Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic roller burnishing system and method, and method for machining component
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Application No.: US16606854Application Date: 2017-04-21
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Publication No.: US11136635B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Qing Gao , Yingna Wu , Thomas Edward Wickert , Yingbin Bao
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent James Pemrick
- International Application: PCT/CN2017/081353 WO 20170421
- International Announcement: WO2018/191931 WO 20181025
- Main IPC: C21D7/08
- IPC: C21D7/08 ; B23P9/02

Abstract:
An ultrasonic roller burnishing system comprises a roller and a controller. The roller is configured to be pressed against a surface of a workpiece to a pressing depth, roll on the surface at a feed rate, and vibrate at an ultrasonic frequency under a back pressure. The roller is pressed and rolled by a motion unit which is driven by a drive motor. The vibrating of the roller is driven by an ultrasonic vibration unit with an input current inputted thereinto. The controller is configured to adjust at least one of the pressing depth, the back pressure, the input current and the feed rate based on an expected residual compressive stress and a real time output power of the drive motor, to generate a residual compressive stress in the workpiece which is in an expected range predetermined based on the expected residual compressive stress.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200048725A1 ULTRASONIC ROLLER BURNISHING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MACHINING COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2020-02-13
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