Apparatus and method for on line surface enhancement of a workpiece
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsTahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Daniel V. Viens, Robert A. Grelotti, Joseph J. Sangiovanni, John F. Zimmerman, Yan Zhang
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Abstract
An apparatus to cut and surface process a workpiece includes a cutting tool to cut the workpiece; a peening tool to peen surfaces of the cut workpiece; and a controller to control the cutting tool, the peening tool and the workpiece to move simultaneously.
Claims20
An apparatus to cut and surface enhance a workpiece, the system comprising:
- a cutting tool to cut the workpiece;
- a peening tool to peen surfaces of the cut workpiece;
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- a controller to control the cutting tool, the peening tool and the workpiece to move simultaneously.
An integrated manufacturing and peening apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a machining tool to machine a workpiece;
- a laser system to produce a laser;
- a laser shock peening tool connected to the laser system to laser shock peen the workpiece;
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- a controller to control and synchronize the machining tool and the laser shock peening tool, wherein the machining tool and the laser shock peening tool can machine and laser shock peen the workpiece simultaneously.
A method of surface processing and machining a workpiece with an apparatus comprising a cutting tool, a peening tool and a controller, the method comprising:
- cutting a first surface of a workpiece with the cutting tool;
- peening the first surface of the workpiece with the peening tool;
- and
- cutting a second surface of the workpiece with the cutting tool, wherein the cutting of the second surface of the workpiece is performed while the peening of the first surface of the workpiece performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.