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US 2026/0049915 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for metal treatment analysis
AssigneeAssociated Spring US, LLC
InventorsJason SICOTTE, Joaquin DAVIS
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Abstract
An improved peening process to simulate the shadowing effect of workpieces that are being peened to more accurately determine the degree to which a workpiece has been peened, and to an improved test strip holder that can be used to better simulate the shadowing effect of workpieces that are being peened.
Claims20
A strip holder system comprising:
- a main body;
- said main body including a top surface adapted to receive a test strip;
- and
- a mask replica structure;
- said mask replica structure adapted to be connectable to said main body and overlie a portion of said top surface of said main body when connected to said main body.
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A strip holder system comprising:
- a main body;
- said main body including a top surface adapted to receive a test strip;
- and
- a mask replica structure;
- said mask replica structure configured to overlie a portion of said top surface of said main body when connected to said main body;
- said mask replica structure a) is formed from a same single piece of material as said single piece of material used to form said main body, or b) is a separate and removable component from said main body, and wherein said mask replica structure include two mask sections that are configured to move relative to one another, and wherein each of said two mask sections includes one or more openings in a sidewall of each of said two mask sections, and wherein relative movement of said two mask sections to one another results in a size and/or shape of an opening though a side of said mask replica structure to be changed;
- and
- wherein said test strip is an Almen strip or an electronic test strip.
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A method for determining a partial or full saturation of a workpiece that includes an obstruction structure that obstructs outer surface of the workpiece from shot during a peening process comprising:
- a. providing a strip holder system, said strip holder system including:
- a main body;
- said main body including a top surface adapted to receive a test strip;
- and
- a mask replica structure;
- said mask replica structure adapted to be connectable to said main body and overlie a portion of said top surface of said main body when connected to said main body;
- said mask replica structure having a configuration that is the same or similar to said obstruction structure on said workpiece;
- b. providing said test strip;
- c. securing said test strip to said top surface of said main body of said strip holder system, at least a portion of said mask replica structure overlying at least a portion of said test strip when said test strip is secured to said top surface of said main body of said strip holder system and said mask replica structure is connected to said main body;
- d. subjecting said strip holder system and said workpiece to peening media in a peening process;
- and,
- e. testing said test strip after said step of subjecting to obtain information about a saturation of said workpiece or collecting electronic data from said test strip that is generated during said step of subjecting said strip holder system and said workpiece to peening media in a peening process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.