Pressure assisted heat treatments of superalloys in HIP units with fast cooling rates (T04*)

• Subject Area: Metallurgical, Thermal and Thermomechanical Treatment of Materials
• Term: from 2020 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 190389738

The project performs integrated HIP heat treatments for cast, additive manufactured or coated Ni-base superalloys and investigates the influence of the parameters temperature, pressure, time and cooling rate on the microstructure and corresponding mechanical properties. In the frame of a transfer project, the company Quintus Technologies AB takes an active part in the scaling up of the HIP-technology with fast cooling to meet future large-scale industrial needs in the gas turbine industry.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios (Transfer Project)
• Subproject of: TRR 103: From Atoms to Turbine Blades - A Scientific Approach for Developing the Next Generation of Single Crystal Superalloys
• International Connection: Sweden
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Business and Industry: Quintus Technologies AB
• Project Heads: Dr.-Ing. Inmaculada López Galilea, Ph.D., since 1/2020; Professor Dr.-Ing. Werner Theisen