Chapter 1032 Luo Luo’s clever plan to calm the world...
If the cause of everything is really a cooling rate problem, then for Chang Haonan’s processing tasks, just increase the liquid preheating temperature and reduce the cooling rate. That’s it.
Of course, this is just a principle level.
In specific implementation, considering that the thermal conductivity of the originally used neutral salt solution is not small, and if the preheating temperature is high, there will be evaporation or even boiling problems, there are still some areas that need to be overcome.
Additional pressurization equipment for this matter will further increase the complexity of the system.
But if I change the type of liquid, I can’t seem to think of one that particularly meets the requirements.
As for material molding, it is more complicated.
For traditional metallurgical processes, a dedicated stress relief annealing process can be set up.
However, laser selective melting, as a powder molding process, is actually cooled while processing.
In other words, even for a 10mm cubic sample, the cracks that should be formed have already formed before the entire molding process is completed.
Therefore, it is definitely too late to anneal afterwards.
Only real-time post-processing can be considered.
That is, annealing while processing.
Fortunately, annealing is essentially a process of slow heating and then slow cooling.
Theoretically, another annealing laser can be set up to follow the processing laser to complete this operation.
And if we want to think of other methods, it is a matter of metallography.
According to the previous material characterization and Chang Haonan’s calculation results, the eutectoid reaction α→γ+β is very sensitive to the cooling rate, so more α2 with a close-packed hexagonal lattice structure will be formed inside the matrix. Phase, this structure has less slip system and is a typical brittle phase. Therefore, the area containing more α2 phase has lower tensile strength. When the residual stress is large, it is more likely to become the initiation and expansion area of cracks.
In other words, reducing the proportion of α2 brittle phase can inhibit the occurrence of cracks.
However, the process of melting and molding itself will affect the phase composition of the final product, so it will not be much simpler than the idea of annealing while processing...
In short, there is no way to solve the problem by just doing it.
But at least the research direction can be determined.
After clarifying his thoughts in his mind, Chang Haonan quickly tidied up the desktop, and then briefly described his thoughts to the other two.
What followed was a long silence...
In the end, Lu Qingsong spoke first:
"Although there is no evidence... but at least the speculation is reasonable. ”
Hang Zhibin also said:
“We can specially produce a batch of samples with molding progress ranging from 20% to 90%, and then use them for scanning electron microscopy inspection and X-ray diffraction analysis. It can be quickly judged whether Mr. Chang's two intermediate speculations, that is, cracks occur at the same time during the molding process, and the content of the α2 brittle phase will affect the difficulty of crack generation are correct."
"If this is the case. Both contents are correct, so although it is not particularly rigorous, it can be basically considered that the crack generation mechanism mentioned by Mr. Chang before is no problem. "
If the mechanism is no problem, then the subsequent solution will not be. There is a problem.
Therefore, the three people quickly reached an agreement on the matter.
"Then the next step..."
Just when Chang Haonan was about to formally arrange the follow-up work, Hang Zhibin suddenly changed the subject:
"Wait, there is one more thing..."
Chang Haonan and Lu Qingsong turned to him at the same time.
“This process requires multiple comparisons with the samples provided by the British side, and we originally had to conduct comparative tests on the machining properties of the materials later...”
Hang Zhibin explained:
“So, we need more samples, I mean... the semi-finished products samples provided by the British side.”
Hearing this request, Lu Qingsong hesitated.
"But the quantity is not enough now..."
However, Chang Haonan agreed readily: "It doesn't matter, just ask Luo Luo for the second batch of samples. ”
“Huh?”
Lu Qingsong looked at Chang Haonan in confusion.
The latter replied nonchalantly:
“The contract does not stipulate the specific use of these samples, it just requires us to return them after testing.”
"We don't want to use it because we are worried about leaking secrets, but Researcher Hang's test is to reverse engineer them, and there are no secrets to leak..."
The confusion on Lu Qingsong's face suddenly turned into a sudden realization——
I'm still stuck in my mindset...
...
Soon, Luoluo received a request to provide a second batch of processing samples.
Moreover, according to the contract, the first batch of consumed samples was also returned to Ciro Company at the same time.
The latter brought it to the UK as a human express as quickly as possible——
The low-pressure turbine assembly is smaller and the number of samples itself is also limited, so there is no need to I had to bring a cargo box like last time.
The person responsible for this human flesh delivery was Adam Whittle, one of the two British representatives of Ciro Company.
As soon as he got off the plane, he was taken directly to the Rolls-Royce headquarters in Derbyshire.
Including Lapworth, Bodie, and the head of the process team, Nate McGill, almost one-third of the supervisory leaders of the Trent 900 project team are already waiting here.
This posture directly surprised and delighted Whittle, who had been away from Luo Luo's inner circle for many years.
“Is this the waste product produced by the Chinese people during process testing?”
Rapworth carefully pulled out a blade parison from the sample bag, frowned, and asked .
Although she was speaking to Whittle, the latter was clearly not high on the priority list for answering questions.
McGill, who was sitting next to him, leaned over to take a look and immediately gave a positive reply:
"Yes, we made special marks on the root and tip of the blade before shipping. This is obviously It wasn't dropped."
"No..."
Lapworth held his forehead helplessly:
"I mean...they took it out last time. The nickel-based alloy blades are perfect, but how about this..."
As she spoke, she turned the blade around and showed it to the others around her.
Then, there was a sound of inhalation in the conference room——
The entire upper surface was almost covered with tiny cracks visible to the naked eye.
You don’t even need any testing equipment to know that it is definitely a waste product.
It is just like the previous samples in the trial production process.
"If you ask me, this is normal."
McGill is responsible for process research and development, and has a very clear understanding of the difficulty of this process:
"Titanium alloys and nickel The processing characteristics of alloys are far from each other. They obviously have no experience in this area in the past, so they can only explore it from scratch..."
At this point, he took the blade in his hand and looked at it for a while. Showing a smile:
"And, only in this way can we fully understand the research and development process of the Chinese people, and thus deduce the specific process routes they use, and even... process parameters."
Bodie, who had been silent just now, frowned:
“Don’t rely too much on these, McGill.”
“You know, the results obtained by such backward reasoning are sometimes It may not be completely correct... it may even interfere with the normal research and development process. "
In fact, he was not very supportive of reverse engineering at the beginning, but McGill persuaded the Trent 900 project. ’s supervisor, who was also the direct superior of all of them, turned his suggestions into decisions.
After hearing this, the latter returned the leaf in his hand to Lapworth, while wiping the unknown liquid on his hand and said:
"So... I divided my staff into two groups. One group is responsible for cooperating with Oxford Optical Instruments and continuing forward development, and the other group is working with me to try to see if they can find anything useful from the Chinese test samples. "
"Judging from the current situation, the Chinese people...are not aware of our methods..."
(End of this chapter)
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