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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1981
James W Neal, Columbia, CT (US);
Joseph F Loersch, Bolton, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for simultaneously shot peening and smoothing includes use of relatively large, smooth, hard, spherical steel shot having a substantially uniform diameter in the range 1-2.5 mm. Titanium workpieces are provided in one step with a compressive stress layer of the order of 0.13 mm and a surface finish of better than 15.times.10.sup.-6 inch AA, compared to conventional peened finishes of the order of 40.times.10.sup.-6 inch AA. Surface finish and peening intensity are inter-related and dependent on shot diameter, mass, velocity, and energy within relatively small limits. The shot diameter is uniform within .+-.0.05 mm; the shot impact velocity is uniform within .+-.4 percent or less, in the range 1.4-12 m/s.