International Business Machines Corporation

Karl Friedrich Stroms

David Clifford Long

William Dale Carbaugh, Jr

Mark J LaPlante

Christopher D Setzer

John Blake Pavelka

Gerhard Weiss, Deceased

Dimpling of a workpiece by rebounding of a magnetic repulsion punch mechanism, when operated at high punching rates, is avoided by application of a damping pulse at a point at or subsequent to a mid-point of a return stroke of the punch from the workpiece and preferably within the last 10% of the return stroke. This damping pulse is preferably a fraction of the pulse width and of approximately the same amplitude as a driving pulse applying kinetic energy to the punch for causing punching of the workpiece. At high punching rates the kinetic energy of the return portion of a punching stroke is substantially determined by elastic rebounding of the punch from a guide bushing. The removal of kinetic energy during the return portion of the stroke allows the return of the punch to a position close to a rest position during a very short interval with small overshoot under control of mechanical damping. Since dynamic damping may be substituted for much of the mechanical damping in the punching arrangement, high quality punching may be accomplished at much increased punching rates. A preferred form of monitoring punch position employs RF reflected inductance and may be used to form a time expanded image of punch movement.

Magneto-repulsion punching with dynamic damping

The present invention relates generally to a new apparatus and a method for non-destructive inspection and/or measurement. And, more particularly, the invention encompasses an apparatus that has a flexible foil or membrane secured thereto which conforms to the surface of the part that is being inspected and/or measured in a nondestructive manner using differential pressure.

Apparatus and method for non-destructive inspection and/or measurement

A magneto repulsion electrical tape wound coil has been developed with improved current distribution and improved heat transfer. The coil is easy and is expensive to manufacture and simple to mount. The coil comprises a conductive strip (e.g., a copper strip) with rectangular openings stamped in it with a standard metal stamp. The single row of openings are at regular intervals and arranged so that the width of the openings and the spacing of the openings is such that when the coil is wound there is an overlap of the openings, forming radial passages extending from the outer periphery of the coil to its central core electrode. Cooling fluid may be supplied from a hollow inner electrode so that the cooling fluid flows radially, outwardly. Since the openings overlap to form radial passages, a cross-flow path for the cooling fluid may be established where fluid enters the passages on one side of the coil and exits from the other side of the coil.

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