "overkill", the titanium providing material properties far in excess of even some extreme environments.
  • US 3 185 600 discloses cryogenically treating aluminium alloys for use in aircraft structural components to increase the tensile properties.
  • the present invention relates to methods for casting a component with subsequent cryogenic processing.
  • the cryogenic processing may be followed with other types of heat treatment, including precipitation hardening as one example.
  • the present invention pertains to casting a rotating component from aluminum.
  • the rotating component is cooled to a temperature less than about -150 degrees C. After the component is warmed to about room temperature, the component is machined.
  • a castable composition for material, processing may comprise mainly aluminum. There is sufficient silicon added to the aluminum to improve castability.
  • the composition includes from about 0.1 percent to about 1 percent by weight scandium, or from about 0.1 percent to about 1 percent lithium, or combination of scandium and lithium within those same ranges.
  • Various embodiments of the present invention relate to improved materials or improved material processing, or the combination of both, that are applicable to cast aluminum. Yet other embodiments of the present invention relate to improvements in material processing for high strength, high temperature alloys such as Inconel (IN) 713C, IN713LC, IN-738, and IN-100 or GMR235, or related materials that are conventionally used for the turbine [hot side] of a turbocharger. It is thought that by cryogenically treating these components, and other marginally designed turbocharger components, that the overall reliability of the components and the turbocharger will be substantially improved. It has been found that cryogenic processing of a castable aluminum material, including those aluminum compositions with significant additions of silicon, provide greatly increased fatigue strength compared to non-cryogenically cast aluminum alloys.
  • cryogenically processed cast aluminum can be considered a replacement for titanium in some applications.
  • application of cryogenically processed cast aluminum as discussed herein can replace wrought or forged titanium in some turbocharger compressor wheels, thus avoiding the 10X to 15X cost penalty incurred by the use of titanium.
  • Some embodiments of the present invention relate to processing methods which improve the material properties of cast aluminum, including the fatigue strength and/ or the fracture toughness of cast aluminum.
  • Such processes can for example be applicable to a variety of static components, including cast aluminum housings such as for automatic transmissions and transfer cases, compressors, valve assemblies, and the like.
  • These processes are for example also applicable to a variety of dynamic components, including rotating components, such as pinion gear carriers, automatic transmission clutch housings, air conditioner rotor, valves, piston pumps, centrifugal pumps, seals and seal carriers, and rotary and linear actuators.
  • the cast aluminum may include percentages of silicon, magnesium, and other elements similar to that found in commercially available C355 aluminum, but also including up to about 1 percent lithium.
  • the cast aluminum may include percentages of silicon, magnesium, and other elements similar to that found in commercially available C355 aluminum, but also including up to about 1 percent scandium.
  • the cast aluminum may include percentages of silicon, magnesium, copper and other elements similar to that found in commercially available 354 or A354 aluminum, but also including up to about 1 percent lithium.
  • the cast aluminum may include percentages of silicon, magnesium, copper and other elements similar to that found in commercially available 354 or A354 aluminum, but also including up to about 1 percent scandium. It is believed that the cryogenic processing described herein may also improve the fatigue strengths of castable, commercially available aluminum alloys such as A357, D357, A201, B201, and 203.
  • the present invention there are various methods for processing cast aluminum. These methods apply to any type of cast aluminum, but in particular cast aluminum including amounts of silicon, magnesium, and other elements similar to C355, and also for cast aluminum including silicon, magnesium, copper, and other elements similar to the composition known as 354 or A354. Further, the processing methods are applicable to the compositions of cast aluminum including lithium, scandium, and combinations of lithium and scandium, as described herein.
  • the method includes preparing a casting from the aluminum material, cryogenically processing the cast objects, and then machining the object.
  • cryogenic processing occurs during exposure to temperatures reached by use of liquid nitrogen (LN2) at about ambient pressure.
  • LN2 liquid nitrogen
  • Cast aluminum objects processed according to this method have been shown to have higher, usable high cycle fatigue strength.
  • the processing methods include one or more pre-cryogenic processing steps.
  • a compressor wheel for a turbocharger there are processes used to cast and process a compressor wheel for a turbocharger.
  • the compressor wheel is cast from any of the aluminum compounds described wherein, such as those including lithium, scandium, or lithium and scandium.
  • the turbocharger wheel is cast from aluminum and is processed with any of the cryogenic processing methods described wherein.
  • a turbocharger wheel is cast from any of the novel aluminum compounds described herein, and further processed according to any one of the cryogenic methods described herein.
  • Processes may be used for casting and processing a turbine wheels for a turbocharger.
  • the turbine wheel may be cast from a material such as Inconel 713C or GMR235, or other materials used for fabrication of cast or non-cast turbine wheels for turbochargers.
  • the turbocharger turbine wheel may be cast from a material such as IN713C or GMR235 and is further processed with any of the cryogenic processing methods described herein.
  • processing of compressor wheels it is understood that the present invention also applies to processing of turbine wheels, in as far as the compressor wheels are made of cast aluminium.
  • FIGS. 1A, 1B , and 1C show various views of a compressor wheel 30 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Compressor wheel 30 includes a plurality of blades 32 which are cast integrally about a hub 34 and a back plate 36.
  • compressor wheel 30 compresses ambient air for use in industrial applications including gas pipelines.
  • compressor wheel 30 provides compressed air to an interval combustion engine, the compressor wheel being driven by a turbine, and being part of a turbocharger assembly (not shown).
  • compressor wheel 30 provides compressed air to a second compressor and and/or combustor for a gas turbine engine, including both industrial gas turbines and aircraft engine.
  • an object is cast from an aluminum alloy which includes up to about 1 percent by weight of lithium and more than about 0.1 percent by weight by lithium which can improve strength & toughness. In some embodiments, the addition of lithium improves the fracture toughness of the material. In other embodiments of the present invention, the object is cast from aluminum alloy which includes up to about 1 percent by weight of scandium and more than about 0.1 percent by weight of scandium. In other embodiments, an object is cast from an aluminum alloy containing up to about 1 percent by weight or lithium and up to about 1 percent by weight of scandium and more than about 0.1 percent by weight of lithium and more than about 0.1 percent by weight of scandium.
  • the base cast aluminum alloy to which either lithium, scandium, or lithium and scandium, are added contains about 5 percent by weight silicon, about 1.2 percent by weight copper, and about 0.5 percent by weight magnesium and in some cases other elements.
  • This base aluminum may be known by the trade name C355.
  • the material includes about 9 percent by weight silicon, about 1.8 percent by weight copper, about 0.5 percent by weight magnesium, and other elements.
  • This base material may be known by the trade name 354 or A354.
  • the cryogenically processed castable aluminum includes more than about four percent by weight silicon and less than about ten percent by weight silicon.
  • the cryogenically processed castable aluminum includes from about four and one-half percent by weight silicon to less than about nine percent by weight silicon.
  • the cryogenically processed castable aluminum includes from about four and one-half percent by weight silicon to less than about seven and one-half percent by weight silicon.
  • the alloys described herein especially when heat-treated and/or hot isostatic pressing (HIPped), exhibit improved yield strength and tensile strength associated with higher elongation and improved fatigue resistance.
  • processing method 100 for producing cast aluminum objects with improved physical properties.
  • the steps of methods 100 are applicable to the novel cast aluminum alloys described herein, and further are applicable to processing of wheels for centrifugal compressors.
  • Method 100 includes a step 110 in which a castable aluminum alloy is provided.
  • the aluminum alloy may be of the type known commercially as C355, 354 or A354, or their equivalents.
  • the castable aluminum alloy can include any of the novel compositions described herein which include lithium, scandium, or lithium and scandium.
  • various embodiments of the present invention are applicable to any cast aluminum alloy.
  • Step 120 includes preparing a casting from the aluminum material.
  • the present invention contemplates any method for casting, including casting from sand, lost wax, ceramic and/or plaster based materials and from permanent dies.
  • the object simulated by the casting can be of any type, the present invention not being limited to any maximum part thickness or minimum part thickness.
  • the cast aluminum is poured under a vacuum assist with dross-free metal.
  • the castable aluminum material is conventional, whereas in other embodiments the castable aluminum is alloyed with lithium, scandium, or lithium and scandium.
  • some embodiments include pre-cyrogenic processing, such as hot isostatic pressing (HIP).
  • HIPping process includes process parameters of 2 to 4 hours at a pressure of about 105MPa at temperatures from about 480°C to about 530°C.
  • the present invention is not limited to these parameters, and may be HIPped by equivalent methods.
  • step 130 further includes solution heat treating the casting for 10 to 12 hours at about 520°C to about 530°C. Following solution heat treating, step 130 may further include quenching the part in water at about 60°C to about 80°C.
  • step 130 of precryogenic processing has been described which includes HIPping, solution heat treating, and quenching, step 120 can also comprise only HIPping, or only solution heat treating followed by a quench.
  • the object is cryogenically processed as indicated by step 150 which may occur after precryogenic processing step 130, or alternatively occur after the casting has been prepared at step 120.
  • the cryogenic process includes process parameters of 8 to 48 hours at about -200°C to about -180°C.
  • the cryogenic temperatures can be obtained by the use of liquid nitrogen at approximately ambient pressure.
  • the object is cooled to cryogenic temperatures, and subsequently heated to ambient temperature, at the rate of about 50°C per hour.
  • the present invention is not limited to these process parameters.
  • small cast aluminum wheels can be processed with higher cooling and heating rates and for less time, based on the high thermal conductivity of aluminum and the high ratio of surface area to weight as exhibited in components such as wheels for centrifugal compressors.
  • post-cryogenic processing step 160 includes annealing the cast object to relieve internal stresses.
  • This stress relief anneal can include process parameters of 24 to 30 hours at about 130°C to 140°C.
  • post-cryogenic processing step 160 includes a heat treat for precipitation hardening of the cast object. This heat treat can include process parameters of 8 to 12 hours at about 150°C to about 160°C.
  • cryogenic processing step 170 there is a second cryogenic processing step 170 following step 160.
  • This second cryogenic processing is performed with process parameters as previously described.
  • the object is machined at step 180.
  • the present invention contemplates any kind of machining methods, including machining methods that remove material such as, for example, grinding, boring, cutting, turning, and honing.
  • some embodiments of the present invention include post-machining processing as indicated by step 190.
  • Step 190 can include an annealing for stress relief, such as with the annealing process parameters described previously. It is thought that cryogenic processing improves the characteristics of a component, including the component's fatigue strength, by reducing residual stresses. For those applications in which the machining of a component induces residual stresses, step 190 can include an additional processing at cryogenic temperatures. However, some embodiments of the present invention do not include any further processing steps after machining step 180. Yet other embodiments of the present invention include either annealing or cryogenically treating, but not both steps.
  • FIGS. 3 , 4 , and 5 depict the improvement demonstrated by various embodiments of the present invention.
  • Test coupons were cast from 354 Aluminum which was heat treated in accordance with T61 (standard designations of the Aluminum Association).
  • FIG. 3 shows a Weibull plot for coupons of a conventional aluminum alloy that were processed with a solution heat treat followed by aging. The data points are represented by dots within circles. A best-fit straight line 202 is shown on FIG. 3 .
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 depict the effect of cryogenic processing of similar coupons in the same test procedure.
  • the coupons were cryogenically treated for about 24 hours in a temperature range from about -190 degrees Centigrade to about -210 degrees Centigrade.
  • FIG. 4 was prepared for coupons of the same aluminum alloy that were solution treated, aged, and then cryogenically treated. Best-fit straight line 204 is shown superimposed on the data set from this first type of cryogenic processing.
  • FIG. 5 shows a best-fit straight line 206 superimposed on a data set from a second type of cryogenic processing.
  • the coupons used for the data shown in FIG. 5 were prepared from the same aluminum alloy and were then solution treated, followed by cryogenic processing, followed by aging. Note that the best-fit straight line 206 is shifted to the right and downward relative to line 204, and that line 204 is shifted to the right and then downward relative to the line 202.
  • These data shifts indicate that the processing of the coupons in FIG. 4 provides improved high cycle fatigue strength from the non-cryogenically processed coupons represented in FIG. 3 . Further, the modified cryogenic treatment of the coupons represented in FIG. 5 are likewise improved relative to the cryogenically treated coupons represented in FIG. 4 . Further, note that the data points of FIG.
  • the present invention there is a method for processing an aluminum casting.
  • the method comprises providing an aluminum casting, cryogenically treating the aluminum casting, and machining the aluminum casting after the cryogenic treatment.
  • the method further comprises HIPping the casting before the cryogenic treatment.
  • the method further comprises solution heat treating the casting before the cryogenic treatment.
  • the casting is aged after this solution heat-treating and before the cryogenic processing.
  • the method comprises aging the cast object after the cryogenic treatment and before the machining.
  • a castable aluminum material may include silicon and magnesium. The material may further include up to about 1 percent lithium. The aluminum material may include up to about 1 percent scandium. The aluminum material may include up to about 1 percent lithium and up to about 1 percent scandium. The aluminum material may also include copper.

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  1. Procédé pour fabriquer un compresseur centrifuge, comprenant :
    la coulée d'une roue de compresseur à partir d'aluminium ;
    le refroidissement de la roue coulée à une température inférieure à -150 degrés centigrade ; et
    l'usinage de la roue après ledit refroidissement.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre le chauffage de la roue de compresseur pour durcir par précipitation l'aluminium après ledit refroidissement.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2 comprenant en outre le chauffage de la roue coulée à une température de traitement thermique en solution avant ledit refroidissement.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 comprenant en outre le chauffage de la roue de compresseur pour durcir par précipitation l'aluminium avant ledit refroidissement.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, comprenant en outre le chauffage de la roue coulée à une température de traitement thermique en solution avant ledit chauffage.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 3 ou revendication 5, dans lequel l'aluminium est sélectionnés à partir du groupe incluant C355, 354 et A354.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit refroidissement inclut le maintien d'une température inférieure à -150 degrés centigrade durant plus de huit heures.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel ledit refroidissement est à une température inférieure à -180 degrés centigrade et supérieure à -200 degrés centigrade.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou revendication 6. comprenant en outre un traitement HIP (Hot Isostatic Processing) de la roue avant ledit refroidissement.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre le chauffage de la roue coulée à une température de traitement thermique en solution avant ledit refroidissement.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 1, qui comprend en outre un traitement thermique de la roue coulée après ledit refroidissement et avant ledit usinage.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, dans lequel ledit traitement thermique est choisi à partir du groupe consistant en un recuit à une température inférieure à 145 degrés centigrade et un durcissement par précipitation à une température supérieure à 145 degrés centigrade.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 11, dans lequel ledit refroidissement est un premier refroidissement de la roue coulée et comprenant en outre un deuxième refroidissement de la roue coulée à une température inférieure à -150 degrés centigrade après ledit traitement thermique et avant ledit usinage.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre un durcissement par précipitation de la roue de compresseur après ledit refroidissement.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou revendication 14, dans lequel le métal est un aluminium coulable contenant plus de quatre pour cent en poids de silicium.
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou revendication 14, dans lequel l'aluminium est un aluminium coulable incluant plus d'un dixième de pour cent en poids de lithium.
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou revendication 14, dans lequel l'aluminium est un aluminium coulable incluant plus d'un dixième de pour cent en poids de scandium.
  18. Procédé selon la revendication 14, dans lequel ledit durcissement par précipitation inclut le chauffage de l'objet coulé à une température de plus de 145 degrés centigrade.
  19. Procédé selon la revendication 14, dans lequel ladite coulée est avec un matériau d'aluminium choisi à partir du groupe comprenant C355, 354 et A354.
  20. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite roue est coulée à partir d'une composition coulable comprenant de quatre pour cent en poids à douze pour cent en poids de silicium, plus de quatre-vingt pour cent en poids d'aluminium, et plus de 0,1 pour cent et moins de 1 pour cent choisi dans le groupe incluant le scandium et le lithium.
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