Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plasma assisted surface finishing apparatus and method
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Application No.: US15843403Application Date: 2017-12-15
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Publication No.: US10850366B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Henry H. Thayer , Wendell V. Twelves , Anthony Patrick Ventura , Michael Walter Bennett
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: B24C1/10
- IPC: B24C1/10 ; B23K10/00 ; B24C1/04 ; B23P25/00 ; B24C3/06 ; B23K26/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for finishing a component includes at least one articulating arm, at least one plasma gun disposed at an end of a first articulating arm of the at least one articulating arm, at least one shot peen nozzle maintained in a fixed positioned relative to the plasma gun, and a controller controllably coupled to the articulating arm such that output signals from the controller control motions of the articulating arm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190184522A1 PLASMA ASSISTED SURFACE FINISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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