Laser peening of dovetail slots by fiber optical and articulate arm beam delivery
    3.
    发明授权
    Laser peening of dovetail slots by fiber optical and articulate arm beam delivery 失效
    通过纤维光学和铰接臂传送来对燕尾槽进行激光喷丸处理

    公开(公告)号:US07321105B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-22

    申请号:US10784725

    申请日:2004-02-20

    IPC分类号: B23K26/00

    摘要: A laser peening apparatus is available for laser peening a hidden surface of a workpiece, the hidden surface not being line-of-sight accessible to laser energy for treatment thereof. The apparatus includes a pulsed laser system and a laser directing unit. The pulsed laser system is configured for generating the laser energy used for laser peening. The laser directing unit operatively receives and channels the laser energy generated by the pulsed laser system. The laser directing unit includes a laser transmission end and is capable of variably and selectively positioning that laser transmission end. The laser directing unit is thereby configured for variably and selectively directing laser energy upon the hidden surface via the laser transmission end.

    摘要翻译: 激光喷丸装置可用于对工件的隐藏表面进行激光喷丸处理,隐藏的表面不能被可见的激光能量用于其处理。 该装置包括脉冲激光系统和激光定向单元。 脉冲激光系统被配置为产生用于激光喷丸的激光能量。 激光引导单元可操作地接收和通道由脉冲激光系统产生的激光能量。 激光引导单元包括激光传输端,并能够可变地和选择性地定位该激光传输端。 因此,激光引导单元被配置为经由激光传输端将激光能量可变地和选择性地引导到隐藏的表面上。

    Laser amplifier with variable and matched wavelength pumping
    5.
    发明授权
    Laser amplifier with variable and matched wavelength pumping 失效
    具有可变和匹配波长泵浦的激光放大器

    公开(公告)号:US06384368B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-07

    申请号:US09305526

    申请日:1999-05-05

    申请人: David Sokol

    发明人: David Sokol

    IPC分类号: B23K2618

    摘要: A laser amplifier for laser shock processing having a pump cavity supplying photons at selected or variable wavelengths and orientations to that of the gain medium present therein. In one embodiment, the pump wavelength is substantially equal to a corresponding wavelength difference between the upper laser state energy level and the ground state energy level of atoms composing the gain medium. In an alternate embodiment, photonic energy is applied asymmetrically to the gain medium to produce a desired spatial energy profile. The pump cavity may comprise an alexandrite laser or a diode laser system. Depending on the type of pump cavity, the photonic energy is applied to the gain medium either longitudinally or transverse to the laser beam axis of traversing therein.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于激光冲击加工的激光放大器,其具有以选定波长或可变波长提供光子的泵浦腔,并且其中存在其中的增益介质的光子。 在一个实施例中,泵浦波长基本上等于上激光状态能级与构成增益介质的原子的基态能级之间的对应波长差。 在替代实施例中,将光子能量非对称地施加到增益介质以产生期望的空间能量分布。 泵腔可以包括亚历山大激光器或二极管激光器系统。 取决于泵腔的类型,光子能量纵向或横向于穿过其中的激光束轴被施加到增益介质。

    Single mode oscillator for a laser peening laser
    6.
    发明授权
    Single mode oscillator for a laser peening laser 有权
    用于激光喷丸激光器的单模振荡器

    公开(公告)号:US06373876B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-16

    申请号:US09178968

    申请日:1998-10-26

    IPC分类号: H01S3098

    摘要: A technique for increasing the lifetime of optical components that are used in a laser for laser shock peening. The technique employs a properly sized iris or a gradient reflector within a laser oscillator to produce a single-transverse-mode laser beam. This technique eliminates hot spots that significantly reduce the lifetime of optical components. Utilization of the present invention can increase the lifetime of components by a factor of ten of their conventional lifetime.

    摘要翻译: 用于增加用于激光冲击喷丸的激光器中的光学部件的寿命的技术。 该技术在激光振荡器内采用适当尺寸的虹膜或梯度反射器,以产生单横模激光束。 这种技术消除了显着降低光学元件寿命的热点。 本发明的利用可以使组件的寿命增加其常规寿命的十倍。

    Radar for ground speed measurement

    公开(公告)号:US20060267831A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-30

    申请号:US11349552

    申请日:2006-02-08

    IPC分类号: G01S13/93

    CPC分类号: G01S13/60 G01S7/03 G01S7/35

    摘要: A radar transducer has a planar array antenna mounted on a plate portion of a housing with the microwave transceiver mounted on the opposite side of the plate and carrying a PCB defining the processing section for supplying an output to a cable. The plate portion slides into a plastic receptacle defining the radome for the antenna with a potting compound sealing the open face of the receptacle. The electrical processing section is shielded from extraneous electromagnetic waves without additional metallic shielding elements. The processor is programmable in response to signals received through the output cable so as to re-configure the program thereof so as to change the output to the output cable for different end use controllers and for compatibility with communications protocols. The processor is programmed to carry out a test of the operation of the transceiver and to provide a failure output signal to the cable in the event that the operation is found to be outside predetermined parameters.

    Laser system and method for non-destructive bond detection and evaluation
    10.
    发明申请
    Laser system and method for non-destructive bond detection and evaluation 有权
    用于无损检测和评估的激光系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050120803A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-09

    申请号:US10950865

    申请日:2004-09-27

    IPC分类号: G01N29/04 G01N29/24

    摘要: A system for evaluating the integrity of a bonded joint in an article includes a laser configured in a laser shock processing arrangement to perform a laser shock processing treatment on the article. A beam delivery system employs an articulated arm assembly to communicate the radiant energy emitted by the laser to a process head proximate the article. The laser shock processing treatment causes the formation of shockwaves that propagate through the article, inducing internal stress wave activity that characteristically interacts with the bonded joint. A sensor detects a stress wave signature emanating from the article, which is indicative of the integrity of the bond. A detector such as a non-contact electromagnetic acoustic transducer provides a measure of the stress wave signature in the form of surface motion measurements.

    摘要翻译: 用于评估制品中的接合接头的完整性的系统包括:激光配置在激光冲击处理装置中以对物品执行激光冲击处理处理的激光器。 梁输送系统采用铰接臂组件将激光发射的辐射能量传递到靠近物品的过程头部。 激光冲击加工处理导致形成通过制品传播的冲击波,引起与接合接头特征相互作用的内部应力波活动。 传感器检测从物品发出的应力波特征,这表明粘结的完整性。 诸如非接触电磁声换能器的检测器以表面运动测量的形式提供应力波特征的测量。