EP1101827B1 - Procédé de grenaillage par ultrasons de surfaces annulaires de grandes dimensions sur des pièces minces - Google Patents

Procédé de grenaillage par ultrasons de surfaces annulaires de grandes dimensions sur des pièces minces Download PDF

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EP1101827B1
EP1101827B1 EP00403183A EP00403183A EP1101827B1 EP 1101827 B1 EP1101827 B1 EP 1101827B1 EP 00403183 A EP00403183 A EP 00403183A EP 00403183 A EP00403183 A EP 00403183A EP 1101827 B1 EP1101827 B1 EP 1101827B1
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Catherine Dominique Béatrice Duquenne
Véronique Christiane Raymonde Giffard
Gérard Michel Roland Gueldry
Claude Marcel Mons
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24C—ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL
    • B24C5/00—Devices or accessories for generating abrasive blasts
    • B24C5/005—Vibratory devices, e.g. for generating abrasive blasts by ultrasonic vibrations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24C—ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL
    • B24C1/00—Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effects; Use of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods
    • B24C1/10—Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effects; Use of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods for compacting surfaces, e.g. shot-peening
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D7/00—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation
    • C21D7/02—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working
    • C21D7/04—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the surface
    • C21D7/06—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the surface by shot-peening or the like
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
    • C21D1/04—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering with simultaneous application of supersonic waves, magnetic or electric fields
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/47—Burnishing
    • Y10T29/479—Burnishing by shot peening or blasting

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  • the invention relates to a method of ultrasonic shot blasting using a mist of microbeads inside an enclosure and more particularly to a shot blasting of large annular surfaces on parts thin.
  • microbeads are commonly rolling bearing balls. They are usually ceramic or steel with a diameter of 0.2mm to 4mm. The shot peening is carried out inside a closed cabin using powered nozzles simultaneously with compressed gas and microbeads, the compressed gas ensuring the propulsion of microbeads.
  • the patent FR.2,689,431 discloses a method of blasting said improperly “by ultrasound “consisting of maintaining a” fog "of microbeads inside a pregnant, the interview being carried out using a vibrator acting at frequencies of the order of 20 KH, the enclosure being open, the part being applied against the opening of the enclosure, shot blasting being ensured by the impacts of the microbeads on the part, the enclosure and the room being animated by a relative movement aiming at passing the enclosure on the entire surface of the piece to be blasted.
  • the patent also shows how shot blast circular parts such as trees.
  • fog is used by analogy with fogs formed of tiny droplets of water. Indeed, in the process of ultrasonic shot blasting, the microbeads are animated with random speeds in modulus and direction, which makes them ricochet between them, against the walls of the enclosure and against the surface of the room in contact with the mist of microbeads.
  • This patent gives examples of massive pieces able to resume without distort the stresses resulting from shot blasting.
  • this process does not allow to blast thin circular pieces, because they start to deform very early during shot blasting even. Even if the surface is uniformly blasted, these deformations are only partially absorbed at the end of shot blasting because the stress is achieved by the plastic and non-linear deformation of the material.
  • the process requires that shot blasting be stopped accurately when the piece has made a turn if you want to get a uniform shot blasting. Indeed, a late stop shot blasting produce a localized excess of shot blasting on a lap premature will produce a localized lack of shot blasting that will be difficult to complete without causing excessive blasting just next door.
  • a first problem to solve is to blast without deforming the thin parts and the dimensions of which are greater than those of the shot blasting chamber.
  • a second problem to be solved is to guarantee uniform shot blasting over the entire surface to be blasted.
  • the invention proposes a method of ultrasonic blasting of annular surfaces of large dimensions on thin pieces, said method of passing the surface to be shot-blasted in front of the opening of a blasting chamber, said enclosure containing a "mist" of microbeads maintained by a vibrator inside the enclosure, said microbeads impinging the portion of the surface to be blasted presented in front of the opening, said impacts causing shot blasting, said enclosure and said part being driven by a relative rotational movement to make the whole of the surface to be blasted in front of the opening of the enclosure during shot blasting.
  • shotblasting is done in N passes in front of the opening of the enclosure, each point of the shot-blasting surface passing N times before the opening of the enclosure, each passage providing a fraction substantially equal to 1 / N of total shot blasting to be done.
  • N 5 revolutions. This result will obviously be better with a higher number of revolutions, for example 20 or 100. A large number N is needed for shot blasting very thin.
  • An advantage of the method is to allow to allow a large shot blasting and pushed to optimal on thin parts without deforming them, since during all shot peening, the stresses imposed on the part remain uniform.
  • Part 1 is a training cone on a turbine engine for aircraft.
  • Part 1 consists of a thin wall and has a shape circle of revolution around a geometric axis 2.
  • Part 1 has a barrel 3 truncated cone whose end of larger diameter is extended radially by a flange 4, said flange 4 itself having a bearing surface 5 to be blasted, said bearing surface 5 being annular, flat and radial.
  • An enclosure 10 is used inside which is maintained a fog of microbeads 11, said enclosure being delimited laterally by a wall 12, said enclosure having an opening 13 whose edges are referenced 14.
  • a vibrator 20 constituted by a sonotrode 21 resonated by one its ends by a vibration generator 22 which is usually quartz, the other end of the sonotrode 21 having a vibrating surface 23 and substantially plane, said vibrating surface 23 being placed at the bottom of the enclosure 10 and being opposite of the opening 13.
  • the vibration generator 22 puts in longitudinal resonance the sonotrode 21.
  • the vibrating surface 23 thus excited transmits energy to the microbeads which bounce on the surface to be blasted 5 opposite the opening 13 and on the walls of the chamber 12, said microbeads then gradually losing energy, said microbeads also arriving on the vibrating surface 23 which gives them a new energy.
  • the microbeads move inside the enclosure at speeds random in size and direction, these microbeads thus forming a real "fog" of microbeads inside the enclosure 10.
  • An advantage of the method is that the shot peening is carried out without contact between the piece 1 and the enclosure 10, which avoids any degradation of the surface of the room.
  • the microbeads are retained inside the enclosure 10 because the game E is less than the diameter of said microbeads.
  • This arrangement also has the advantage of avoiding the use of wear pads on the enclosure 10
  • T To x ⁇ x D / L in which To is the duration of exposure to shot blasting of each element of the surface to be shot blasted 5, D is the average diameter of said surface 5 and L is the width of the enclosure 10 taken tangentially to the displacement of said surface 5 in front of the opening 13, that is to say perpendicular to the plane of the single figure.
  • the edges 14 of the enclosure 10 will be given a shape complementary to said surface, in order to maintain the game E.

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  • Grinding And Polishing Of Tertiary Curved Surfaces And Surfaces With Complex Shapes (AREA)
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