EP1625771A1 - Method for heating components - Google Patents
Method for heating componentsInfo
- Publication number
- EP1625771A1 EP1625771A1 EP04728098A EP04728098A EP1625771A1 EP 1625771 A1 EP1625771 A1 EP 1625771A1 EP 04728098 A EP04728098 A EP 04728098A EP 04728098 A EP04728098 A EP 04728098A EP 1625771 A1 EP1625771 A1 EP 1625771A1
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- Prior art keywords
- component
- heating
- laser
- turbine blade
- radiation
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- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 36
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 30
- 238000012545 processing Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 9
- 230000005855 radiation Effects 0.000 claims description 24
- 238000004372 laser cladding Methods 0.000 claims description 5
- 238000005259 measurement Methods 0.000 claims description 4
- 230000001105 regulatory effect Effects 0.000 claims description 2
- 238000005253 cladding Methods 0.000 description 7
- 230000001939 inductive effect Effects 0.000 description 6
- 238000012423 maintenance Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000009529 body temperature measurement Methods 0.000 description 3
- 238000005352 clarification Methods 0.000 description 3
- 238000003466 welding Methods 0.000 description 3
- 238000011161 development Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000018109 developmental process Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000003754 machining Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000001419 dependent effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000009826 distribution Methods 0.000 description 1
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- F27D99/0001—Heating elements or systems
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B3/0033—Heating devices using lamps
- H05B3/0038—Heating devices using lamps for industrial applications
Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for heating components before and / or during further processing of the same.
- Components such as turbine blades of gas turbines, must be heated during the production or maintenance of the same in order to carry out a wide variety of machining processes. This warming is also called preheating.
- so-called surfacing is used in the maintenance of turbine blades.
- the turbine blades to be welded In connection with cladding, the turbine blades to be welded have to be preheated to a desired process temperature. Reliable build-up welding can only be carried out when the turbine blade to be welded has been heated to the process temperature and is kept at the desired process temperature during build-up welding.
- inductive systems are used for heating or preheating components.
- Such inductive systems can be, for example, coils that heat the component based on inductive energy input.
- the heating or preheating of components by means of inductive systems has the disadvantage that high temperature tolerances of up to 50 ° C. can occur on the component to be heated during the heating or preheating. This inaccurate temperature distribution on the component to be heated is disadvantageous. Furthermore, such inductive systems consume a lot of energy.
- Another disadvantage of inductive systems is that, when heated or preheated, higher temperatures can occur inside the component than on the surface of the component. This can damage the component.
- the present invention is based on the problem of creating a novel method for heating components. This problem is solved by a method with the features of claim 1.
- at least one laser device is used for heating as the energy source.
- laser devices for heating the component results in faster heating than in the heating methods known from the prior art. Furthermore, the use of laser devices ensures that no higher temperatures occur within the component to be heated than on its surfaces. Furthermore, laser devices have radiation energy with a narrowly definable specific wavelength. As this ensures a defined energy input to the component and advantageously influences the result of the heating of the component.
- angles of incidence with which the laser beams strike the or each surface of the component to be heated are adapted to the contour of the corresponding surface. This improves the homogeneity of the energy input, in particular in the case of components such as turbine blades which have differently curved surfaces.
- the heating of the component is measured and, depending on this, the heating is regulated in such a way that the power of the or each laser device is adapted to produce a desired temperature setpoint. This ensures that the desired temperature setpoint is maintained, which is particularly advantageous if the temperature setpoint of the heating is to be maintained over a longer period of time while the component is being processed.
- Fig. 1 a highly schematic arrangement with a component to be heated
- Fig. 2 a highly schematic arrangement with a component to be heated
- Fig. 3 a highly schematic arrangement with a component to be heated
- Clarification of a third embodiment of the method according to the invention Clarification of a third embodiment of the method according to the invention.
- FIGS. 1 to 3. 1 to 3 each show different exemplary embodiments of the method according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a highly schematic of a turbine blade 10 of a high-pressure turbine of an aircraft engine. It is now within the meaning of the present invention to heat the turbine blade 10 of the high-pressure turbine before and / or during further processing thereof.
- the further processing of the turbine blade 10 can be, for example, so-called build-up welding.
- At least one laser device is used as the energy source for heating or preheating the component.
- Diode lasers are preferably used as laser devices. The use of diode lasers is particularly advantageous. Alternatively or in addition to the diode lasers, however, other laser radiation sources can also be used as energy sources. His C0 2 laser, Nd laser, YAG laser or Eximer laser is mentioned here as an example.
- the turbine blade 10 to be heated is irradiated on two sides by the laser devices. This means that radiation energy is applied to the turbine blade 10 to be heated from two radiation directions or is directed to the corresponding surfaces thereof.
- 1 shows first arrows 11 and second arrows 12.
- the first arrows 11 visualize the radiation of the turbine blade 10 to be heated from a first radiation direction
- the second arrows 12 visualize the radiation thereof from a second radiation direction.
- the two irradiation directions in the sense of arrows 11 and 12 serve to irradiate two different surfaces of the turbine blade 10.
- the turbine blade 10 is heated due to the laser radiation.
- the turbine blade 10 is irradiated from four directions.
- 2 shows first arrows 13, second arrows 14, third arrows 15 and fourth arrows 16.
- the first arrows 13 visualize a first direction of irradiation.
- the second arrows 14 visualize a second irradiation direction, and the third and fourth arrows 15, 16 visualize a third and fourth irradiation direction.
- Four different surfaces of the turbine blade 10 are irradiated here.
- the exact selection or determination of the number of irradiation directions depends on the one hand on the component to be irradiated and on the other hand on the type of further processing of the component to be carried out before and / or during the irradiation.
- FIG. 3 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention, in which the turbine blade 10 to be heated or preheated is irradiated from four directions by means of laser devices.
- First arrows 17 thus visualize a first radiation direction
- second arrows 18 a second radiation direction
- third or fourth arrows 19 and 20 third and fourth directions of irradiation.
- the angle of incidence with which the laser beams strike the surfaces of the turbine blade 10 to be heated are matched to the contour of the corresponding surfaces.
- 3 shows that the laser beams in the sense of the first arrows 17 strike the turbine blade 10 at a different angle than the laser beams in the sense of the second arrows 18.
- the turbine blade 10 is heated by the use of laser devices as energy sources.
- the energy input to the turbine blade 10 to be heated therefore takes place without contact via the surfaces of the turbine blade 10.
- the heating or preheating of the turbine blade 10 and thus the temperatures achieved on the respective surfaces of the turbine blade 10 are measured without contact via the surfaces.
- This non-contact measurement is carried out using one or more pyrometers.
- a pyrometer for temperature control is preferably used for each irradiation direction or for each surface of the turbine blade 10 to be irradiated or heated.
- two pyrometers would accordingly and in the exemplary embodiments according to FIGS. 3 and 4 each use four pyrometers for temperature measurement on the respective surfaces. It follows directly from this that not only the energy input but also the temperature measurement takes place contactlessly over the surfaces of the turbine blade 10.
- the heating or preheating of the component monitored by means of the contactless temperature measurement is used to regulate the heating of the turbine blade 10. It is within the meaning of the present invention that the or each pyrometer measures the temperature on the corresponding surface of the turbine blade 10 and a corresponding measurement signal is forwarded to a control device (not shown). These measurement signals are generated by the control device in this way processed that a desired temperature setpoint is achieved on the corresponding surface. For this purpose, the performance of the laser devices is influenced by the control device. After the desired temperature setpoint has been reached, the further regulation of the temperature takes over the power control of the respective laser device.
- diode lasers are preferably used as laser devices.
- the use of diode lasers which have a linear power output with linear control is particularly advantageous.
- the heating or preheating is particularly preferably carried out when using diode lasers in a power range from 200 to 800 watts.
- diode lasers enable radiation energy with a narrowly limited specific wavelength to be introduced onto the turbine blade 10 to be heated.
- Focal lengths with positive, negative and parallel energy spreads of the laser radiation energy can be used.
- a clearly defined machining surface can be achieved even with a changing arrangement of the component to be heated or the turbine blade 10 to be heated in the beam path.
- the defined wavelength of the diode laser enables a particularly good and defined limitation of the energy spread.
- the surface of the turbine blade 10 to be heated can be precisely irradiated and heated. 1 to 3 each show the parallel energy radiation from each of the radiation directions.
- the turbine blade 10 is heated in particular in connection with a further processing of the turbine blade 10 to be carried out before and / or during the heating.
- Such processing, in which heating or preheating of the turbine blade 10 is required, is so-called cladding or laser beam cladding.
- Laser beam cladding is mainly used in the maintenance of gas turbines, especially aircraft engines, and it creates a metallurgical bond between base and filler materials. This is how laser beam cladding becomes used in maintenance in connection with wear zones on turbine blades, the wear zones primarily being the end faces of the turbine blades of high-pressure turbines.
- the method according to the invention for heating or preheating turbine blades 10 can be used particularly advantageously.
- the method according to the invention serves to preheat the base material or the turbine blade to be maintained. As described above in connection with the method according to the invention, these are heated using diode lasers.
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| DE10322344A DE10322344A1 (en) | 2003-05-17 | 2003-05-17 | Process for heating components |
| PCT/DE2004/000812 WO2004105436A1 (en) | 2003-05-17 | 2004-04-17 | Method for heating components |
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| EP1625771A1 true EP1625771A1 (en) | 2006-02-15 |
| EP1625771B1 EP1625771B1 (en) | 2012-08-29 |
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| JP (1) | JP4500815B2 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE10322344A1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2004105436A1 (en) |
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