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8172645 Dosing device  
The invention provides a dosing device for a particulate material blasting apparatus comprising a dosing chamber having a base, a rotor carrying a plurality of circumferentially formed pockets...
8151613 Method for shot peening  
The object of the present invention is to provide a method for shot peening by which a compressive residual stress that is higher than any achieved by the conventional method can be achieved while...
8147293 Fluid system and method for thin kerf cutting and in-situ recycling  
A fluid jet system for achieving a kerf width less than 0.015 inches is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes an orifice mount having a high-pressure fluid bore and an abrasive bore...
8128460 Method of producing rust inhibitive sheet metal through scale removal with a slurry blasting descaling cell  
A method is provided for removing iron oxide scale from sheet metal and producing a sheet metal surface with rust inhibitive properties. The sheet metal is advanced through the descaling cell and a...
8119183 Method of doping surfaces  
Disclosed herein are methods of treating an article surface. The method comprises removing a metal oxide surface from the metal substrate to expose a metal surface; and delivering particles...
8118643 Method of descaling metal wire rod and apparatus therefor  
An apparatus for removing scales from metal wires including: a liquid container tank 12 through which the metal wires 10 pass, mixing nozzles 14 disposed to allow the metal wirings to pass through...
8113025 Technique and process for controlling material properties during impact consolidation of powders  
Impact consolidated powders form deposits that are densified by substantially simultaneous shot peening of the impact consolidated powder.
8074331 Slurry blasting apparatus for removing scale from sheet metal  
An apparatus and method of removing scale from the surfaces of processed sheet metal and tubular metal employs a scale removing medium propelled by counter-rotating pairs of wheels positioned in...
8073572 Apparatus, method and computer program product for modifying a surface of a component  
An apparatus, method and computer program product for modifying a surface of a component is provided. In use, a surface of a component is translated relative to at least one jet for a period of...
8066549 Method of producing rust inhibitive sheet metal through scale removal with a slurry blasting descaling cell having improved grit flow  
A method is provided for removing iron oxide scale from sheet metal and producing a sheet metal surface with rust inhibitive properties. The sheet metal is advanced through the descaling cell and a...
8062095 Method of producing rust inhibitive sheet metal through scale removal with a slurry blasting descaling cell having improved grit flow  
A method is provided for removing iron oxide scale from sheet metal and producing a sheet metal surface with rust inhibitive properties. The sheet metal is advanced through the descaling cell and a...
8043141 Throwing wheel assembly  
An abrasive throwing wheel assembly comprising a rotating wheel having a forward face including: a recess bounded circumferentially by an interior wall of a forward peripheral portion; a plurality...
8034718 Method to recover patterned semiconductor wafers for rework  
Disclosed are embodiments of a method of removing patterned circuit structures from the surface of a semiconductor wafer. The method embodiments comprise blasting the surface of the semiconductor...
8016642 Blasting device for steel pipe inner surface, blasting method for steel pipe inner surface, and method for producing steel pipe with excellent inner surface texture  
A blasting device for blasting steel pipe inner surface includes a tubular carrier fluid inflow unit connected to one end of a horizontal steel pipe, and a negative pressure suction unit connected...
7997110 Cleaning dies for hot forming of aluminum sheets  
In substantial volume production operations involving hot blow forming or hot stamping of aluminum alloy sheet workpieces, debris largely comprised of particles of aluminum alloy material adheres...
7993728 Aluminum/silicon carbide composite and radiating part comprising the same  
A base plate for power module, comprising an aluminum-silicon carbide composite and aluminum layers made of a metal containing aluminum as the main component formed on respective principal planes...
7992416 Ultrasonic peening treatment of assembled components  
Ultrasonic peening treatment is desirable where an application of a compressive stress is helpful to reduce the incidence of crack formation on highly stressed parts. Ultrasonic peening treatment...
7981221 Rheological fluids for particle removal  
Methods and apparatus for cleaning a substrate (e.g., wafer) in the fabrication of semiconductor devices utilizing electrorheological (ER) and magnetorheological (MR) fluids to remove contaminant...
7972198 Groove machining method by means of water jet, heat exchanger member, and heat exchanger  
There is provided a groove machining method by means of water jet which machines grooves by means of a water jet device including injection nozzles for injecting a water jet on a face to be...
7966856 Robotic peening apparatus  
Solutions for robotic fastener peening in turbine machines are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a peening machine having a peening head; a robotic apparatus including: a robotic...
7950121 Method for rounding the edges of parts  
A method for rounding edges of parts, in particular of turbo engines, is disclosed. An edge to the surfaces is rounded, the edge being created by at least two adjacent surfaces of the part. A...
7938713 Device for water-jet cutting or abrasive water-jet cutting units  
Control device and method for controlling the impingement of the workpiece by a water jet or an abrasive water jet in a cutting unit. Control device includes a feeder composed of at least two...
7934975 Water jet stripping and recontouring of gas turbine buckets and blades  
A method for water jet stripping and recontouring of a coated article of manufacture is provided. The method includes dimensionally scanning the coated article and establishing a three-dimensional...
7934407 Process for producing metallic component and structural member  
A process for producing a metallic component of a structural member or the like used in an aircraft or automobile or the like, the process including shot peening the surface of a metallic material,...
7906256 Recycling of large-size photomask substrate  
A used large-size photomask substrate having a patterned light-shielding film is recycled by (i) removing the light-shielding film from the used substrate to provide a photomask-forming glass...
7896726 Method and apparatus for removing coatings from a substrate using multiple sequential steps  
A method and apparatus for removing a coating having an irregular surface configuration that includes mapping the irregular surface configuration, and using the mapping determination in controlling...
7832243 Apparatus for a shot peening treatment  
A shot-peening device(s) is installed on a side of a cabinet defining an ejection chamber in the cabinet. Shots ejected from the device to a workpiece fall and are conveyed in a horizontal...
7805822 Process for removing thermal barrier coatings  
A process which uses an air jet containing non-abrasive particulate media at a low pressure which selectively removes thermal barrier coatings from components without damaging the metallic...
7806750 Apparatus and method for cutting using a liquid fluid jet  
An apparatus and method for cutting a material using a water jet. A central shaft is mounted so as to extend outward from a material to be cut. A support member is mounted on the central shaft so...
7803036 Method of using a contour follower  
A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane,...
7789966 Method for cleaning the pipes of a heat exchanger by use of an abrasive and device suitable for this method  
A method and device for cleaning pipes of a heat exchanger includes placing a throttle-free jet nozzle against an end of a pipe. The throttle-free jet nozzle has an outlet opening of a same size or...
7775856 Method for removal of surface films from reclaim substrates  
Embodiments of the invention describe a method for reclaiming a substrate by removing surface films with media blasting. A substrate is provided having a surface film. Media blasting is performed...
7762113 Metallic article with improved fatigue performance and corrosion resistance and method for making the same  
A metallic article with improved fatigue performance and resistance to corrosive attack and stress corrosion cracking is produced by treating a first area of a metallic article with a first surface...
7708620 Method and device for generating dry ice particles  
A method for generating a jet of dry ice particles, in which liquid carbon dioxide is expanded in an expansion space (12) in order to form dry ice particles which are then introduced into a flow of...
7677070 Shot-peening process  
A method of shot peening in which with respect to a carburized and quenched metal part, only its surface abnormal layer detrimental to the fatigue strength thereof is scraped without scraping of...
7669449 Low intensity shot peening  
A method may be present for sending shot onto a surface. A stream of shot may be directed into an inlet of a nozzle. The stream of shot may be redirected to form a plurality of streams of shot...
7666066 Feeding solid particles into a fluid stream  
A method and apparatus for injecting solid particles such as dry ice into an airstream using an airlock having a spherical valve member with spaced through ports and rotatable between an annular...
7665338 Shot peening methods and units  
The present invention provides a method of shot peening at least a portion of a rotary machine comprising a rotor. Shot peening is carried out with a rotor which is at least partly assembled. The...
7666689 Method to remove circuit patterns from a wafer  
A method holds wafers that contain patterned structures using a particle blasting tool. Next, the method directs particles at the patterned structures, such that the particles contact the patterned...
7662020 Method for manufacturing surface-coated cutting insert  
This method for manufacturing a surface-coated cutting insert includes clamping and holding a surface-coated cutting insert with a pair of rotary shafts which are rotatable around an axis, and...
7647801 Shot, devices, and installations for ultrasonic peening, and parts treated thereby  
A system for ultrasonically peeing surfaces includes a sonotrode comprising a body material and a vibrating surface, the vibrating surface coated with a coating material having a hardness greater...
7644599 Method for surface blasting cavities, particularly cavities in gas turbines  
In a method for surface blasting hollow spaces or cavities, especially cavities of gas turbines, shot balls are accelerated with the aid of at least one vibrator, whereby the ultrasonically...
7628678 Method and device for pin removal in a confined space  
A method for drilling or cutting a pin (31) surrounded by solid material (32) includes the use of a water jet tool (10) having a nozzle (11) that is arranged at an angle with respect to a main body...
7618769 Textured chamber surface  
A method of fabricating a process chamber component having a textured surface includes applying a resist layer on an underlying surface of the component. A predetermined pattern of apertures is...
7608542 Large-size glass substrate for photomask and making method, computer-readable recording medium, and mother glass exposure method  
A large-size glass substrate, from which a photomask substrate is formed, is prepared by processing a large-size glass substrate stock by (1) a flattening removal quantity based on height data of...
7585665 Apparatus for ultrafinely shattering organic granular substances  
The present invention is directed to provide an apparatus which is capable of continuously and effectively shattering wastes including organic substances and even such wastes as including fat or...
7586047 Method for manufacturing patterned porous molded product or nonwoven fabric, and electric circuit component  
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a porous material in which complicated and fine through portions, recessed portions, and the like have been patterned. It...
7568368 Method for the surface treatment of ferritic/martensitic 9-12% Cr steel  
A method for the surface treatment of ferritic/martensitic 9-12% Cr steels for the purpose of achieving an improved oxidation behavior and increased resistance to solid particle erosion at...
7544112 Method and apparatus for removing coatings from a substrate using multiple sequential steps  
A method and apparatus for removing a coating having an irregular surface configuration that includes mapping the irregular surface configuration, and using the mapping determination in controlling...
7524233 Tool for using a particulate media/fluid mixture  
A nozzle assembly for a tool which utilizes a particulate/fluid mixture comprises a unique floating ferrule within a handpiece assembly, and eliminates the need, in the prior art, for a nose piece...