Method of controlling grain size in forged precipitation-strengthened alloys and components formed thereby

摘要

Components and methods of processing such components from precipitation-strengthened alloys so that the components exhibit desirable grain sizes following a supersolvus heat treatment. The method includes consolidating a powder of the alloy to form a billet having an average grain size. The billet is then forged at a temperature below the solvus temperature to form a forging (10) having an average grain size of not coarser than the grain size of the billet. The billet is then forged at a total strain of at least 5%, after which at least a portion (14) of the forging (10) is heat treated at a temperature below the solvus temperature to pin grains within the portion (14). The entire forging (10) can then be heat treated at a temperature above the solvus temperature of the alloy without coarsening the grains in the portion (14).