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US 10,850,366 B2Granted
Plasma assisted surface finishing apparatus and method
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsHenry H. Thayer, Wendell V. Twelves, Anthony Patrick Ventura, Michael Walter Bennett
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Abstract
An apparatus for finishing a component includes at least one articulating arm, at least one plasma gun disposed at an end of a first articulating arm of the at least one articulating arm, at least one shot peen nozzle maintained in a fixed positioned relative to the plasma gun, and a controller controllably coupled to the articulating arm such that output signals from the controller control motions of the articulating arm.
Claims9
An apparatus for finishing a component comprising:
- at least one articulating arm;
- at least one plasma gun disposed at an end of a first articulating arm of the at least one articulating arm;
- at least one shot peen nozzle maintained in a fixed positioned relative to the plasma gun;
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- a controller controllably coupled to the articulating arm such that output signals from the controller control motions of the articulating arm.
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