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 comprises: 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: A device for surface-peening, especially for the ultrasound shot-peening of a component of a gas turbine, having at least one vibration means that comprises a surface that propels the peening material, and having a holding means with which a surface area of the component and the surface of the vibration means can be arranged with respect to each other is disclosed. In this context, the angular position of the surface of the at least one vibration means can be adjusted relative to the surface area of the component of the gas turbine. Moreover, a method is provided in which the angular position of the surface of the at least one vibration means can be adjusted relative to the surface area of the component.

Abstract: A method may be present for sending shot onto a surface. A stream of shot may be directed into an inlet of a nozzle. The stream of shot may be redirected to form a plurality of streams of shot within the nozzle. The plurality of streams of shot may be directed out of a plurality of outputs of the nozzle.

Abstract: When manufacturing slender metallic components (9) by cutting shaping from pre-manufactured forgings (1), the respective component (9) upon finish machining by cutting is dimensionally inspected to determine deformations (a) induced by manufacture, as compared to the nominal position, and on the basis of the measuring result the position of tensile stress areas (4) in rim layers of the component (9) is determined. For positionally balancing the component (9), the tensile stress areas (4) causing deformation of the component (9) are subjected to controlled shot peening at a specified intensity.

Abstract: A method for producing a container from sheets of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, wherein the surfaces of the aluminum sheets are at least partly visible on the finished container includes partly prefabricating the container by working and/or joining the aluminum sheets, and subsequently subjecting the entire, at least prefabricated container to surface processing by mechanical blasting.

Abstract: A process for producing an enhanced friction reducing surface by bonding a dry lubricant to a substrate by way of high velocity mechanical impact and low temperature diffusion bonding, and the friction-reduced surface produced thereby. A process for bonding the dry lubricant by peening and concurrently obtaining a desired dimpling or surface texturizing by appropriate selection of peening particle size and hardness relative to the substrate, as well as impact velocity against the substrate, is also provided.

Abstract: Shot for use in a peening installation, the shot having: hardness greater than or equal to 800 HV; density greater than or equal to 8 g/cm3; and pieces having a maximum dimension less than or equal to 1.5 mm.

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: In a method for surface blasting hollow spaces or cavities, especially cavities of gas turbines, shot balls are accelerated with the aid of at least one vibrator, whereby the ultrasonically accelerated shot balls are directed onto surfaces of a cavity that is to be blasted. The vibrator is preferably positioned with a small spacing distance, preferably on the order of magnitude of the diameter of the shot balls utilized for the blasting, from the cavity to be blasted.

Abstract: Ultrasonic peening treatment is desirable where an application of a compressive stress is helpful to reduce the incidence of crack formation on highly stressed parts. Ultrasonic peening treatment can be performed in field applications without requiring a rotor to be removed from the machine. The system includes an acoustic element that excites peening media within a peen chamber. A frame is attachable to an assembled turbine rotor component and includes support structure engageable with the acoustic element. The frame is cooperable with a chamber tooling that defines and encloses the peen chamber together with the turbine rotor component.

Abstract: A cover element for a sonotrode which is to be configured, in particular, for accelerating peening material within a peening chamber for the surface peening of components and is to be operated by a vibration exciter of the sonotrode, at least one wall, in particular a wall portion of a chamber wall of the peening chamber, being provided, which is mounted in a predefined position on the cover element and is to be moved together with the same is disclosed. In addition, a peening chamber arrangement for the surface peening of components, in particular for ultrasonic shot peening, including a peening chamber that is bounded by at least one chamber wall; and at least one sonotrode having a cover element which includes at least one wall portion of the chamber wall that is to be moved together with the same is disclosed.

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: A ferrous metal tool is provided for the forming of light metal sheet workpieces at elevated temperatures, with the forming surface of the tool prepared to minimize friction and adhesion when engaged in deformation of the hot sheet metal. The forming surface of a steel tool is nitrocarburized to form a compound layer and diffusion layer on the surface. The compound layer initially comprises an outer gamma-phase material and an underlying epsilon phase material. Gamma-phase material is removed to expose underlying epsilon phase material, and low friction particles are embedded in the modified nitrocarburized compound layer of the forming tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blasting device for blasting a part of a turbine blade, which has a blade root, a blade platform and a blade airfoil, with a blasting cubicle, which has an insertion opening, a blasting unit for the discharge of accelerated blasting media into the blasting cubicle, and a mounting for the turbine blade, wherein a seal is provided, which seals a gap between the mounting and the blade airfoil in the region of the insertion opening and so prevents the escape of dust, which is created when blasting, from the blasting cubicle, and wherein the seal seals the gap from the inner side of the cubicle.

Abstract: When manufacturing welded blisk drums for gas-turbine engines, two or more integrally bladed blisks are joined to a blisk drum by welding, with this drum being subsequently heat-treated. In the final processing step, the blisk blades are polished, with the blisk drum as a whole being immerged into a flowable, pasty abrasive medium, and with a relative movement between the blisk drum and the abrasive medium being generated by translation and/or vibration and/or rotation of the blisk drum or a tub containing the abrasive medium. In order to avoid changes in shape of the blade edges during polishing, relative movement in these areas is prevented by guiding elements. The blade edges may also be masked, or surplus material may be provided on the blade edges, which afterwards is removed during grinding.

Abstract: Surface texturing is employed to modify the topography of one or more surfaces (radial or cylindrical) of the bearing system for a roller cone rock bit. The surface texturing results in a dimpled surface which retains additional lubricant helpful in reducing friction in the boundary and mixed lubrication regimes. Shot peening is disclosed as one method for texturing the desired surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metal component comprising at least a first zone treated by putting layers beneath the surface thereof in compression. It is characterized in that it comprises at least a first layer put in compression by shot peening and a deeper subjacent second layer put in compression by laser shock peening. The component may be a turbomachine blade. According to the method, said zone is firstly treated by prestress shot peening followed by compression treatment by laser shock peening.

Abstract: Gasification feed injectors for injecting fluids into a combustion chamber and methods of modifying the cast surfaces of such injectors are provided. In an embodiment, a feed injector for injecting a fluid into a combustion chamber comprises a nozzle defining an interior flow passage, the nozzle comprising a cast surface modified to have an ASTM grain size number of about 2 to about 9.

Abstract: A method for the surface treatment of ferritic/martensitic 9-12% Cr steels for the purpose of achieving an improved oxidation behavior and increased resistance to solid particle erosion at application temperatures of above 500° C., in particular around 650° C., in steam includes, in a first step, a known shot peening of the surface of the steel with steel particles, and, subsequently, in a second step, shot peening with glass particles, optionally, in a following third step, the surface of the steel being smoothed. A subsequent additional heat treatment is unnecessary.

Abstract: The invention relates to a peening device for peening a component with a part to be peened and a part not to be peened. The peening device comprises a chamber with at least one opening located therein, wherein the opening is dimensioned in such a manner that the part not to be peened of the component can be guided there through, and a fixture for retaining the component which features a section which entirely covers the opening of the chamber when the part not to be peened is at least partially guided into said opening, and said section completely encloses the part not to be peened of the component between the adjacent region of the part to be peened of the component and the opening.

Abstract: A pilger die construction having a laser shock processed area. The processed area includes at least one of the following pilger die locations: the taper, the flank, the sizing area, the tread, the groove. A method of laser shock processing a pilger die by controlling the application of a transparent overlay on the surface of the pilger die is also disclosed.

Abstract: Link plates of a silent chain are produced by first shaving the inner surfaces of the connecting pin holes, the sprocket tooth-engaging surfaces, and the backs of the link plates, and then forming dimples on those surfaces by shot-peening.

Abstract: The present technology relates generally to a method for surface peening, particularly shot peening, of a component, particularly a gas turbine component, in which peening bodies, particularly peening bodies designed as balls, are directed onto a surface of a component being peened, in order to machine or strengthen the surface of the component. According to certain embodiments of the present technology, the temperature and/or the velocity of the peening bodies is measured to establish process control of surface peening.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a method for producing a component, especially a gas turbine component, with at least the following steps: a) production of a component with several component surfaces, in which at least one transitional area between two component surfaces has a transition radius that is greater than 0.05 mm and less than 0.30 mm; b) strengthening of the component, at least on the transitional area or each transitional area, by ultrasonic shot peening.

Abstract: A vertically oscillating working device 2 has a body to be oscillated 23 having an inner space that is formed by a cover member 21 and a vehicle wheel 22, which is a body to be worked, and receives working materials 25 in it and also has oscillating means for vertically oscillating the body to be oscillated 23. The working materials 25 are allowed to collide with the vehicle wheel 22 by the oscillation, and thereby the vehicle wheel 22 is worked. With the working device 2, a casting can be oscillated together with hardening materials, and excellent mechanical properties can be uniformly added to a predetermined portion of the casting by the oscillation without changing the position of the casting.

Abstract: A shot peening operation is developed utilizing a test strip and test strip holder. The test strip holder has an internal cavity, and the test strip lies over that cavity. Parameters of a shot peening operation can be developed utilizing the test strip, and those parameters will be acceptable for use with a part having internal cavities.

Abstract: A method for post-treatment of single high-grade steel blanks produced from deep-drawable circles or sections of high-grade steel by deep-drawing, pressing, rolling and deformation. According to this invention, the completed blanks are post-treated directly after being produced, in a drum which is hard-faced with hard granulate particles and which moves in a rotating manner. Thus, changes in the surface of the single high-grade steel blanks produced, caused by material stresses occurring during the production process, are avoided, provide the high-grade steel blanks with an optimum appearance.

Abstract: A method for peening a component of a gas turbine engine, or a module of a gas turbine engine, without removing the component from the assembled gas turbine engine or module includes blending the damaged area of the component, determining parameters for peening the damaged component, and peening the damaged component without removing it from the engine.

Abstract: A shot peening operation is performed on a localized area. A conformable material contains the shot peening elements. The conformable material can conform to the multiple complex shapes of the component to be shot peened.

Abstract: A metal or alloy powder is cold sprayed onto a turbine engine component to form a bond coat. The bond coat is shot peened with particles at a sufficient velocity to compact and smooth the bond coat surface. The smooth surface promotes the formation of a stable and adhered alumina TGO layer. According to another embodiment, the bond coat is instead cold sprayed with particles at a velocity that is sufficient for the particles to compact and smooth the bond coat, and that is insufficient for the particles to bond with the bond coat. For both embodiments, a heat treatment process under controlled atmosphere may be necessary to promote bonding between bond coat and substrate and as a pre-oxidation step to form the TGO layer.

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: A method for the surface treatment of ferritic/martensitic 9-12% Cr steels and of austenitic Cr steels for the purpose of achieving increased resistance to oxidation and solid particle erosion at application temperatures of above 500° C., in particular of approximately 650° C., in steam, includes that the surface of the steel is shot-peened with particles of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy; optionally, in a subsequent step, the surface of the steel is smoothed to a roughness of <0.5 ?m, preferably <0.3 ?m. Following additional heat treatment is not necessary, and the parts thus treated may be employed, for example, as blades in steam turbines.

Abstract: A steel tube with excellent steam oxidation resistance and a method for producing the steel tube are provided. The steel tube contains 9 to 28% by mass of Cr, and the visual coverage of the shot peened area of the inner surface of the steel tube is 70 percent or more. The method for producing the steel tube includes shot peening the inner surface of the steel tube under the condition of a shot stream of not less than 5 kg/minute and satisfying the formula (a) shown below while rotating the steel tube and moving a shot nozzle along the length of the steel tube. The shot peened area (visual coverage) of the inner surface of the steel tube is 70 percent or more; L×r/v?1.5??(a) where L denotes a length (mm) over which shot particles from the nozzle are blasted onto the inner surface of the tube, r denotes the frequency of rotation (rpm) of the steel tube, and v denotes the speed (mm/minute) of nozzle movement along the length of the steel tube.

Abstract: Impact consolidated powders form deposits that are densified by substantially simultaneous shot peening of the impact consolidated powder.

Abstract: A method for executing water jet peening for giving an impact force to a surface of a structure member by a crushing pressure of a water jet and cavitation and improving residual stress, or washing, or reforming said surface, wherein said water jet peening is executed so as to make a natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member and a excitation frequency of oscillation of water jet peening different from each other.

Abstract: A method for producing metallic components, and metallic components produced by the method, particularly for turbo machines, having small edge radii, is disclosed. The method includes mechanical and/or electrochemical machining of a component while producing a small edge radius and solidifying the small edge radius by ultrasonic shot peening. As a result of the method, the disadvantages of the prior art are avoided and a machine process that can be automated has been provided, the method permitting considerable savings of time and labor and leading to reproducible results.

Abstract: An apparatus for surface blasting gas turbine blades in the area of their blade roots includes a vibrator with an oscillating surface oriented so that the oscillating surface extends essentially in the horizontal direction. A processing chamber for receiving the blade root adjoins the oscillating surface. The processing chamber is embodied such that the turbine blade is orientable, during the blasting, with a profiled support surface of the blade root extending at least temporarily essentially parallel to the oscillating surface of the vibrator.

Abstract: A process for producing a metallic component of a structural member or the like used in an aircraft or automobile or the like, the process including shot peening the surface of a metallic material, wherein the fatigue properties of the metallic material are improved with almost no variation in the surface roughness over the course of shot peening. Shot peening the metallic material surface uses a shot material having an average particle size of not more than 200 ?m, and the ratio of the surface roughness of the metallic material surface following the projection step relative to the surface roughness of the metallic material surface prior to the projection step is not less than 0.8 and not more than 1.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to a peening chamber for surface peening, in particular for ultrasonic shot peening of gas turbine components (10), which, at least with a component region (20) comprising the surface to be treated, are to be arranged within a chamber wall (12), which spatially defines the peening chamber, wherein at least one wall region (26, 36, 48) of the chamber wall (12) is designed to be adjustable in order to vary the geometry of the peening chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface hardening portion 11 that has increased surface hardness and that is applied with a compressive residual stress, at least on the surface of a male screw 10 of a bolt 1. The present invention includes the steps of cutting to form the male screw 10 of the bolt 1, and processing to provide at least on the surface of the male screw 10 of the bolt 1 the surface hardening portion 11 that has increased hardness and that is applied with a compressive residual stress. As a result, the present invention can improve the fatigue resistance of the male screw 10 and the bolt is effective as a bolt to be used in a portion where the male screw 10 is subject to a repetitive stress.

Abstract: Electromechanical knocking device and knocking method for working, smoothing and cold-hardening the surface of tools, machine parts and other parts by hammering an impact head onto the surface of the said parts by means of mounting them on a machine tool or a robot. The impact head (1a) is fastened to a support (1b), which has a ferromagnetic part (1c). A magnetic field (B1) keeps the support for the impact head in a defined position of rest. On the support for the impact head (1b) there is at least one coil (4), which is located in the first-mentioned magnetic field (B1) or in a different magnetic field (B2) and through which an alternating current or pulsed current (12) with or without a variable direct current component flows. As a result, the impact head (1a) is made to oscillate with a defined impact frequency, impact amplitude and zero crossing.

Abstract: A method for the surface treatment of ferritic/martensitic 9-12% Cr steels for the purpose of achieving an improved oxidation behavior and increased resistance to solid particle erosion at application temperatures of above 500° C., in particular around 650° C., in steam includes, in a first step, a known shot peening of the surface of the steel with steel particles, and, subsequently, in a second step, shot peening with glass particles, optionally, in a following third step, the surface of the steel being smoothed. A subsequent additional heat treatment is unnecessary.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blasting device for blasting a part of a turbine blade, which has a blade root, a blade platform and a blade airfoil, with a blasting cubicle, which has an insertion opening, a blasting unit for the discharge of accelerated blasting media into the blasting cubicle, and a mounting for the turbine blade, wherein a seal is provided, which seals a gap between the mounting and the blade airfoil in the region of the insertion opening and so prevents the escape of dust, which is created when blasting, from the blasting cubicle, and wherein the seal seals the gap from the inner side of the cubicle.

Abstract: There is provided a surface treated product that moves relatively in a fluid, wherein a surface of the surface treated product has continuous dimples, each dimple having a diameter of 10 to 2500 ?m and a depth of 50 ?m or less. The surface treated product significantly reduces resistance of a fluid to an object in the fluid, and significantly improves a flow state of the fluid.

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 comprises: 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: Shot for use in a peening installation, the shot having: hardness greater than or equal to 800 HV; density greater than or equal to 8 g/cm3; and pieces having a maximum dimension less than or equal to 1.5 mm.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, such as a helical coil spring, includes the step of rotating a first impeller to project ceramic peening media in a first direction toward the vehicle suspension component to peen a surface section of the vehicle suspension component. In one example, the vehicle suspension component is peened with metal peening media before peening with the ceramic peening media.

Abstract: The inventive method discloses the local, adapted and controlled introduction of internal compressive stress in convex and concave regions, such as the root region of turbine blades, by means of at least two pressure generators.

Abstract: A shot-blasting installation (1) for blasting work pieces (30) made from light metal alloys, comprising at least one blasting chamber (3) for receiving the work pieces that are to be blasted, at least two blasting wheels (6) arranged in walls of the blasting chamber for introducing a blasting agent into the blasting chamber, and a separator (8) for separating the mixture of blasting agent and material that has been removed by blasting, wherein the separator (8) is arranged directly beneath the blasting chamber (3), and wherein a manipulator (10) for handling the cast work piece (30) during blasting is arranged in the blasting chamber (3).

Abstract: A method of shot peening in which with respect to a carburized and quenched metal part, only its surface abnormal layer detrimental to the fatigue strength thereof is scraped without scraping of the martensitic structure underlying the surface abnormal layer, namely, in which the fatigue strength can be rendered stable and enhanced without surface cracking. As bombardment shot, use is made of a shot with hardness higher than that (first hardness) of the surface abnormal layer occurring at a surface layer portion of metal part prior to shot peening but lower than that (second hardness) of the martensitic structure.