Advanced Materials for Fluid Machinery

A collection of papers from an IMechE event held in February 2004. Materials are critical to the safety, reliability, performance and total life cycle costs of machines, and are therefore of great importance to both users and suppliers.

The papers in this volume review:

• The increasing availability and improvements of superior materials over the last decade, moving from niche markets to a wide field of applications
• The advancement of materials from the experimental stage to the point where they can make real contributions to machine life and reliability
• New developing or nontraditional materials which have real potential for future reduction in life cycle costs of fluid machinery.

Advanced Materials for Fluid Machinery will be of value to all those involved in materials for fluid machinery, including manufacturers and users, material suppliers, refurbishers, contractors, consultants, materials specialists and researchers.

Developments in the use of stainless steels for pumps and valves 1

A cavitation-resistant casting alloy for pumps--status after ten years' commercial use 15

Applications of advanced materials in centrifugal pumps 29

Using polymer composite wear materials in centrifugal pumps 47

Centrifugal compressor redesign utilizing carbon fibre composite impellers 67

Chemically formed ceramic coatings 83

Meeting the challenges in pump durability by advanced surface engineering 95

Challenges of living with erosion-corrosion 113

Laser Engineered Net Shaping--technology, applications, and opportunities in fluid machinery 133

Authors' Index 145

The IMechE is the United Kingdom's qualifying body for mechanical engineers and the home of mechanical engineers for over 150 years. Around 75,000 engineers world-wide are members.