A manufacturing method is provided. During this method, a preform component is provided for a turbine engine. The preform component includes a substrate. A preform meter section and a preform diffuser section are formed in the substrate. An internal coating is applied to at least the preform meter section to provide a meter section of a cooling aperture. External coating material is applied over the substrate. The applying of the external coating material forms an external coating over the substrate. The applying of the external coating also builds up the external coating material within the preform diffuser section to form a diffuser section of the cooling aperture.

Disclosed is a coated composite comprising a seal coat disposed on a composite material wherein the seal coat comprises protective particles and a matrix.

A method includes applying a material coating on a surface of a machine component using a thermal spray, wherein the material coating is formed from a combination of a hardfacing material and aluminum-containing particles. The method also includes thermally treating the material coating to generate an oxide layer comprising aluminum from the aluminum-containing particles, wherein the oxide layer is configured to reduce oxidation of the hardfacing material.

A turbomachine engine including a high-pressure compressor, a high-pressure turbine, a combustion chamber in flow communication with the high-pressure compressor and the high-pressure turbine, and a power turbine in flow communication with the high-pressure turbine. At least one of the high-pressure compressor, the high-pressure turbine, and the power turbine comprises a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material. The turbomachine engine includes a low-pressure shaft coupled to the power turbine and characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec).sup.1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec).sup.1/2. The low-pressure shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). The turbomachine engine is configured to operate up to the redline speed without passing through a critical speed associated with a first-order bending mode of the low-pressure shaft.

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.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on various substrates including aerospace components and methods for depositing the protective coatings. In one or more embodiments, a method of forming a protective coating on an aerospace component includes forming an aluminum oxide layer on a surface of the aerospace component and depositing a boron nitride layer on or over the aluminum oxide layer during a vapor deposition process. In some examples, the method includes depositing a metal-containing catalytic layer on the aluminum oxide layer before depositing the boron nitride layer. The boron nitride layer can include hexagonal boron nitride (hBN).

The present invention relates to a protective layer against CMAS, to a CMAS-resistant article comprising the protective layer according to the invention, and to a process for preparing a corresponding article.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on various substrates including aerospace components and methods for depositing the protective coatings. In one or more embodiments, an aerospace component has a protective coating containing an aluminum oxide layer disposed on a surface of the aerospace component, a metal-containing catalytic layer disposed on the aluminum oxide layer, and a boron nitride layer disposed on the metal-containing catalytic layer. The aerospace component contains a superalloy having at least nickel and aluminum. In some examples, the aerospace component is a turbine blade, a turbine vane, a support member, a frame, a rib, a fin, a pin fin, a fuel nozzle, a combustor liner, a combustor shield, a heat exchanger, a fuel line, a fuel valve, an internal cooling channel, or any combination thereof.

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 rotor blade for a gas turbine engine is provided. The rotor blade includes a blade body formed of a first material; and a tip component removably connected to the blade body, the tip component formed of a second material that is different than the first material.