Abstract:
A system for ultrasonically peeing surfaces includes a sonotrode comprising a body material and a vibrating surface, the vibrating surface coated with a coating material having a hardness greater than the body material, a treatment chamber defined at least in part by the vibrating surface, and at least one piece of shot within the treatment chamber to be excited by the vibrating surface of the sonotrode, the at least one piece of shot having a hardness greater than or equal to 800 HV.
Abstract:
The invention relates to apparatus for surface treatment by impact, the apparatus comprising a vibrating surface and at least one projectile suitable for being projected towards the surface to be treated by said vibrating surface. The apparatus includes retaining means for keeping each projectile captive in the apparatus.
Abstract:
A system for ultrasonically peeing surfaces includes a sonotrode comprising a body material and a vibrating surface, the vibrating surface coated with a coating material having a hardness greater than the body material, a treatment chamber defined at least in part by the vibrating surface, and at least one piece of shot within the treatment chamber to be excited by the vibrating surface of the sonotrode, the at least one piece of shot having a hardness greater than or equal to 800 HV.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for ultrasound welding of at least two overlapping sheets, comprising: at least one sonotrode for emitting ultrasound, at least one reaction part disposed at least partially facing the sonotrode, at least one intermediate wall other than a roller, movable relative to the at least one sonotrode and the reaction part, said intermediate wall at least partially defining a gap in which the sheets to be welded are inserted so as to execute at least one seal weld extending parallel in the direction of movement of the intermediate wall at the gap. At least one of the intermediate wall and the sonotrode has a transverse section comprising at least one relief projecting toward the gap.
Abstract:
A part to be shot peened includes at least one thin wall (12″) defining two opposite main faces, the square root of the area of each face being greater than the mean distance between the two faces by a factor of at least five, and preferably by a factor of at least ten. According to the method, the part is caused to rotate at least intermittently relative to one or more vibrating surfaces, with at least one of the main faces being exposed to projectiles (6) set into motion by one or more of the vibrating surfaces, treatment taking place progressively on the face(s) so as to impart compression stresses thereto, with a portion only of the part being treated at any one time and with regions of the part preferably being exposed on several occasions to the projectiles, with relative rotation taking place between the exposures.
Abstract:
A method of making undersea steel pipes, by assembling unit pipe elements together end-to-end by welding, the steel or metal alloy weld beads of said welds being disposed on the outside of the pipe, wherein localized peening is performed on the inside of the pipe to increase the compression of the steel or metal in the vicinity of the welds and over the adjacent peripheral inside surface of the pipe on either side of the weld so as to create a swath of surface that has been peened over a limited distance L in the axial longitudinal direction of said pipe. The peening is preferably performed using a wheeled carriage fitted with a peening tool.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the surface blasting of hollow spaces or cavities, especially of cavities of gas turbines. According to the invention, shot balls are accelerated with the aid of at least one vibrator, whereby the shot balls accelerated in the ultrasonic range are directed onto surfaces of a cavity that is to be blasted. In that regard, the vibrator is preferably positioned with a small spacing distance, preferably with a spacing distance on the order of magnitude of the diameter of the shot balls utilized for the blasting, from the cavity to be blasted.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of shot peening at least a portion of a rotary machine comprising a rotor. Shot peening is carried out with a rotor which is at least partly assembled. The method includes fixing a system for supporting at least one acoustic assembly to the machine; and shot peening at least one region of the machine using projectiles which are moved by the acoustic assembly.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of shot peening at least a portion of a rotary machine comprising a rotor. Shot peening is carried out with a rotor which is a least partly assembled. The method includes fixing a system for supporting at least one acoustic assembly to the machine; and shot peening at least one region of the machine using projectiles which are moved by the acoustic assembly.
Abstract:
The present application relates to processes for changing the composition of surfaces and the application of such processes. The process involves the introduction of a surface augmentation composition within an aerosol formed from a liquid precursor with bombarding particles in an ultrasonic shot peening apparatus.