An article includes a substrate, a bond coat layer disposed on the substrate, and a layer of networked ceramic nanofibers disposed on the bond coat layer.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on turbocharger components, such as turbine wheels and compressor wheels, and other rotary equipment components and methods for depositing the protective coatings on such components. In one or more embodiments, a coated turbocharger component is provided and includes a metallic substrate containing a nickel-based alloy or superalloy, a cobalt-based alloy or superalloy, a stainless steel, or a titanium-aluminum alloy and a protective coating disposed on the metallic substrate. The protective coating contains an aluminum oxide having a purity of greater than 99 atomic percent (at %). In some examples, the metallic substrate is a turbine wheel, a compressor wheel, an impeller, a fan blade, a disk, a heat shield, a pulley, or a shaft.

This disclosure provides a method of pressure sintering an environmental barrier coating on a surface of a ceramic substrate to form an article. The method includes the steps of etching the surface of the ceramic substrate to texture the surface, disposing an environmental barrier coating on the etched surface of the ceramic substrate wherein the environmental barrier coating includes a rare earth silicate, and pressure sintering the environmental barrier coating on the etched surface of the ceramic substrate in an inert or nitrogen atmosphere at a pressure of greater than atmospheric pressure such that at least a portion of the environmental barrier coating is disposed in the texture of the surface of the ceramic substrate thereby forming the article.

The use of magnesium oxide, reactive alumina and aluminium oxide as a base provides for a new erosion-resistant material upon sintering.

The invention relates to an aeronautical part, such as, for example, a turbine blade or a distributor vane, which is used in aeronautics, comprising at least one reactive layer adapted to react with at least one CMAS compound, the reactive layer at least partially covering the environmental barrier, characterized in that the material of the reactive layer comprises at least one oxide of the formula A′4-xA″xB′2-yB″yO11-δ, A′ being selected from a rare earth, yttrium and scandium, A″ being selected from a rare earth, yttrium, scandium and aluminum, B′ being selected from tantalum and niobium, B″ being selected from tantalum, niobium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, aluminum and cesium, wherein x and y are real numbers between 0 and 2 and δ is a real number between −1 and 2 and preferably between −1 and 1.

An abrasive coating system for a substrate of an airfoil in a turbine engine high pressure compressor, comprising a plurality of grit particles adapted to be placed on a top surface of the substrate; a matrix material bonded to the top surface; the matrix material partially surrounds the grit particles, the matrix material consisting of unalloyed chromium and unalloyed aluminum distributed throughout the matrix material, wherein the grit particles extend above the matrix material relative to the top surface; and a film of oxidant resistant coating applied over the plurality of grit particles and the matrix material.

A seal for a gas turbine engine including an interlayer between a substrate and an abradable layer, the interlayer containing abrasive particles of which at least some abrasive particles protrude out of an interface that abuts the abradable layer.

Containment assemblies and methods for forming containment assemblies of gas turbine engines are provided. For example, a containment assembly comprises a containment case including a plurality of coated fibers. Each coated fiber comprises a fiber surrounded by a ceramic material such that the ceramic material coats the fiber. As another example, a containment assembly comprises an inner case and a containment case comprising a plurality of coated fibers. Each coated fiber comprises a fiber surrounded by a ceramic material such that the ceramic material coats the fiber. The containment case includes a greater proportion of the coated fibers at an inner surface of a layer of the containment case than at a location within the containment case that is radially outward from the inner surface. Methods for forming a containment assembly of a gas turbine engine are provided.

An air-fire seal designed to be attached to a first tubular member of a turbomachine, such as a bleed duct, and to rest against a second member of the turbomachine, such as an intermediate casing hub, includes an attachment base having an annular shape around a reference axis (Y); a first annular fire-stop lip extending from the attachment base over a first length (L1); and a second annular air-sealing lip extending from the attachment base over a second length (L2) lower than the first length and facing the first lip.

A space filler for forming a fibrous preform may comprise an additively manufactured ceramic material. The additively manufactured ceramic material may define a plurality of pores. A shape of the additively manufactured ceramic material may complement a shape of a void formed by fibrous regions of the fibrous preform.