Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smoothing round internal passages of additively manufactured parts using metallic spheres
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Application No.: US15957873Application Date: 2018-04-19
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Publication No.: US11148248B2Publication Date: 2021-10-19
- Inventor: Henry H. Thayer , Wendell V. Twelves
- Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B24B39/02
- IPC: B24B39/02 ; B33Y40/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; F01D25/12 ; F01D25/18

Abstract:
A method for smoothing surface roughness within an internal passageway is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method comprises developing a first sphere progression through a length of the internal passageway, each sphere within the first sphere progression having a first sphere diameter greater than or equal to a diameter of the internal passageway; and developing a second sphere progression through the length of the internal passageway, each sphere within the second sphere progression having a second sphere diameter greater than the first sphere diameter, whereby the inner surface of the internal passageway is smoothed, first by the first sphere progression and then by the second sphere progression.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190321938A1 SMOOTHING ROUND INTERNAL PASSAGES OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PARTS USING METALLIC SPHERES Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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