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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Micah Beckman, Middletown, CT (US);
David Krzysztof Masiukiewicz, Vernon, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 31/10 (2006.01); B24B 31/116 (2006.01); B24B 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 31/116 (2013.01); B24B 19/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tool for use during the abrasive flow polishing of an airfoil cluster in an abrasive flow machine is described. The tool may comprise a body and prongs extending from the body. Each prong of the tool may be configured to insert between an adjacent pair of airfoils of the airfoil cluster to create at least one channel therebetween. The channel may allow the flow of an abrasive media therethrough.