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US 2017/0001280 A1Published application
Vibratory mass media fixture with tip protector
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsMicah Beckman, David K. Masiukiewicz
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Abstract
A fixture assembly includes a frame with a tip rail displaced from a main body. A method of polishing a gas turbine engine component includes restricting a flow of media adjacent to a tip of a component with an airfoil to be generally equal to a flow of media adjacent to a sidewall of the airfoil.
Claims13
A fixture assembly for a vibratory mass media process, the assembly comprising:
- a frame with a tip rail displaced from a main body,
- wherein the tip rail is defined a predetermined distance from a tip of a component retained by the main body, and
- wherein the predetermined distance is about equal to a distance between each of a multiple of airfoils of the component.
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A method of polishing a gas turbine engine component, the method comprising:
- restricting a flow of media adjacent to a tip of a component with an airfoil to be generally equal to a flow of media adjacent to a sidewall of the airfoil;
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- locating a tip rail predetermined distance from the tip of the airfoil,
- wherein the predetermined distance is about equal to a distance between each of a multiple of airfoils of the component.
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