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US 5,226,331 AGranted
Apparatus and method for measuring the particle number rate and the velocity distribution of a sprayed stream
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRobert A. Thompson, Randy S. Brown
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring the particle number rate and the particle velocity distribution of a sprayed stream such as, a shot peening system. In particular, a double spinning disk apparatus modified with a stationary aperture and a scanning aperture is used to scan the spayed stream and observe the stream's local properties.
Claims7
An apparatus for measuring stream particle density and velocity distribution from a spray gun comprised of:
- a first drive;
- first and second disks rotatably attached to said first drive and located a predetermined distance away from each other;
- a stream flow controller located adjacent to said first disk wherein said stream flow controller is further comprised of:
- a shutter located adjacent said first disk;
- and
- an aperture located substantially on said first disk;
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- a scanner located adjacent said second disk, said shutter when not open blocking any portion of a stream of particles from the spray gun which passes through said aperture from contacting said scanner.
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