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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Alison J Mcmillan, Uttoxeter, GB;
Inventor:
Alison J McMillan, Uttoxeter, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/30 (2006.01); B23P 9/00 (2006.01); B24B 19/14 (2006.01); B24B 15/08 (2006.01); B24B 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/3007 (2013.01); B23P 9/00 (2013.01); B24B 15/08 (2013.01); B24B 19/06 (2013.01); B24B 19/14 (2013.01); F05D 2230/90 (2013.01); F05D 2250/621 (2013.01); F05D 2260/941 (2013.01); F05D 2300/702 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49316 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49336 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of conditioning a first, heterogeneous contact surface for operational engagement with a second contact surface, the method comprising: performing a smoothing operation on part or all of the first contact surface while subjecting said part or all of the first contact surface respectively to a contact pre-stress corresponding to a nominal operational contact stress between the first and second contact surfaces.