PRECISION FORGING PROGRAM FOR TURBINE WHEELS AND GEARS

Abstract

A state-of-the-art survey of precision forming methods used to fabricate smal turbine wheelsAND GEARS WAS MADE. The areas of precision forming capabilities, turbine wheel and gear application, and high temperature alloy development were reviewed in terms of a precision forging development program. Of the limited processes utilized to fabricate small turbine wheels with integral blades and high speed gears, the radial extrusion method is recommended. An axial flow, impulse type turbine wheel and a high speed spur gear are recommended for forming process development. The AISI 9310 carburizing grade steel was selected for the initial forging trials and a Nibase alloy, such as Waspaloy, will be utilized for turbine wheel forging developments. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284387

Entities

People

  • C.r. Cook
  • R.w. Redlinger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Axial Flow
  • Carburizing
  • Extrusion
  • Flow
  • Heat Resistant Alloys
  • High Temperature
  • Integrals
  • Precision
  • Turbine Wheels
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Metallurgy
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).