A NiCrFe-based alloy brazing filler material to which Cu is added, and which has a low melting temperature, and is inexpensive and excellent in corrosion resistance and in strength, for use in manufacture of stainless-steel heat exchangers or the like, specifically, a NiCrFe-based alloy brazing filler material, including, in mass %, Cr: 15 to 30%; Fe: 15 to 30%; Cu: 2.1 to 7.5%; P: 3 to 12%; and Si: 0 to 8%; and the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein the total content of Cr and Fe is 30 to 54%, and the total content of P and Si is 7 to 14%.

A system is provided comprising a hardened stud body and an unhardened stud subunit coupled to the hardened stud body. The hardened stud body may comprise a first composition having by weight between 17% and 21% chromium, between 2.8% and 3.3% molybdenum, between 50% to 55% nickel, and between 4.75% and 5.5% niobium. The unhardened stud subunit may comprise a second composition having by weight between 20% and 23% chromium, between 8% and 10% molybdenum, at least 58% nickel, and between 3.15% and 4.15% niobium.

A cooled article and a method of forming a cooled article are disclosed. The cooled article includes a component, a porous material incorporated into the component, and a cooling medium within the porous material. Another cooled article is formed by a process includes the steps of forming a porous material from a pre-sintered preform, providing a component, and incorporating the porous material into the component. The porous material is in fluid communication with a cooling medium. The method of forming a cooled article includes providing a metal felt material infused with braze filler material, pre-sintering the metal felt material to form a porous material, providing a component, and incorporating the porous material into the component.

Various embodiments of a reactant feed and return assembly, such as an anode splitter plate (ASP), are provided for facilitating reactant feed and exhaust flow in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack system. Embodiments include a reactant feed and return assembly including at least a first portion formed of a chromium-based alloy, such as a chromium-iron alloy, having a similar coefficient of thermal expansion as other SOFC components and may therefore reduce internal stress in an SOFC stack. Methods for making an a reactant feed and return assembly comprising a chromium-based alloy are also provided.

High gamma prime nickel based welding materials comprising (all in wt. %) from 13.0 to 14.0% Cr, from 30.0 to 32.0% Co, from 0.7 to 0.9% Mo, from 7.0 to 8.0% W, from 0.5 to 6.0% Ta, from 3.8 to 5.5 Al %, up to 0.12% Ti, up to 0.02 Zr %, from 0.4 to 0.8% Hf, up to 0.02% B, from 0.05 to 0.3% C, up to 0.015% Y, up to 0.015% V, from 1.0 to 2.0% Re, and nickel to balance for repair of turbine engine components and other articles manufactured from single crystal materials and other superalloys by manual and automatic gas tungsten arc, plasma arc, laser, and electron beam welding as well as for 3D additive manufacturing.

The invention relates to a braze alloy mix for application in a method for brazing a component that has a nickel-based superalloy as base material, wherein the braze alloy mix comprises the following powders in a predetermined mixing ratio: a powder of a first braze alloy, a powder of a second braze alloy, a powder of a third braze alloy, and a powder of an additive alloy.

A ductile boron bearing nickel based welding material which includes boron within the range of 0.4-0.6 wt. % B, carbon from a trace amount to 0.04 wt. % C, 17-23 wt. % Cr, 0.35-10 wt. % Mo, 0.1-4.15 wt. % Nb with nickel or iron and impurities to balance for manufacturing of welding and brazing wires, powders and foils used in the repair of various articles made of nickel, cobalt and iron based alloys.

A nickel-based alloy, having (in wt. %): carbon(C): 0.09%-0.13%; chromium(Cr): 19.0%-21.5%; cobalt(Co): 18.0%-20.0%; molybdenum(Mo): 0.5%-1.5%; tungsten(W): 2.0%-3.0%; titanium(Ti): 2.0%-3.0%; aluminum(Al): 2.2%-3.0%; boron(B): 0.008%-0.012%; zirconium(Zr): 0.0025%-0.01%; tantalum(Ta): 2.0%-4.0%; niobium(Nb): 1.2%-2.0%; optionally silicon(Si): up to 0.02%; manganese(Mn): up to 0.01%; yttrium(Y): 0.0025%-0.01%; yttrium oxide(Y.sub.2O.sub.3): 0.75%-1.25%; vanadium(V): up to 0.01%; hafnium(Hf): up to 0.01%, silver(Ag): up to 0.005%; lead(Pb): up to 0.0003%; iron(Fe): up to 0.02%; copper(Cu): up to 0.01%; selenium(Se): up to 0.0003%; oxygen(O): up to 0.015%; phosphorus(P): up to 0.005%; sulfur(S): up to 0.001%; gallium(Ga): up to 0.001%; bismuth(Bi): up to 0.0001%; nitrogen(N): up to 0.008%; magnesium(Mg): up to 0.007%; tellurium(Te): up to 0.00005%; thallium(Tl): up to 0.0005%; calcium(Ca): up to 0.0001%; potassium(K): up to 0.0001%, residual impurities: up to 0.1%.

A suppressor having a body and a first connector half coupled to the body, wherein the first connector half includes a first component that includes at least one channel and a first surface; and wherein the body provides a second surface, wherein a gap between the first surface and the second surface defines at least one track; wherein the gun includes a second connector half comprising at least one protrusion, wherein the protrusion and channel have corresponding shapes that allow the protrusion to be inserted through the channel and into alignment with the track, wherein the first component may be rotated with respect to the protrusion and the body to bring the protrusion out of alignment with the channel so that the first and second surfaces clamp the protrusion to thereby secure the first connector half and second connector half with respect to each other.

Systems and methods for moving a substrate to a vision system using a robot; using the vision system to determine where a braze material is to be applied to the substrate; moving the substrate to a braze dispenser using the robot; applying a braze material to the substrate using the braze dispenser based on the determination from the vision system; and using the vison system to determine whether to apply additional braze to the substrate, including for the substrate of a component for gas turbine engine, such as configured for use in an aircraft.