INCONEL 718 MONOBLOK GAZ TÜRBİN DİSKİNİN TUZ BANYOSUNDA ÇİFT YAŞLANDIRMA ISIL İŞLEMİNİN DENEYSEL İNCELENMESİ

The heat treatment of Inconel 718 (In718) monoblock gas turbine discs are mainly done by vacuum furnaces. Despite the vacuum furnaces allow to make a clean and reliable heat treatment, its operation costs affects the final product’s cost. In this work, as an alternative to the vacuum furnaces, the double aging heat treatment of In718 disc in a salt bath was investigated. The appropriate temperature for high and low temperature salt bath was identified in order to achieve necessary cooling rates of 125°C/min and 120°C/min for a 400 kg workpiece. It is shown that the heat treatment could be done when the high and low temperature salt baths temperatures are equal to 300°C. It is also found that the heat transfer coefficient for simulation could be taken as 650 W/m2.K regardless to the salt bath temperature.