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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Alberto Luna, Greenville, SC (US);
Dale Robert Lombardo, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Inventors:
Alberto Luna, Greenville, SC (US);
Dale Robert Lombardo, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2006.01); B21C 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of evaluating the condition of a rolling burnishing element includes moving a burnishing element having an unknown condition against a surface in a preselected test pattern; while moving the burnishing element, recording at least one test force profile representative of a force acting on the burnishing element in at least one dimension; and comparing the at least one test force profile to at least one baseline force profile to determine a deviation of the condition of the second burnishing element from a baseline condition.