Aerospace
Certified process control for aerospace heat treatment operations.
For many years, Nitrex has been a part of the many segments of the ever-evolving aerospace industry: aircraft manufacturing and maintenance, aero engines, helicopters, satellites, space vehicles, rockets, missiles, and other upcoming innovative forms of air travel like drones and UAMs.
Heat treating has always played a significant role in aerospace and space exploration history. It will continue to play a part in these fields with innovations such as additive manufacturing, meeting the need for lighter critical components that have higher temperature resistance for better fuel efficiency, and bringing new or previously hard-to-machine metals into the aerospace material mix. Nitrex’s technologies and product offerings work in tandem with the aerospace industry and its innovations.
PORTFOLIO
UPC-MARATHON CONTROL UPGRADES
Ideal for new or retrofit installations, UPC-Marathon control upgrade solutions meet industry-standard requirements and provide precise and reliable process control for greater savings and improved product quality.
TURNKEY HEAT-TREATING SYSTEMS
Several heat-treating processes used in the aerospace industry require a controlled temperature and environment that can only be achieved in a vacuum furnace. Many parts in aero-engine hot sections, aerostructures, and other complex systems are made from various complex alloys selected specifically for their mechanical properties and for the lifecycle endurance requirements that aerospace components have to meet.
- Vacuum furnaces front loading
- Vacuum furnaces bottom loading
- Brazing furnace
- Coating furnaces VPA
- Atmosphere brazing
TURNKEY NITRIDING SYSTEMS
NITREX nitriding/nitrocarburizing systems and technologies deliver superior quality and performance, improving the wear and corrosion resistance of steel, stainless steel, and alloy parts. Nitrex systems can be an integral part of a fully automated production cell with automatic loading and unloading.
APPLICATIONS
Aerospace parts processed include :
- Aeroengine components
- Hot section components
- Blade
- Blisk
- Struts
- Landing gears
- Aerostructure
- Interior plates and hardware
- Monuments
- Galley
- Actuation
- Probes
- Discs
- Shafts
- Casings
- Thruster
- Hydraulic systems
- Valves
- Exhaust
- High pressure ducting
- Valves
- Tubing
- Fuel probes
- Fuel reservoir
- Casting
- Forging
- Pins
- Nut
- Bolts
- Rivets
- Pitot
- Gears
- Fasteners
- Shims
MATERIALS
Standard aerospace aluminums – 6061, 7050, and 7075
Traditional aerospace metals – nickel 718, titanium 6Al4V, and Stainless 15-5PH
New alloys such as single-crystal nickel-base superalloy, Ti6Al2Zr2Sn2Mo2Cr0.25Si, titanium aluminide (TiAl) and aluminum lithium (Al-Li) are replacing older alloys, providing improved life cycle, cost and performance.
Titanium 5553 (Ti-5553) Ferrium S53 Incoloy, Inconel, Udimet and Hastalloy steel 300M and SAE 4340 are also found in certain niche components to reduce corrosion, thereby reducing the need for subsequent related processing and improving the overall performance of the components.
Other alloys include Ti2Cu, Ti6Al2Zr2Sn2Mo2Cr0.25Si, Ti4.5Al4Mo4Sn0.5Si (SP 700), Cast and wrought nickel-base superalloys, Alloy-718, Waspaloy, and powder metallurgy nickel-base superalloys such as RR1000 and U720.