Apparatus for supporting airfoils in a grit blasting process
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorJerome James
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Abstract
An apparatus provided for supporting at least one component in a grit blasting process comprises a base and a platform table assembly mounted to the base. The platform table assembly includes a platform table therein which is rotatable and angularly adjustable with respect to the base. The platform table includes a component holding device for releasably holding the at least one component in position during the grit blasting process.
Claims17
An apparatus for supporting at least one component in a grit blasting process comprising a base, and a platform table assembly mounted to the base and including a platform table therein rotatable and angularly adjustable with respect to the base, the platform table including a component holding device including a resilient member for releaseably holding a portion of the at least one component in position during the grit blasting process, the portion of the component being protected from the process by the resilient member.
An apparatus for supporting a plurality of components in a grit blasting process comprising a base, and a platform table assembly operatively mounted to the base, the platform table assembly including a detachable component holding member detachably secured thereto, the detachable component holding member defining a plurality of mating openings into which the components are inserted and snugly retained therein.
An apparatus for retaining turbine blades during a blasting process, the blades having airfoils extending from a base, the apparatus comprising a support, a table and a fixing member, the table having a resilient portion including a plurality of openings therein, each opening being adapted to snugly receive a blade base, the table being movable relative to the support, the fixing member being adapted to selectively affix the position of the table relative to the support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.