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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marc James Petersen, Tacoma, WA (US);
Larry Dean Hefti, Auburn, WA (US);
Gregory L. Ramsey, Seabeck, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 6/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/0042 (2013.01); B08B 7/00 (2013.01); B08B 7/005 (2013.01); B08B 7/0035 (2013.01); B08B 7/0057 (2013.01); B23K 26/006 (2013.01); B23K 26/36 (2013.01); B23K 26/365 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of cleaning a superplastic-forming or a hot-forming die includes exposing a surface of the die having a lubricant thereon to electromagnetic energy. The electromagnetic energy removes the lubricant without removing an oxide layer between the die surface and the lubricant.