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US 2022/0281065 A1Published application
A peening device and method
AssigneeNelson Mandela University
InventorsStephen Grewar, Ian Norman Wedderburn
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Abstract
A device and method are provided for peening a surface. The peening device comprises a rotatable member, a flexible line that extends from the rotatable member and a peening element that is provided on the flexible line. In use, the line and peening element are rotated about the rotatable member such that when the peening element comes into contact with the surface, the surface is peened as result of kinetic energy of the peening element.
Claims16
A peening device comprising:
- a rotatable member rotatable about an axis;
- a flexible line that extends from the rotatable member;
- and
- a peening element that is provided on the flexible line, wherein the flexible line and peening element are operatively rotatable about the axis to peen a surface in use.
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A method of peening a surface, the method comprising:
- providing a peening device, the peening device having a rotatable member with a flexible line that extends from the rotatable member and a peening element that is provided on the flexible line;
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- rotating the peening device such that when the peening element operatively comes into contact with the surface, the surface is peened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.