Patents Assigned to Sifco Custom Machining Company
  • Patent number: 5713233
    Abstract: The present invention is a vane adjustment machine for adjusting contoured vanes on a vane ring. The vane adjustment machine has a support structure with a bench top and a free-floating suspension. The bench top supporting a programmable rotary table which is electrically actuated to rotate a removably mounted vane assembly to bring each contoured vane into a position to be dimensionally measured, heated, and bent. The vane adjustment machine has a trace probe mounted adjacent to the rotary table for engaging each contoured vane and measuring its relative position radially and axially. A torch is mounted adjacent the rotary table to heat each contoured vane individually. A non-contact infrared sensor is on the bench top adjacent to the torch for measuring the temperature of a heated contoured vane. A bending head is suspended by the free-floating suspension over the vane ring to individually engage the trailing edge of each individual contoured vane and bend the-trailing edge to adjust the contoured vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Sifco Custom Machining Company
    Inventors: James F. McCarthy, Loren L. Davis