EP0522932A1 - Kugelstrahlverfahren für Werkstücke mit einer Methode zum Messen der Intensität und Anlage zur Durchführung des Verfahrens - Google Patents

Kugelstrahlverfahren für Werkstücke mit einer Methode zum Messen der Intensität und Anlage zur Durchführung des Verfahrens Download PDF

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EP0522932A1
EP0522932A1 EP92401885A EP92401885A EP0522932A1 EP 0522932 A1 EP0522932 A1 EP 0522932A1 EP 92401885 A EP92401885 A EP 92401885A EP 92401885 A EP92401885 A EP 92401885A EP 0522932 A1 EP0522932 A1 EP 0522932A1
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    • 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
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24C—ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL
    • B24C7/00—Equipment for feeding abrasive material; Controlling the flowability, constitution, or other physical characteristics of abrasive blasts
    • 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 present intervention relates to a shot peening process of mechanical parts incorporating a method of measuring the shot peening intensity of mechanical pieces by LASER beam anemometry as well as a shot peening installation comprising the equipment for implementing said process.
  • Part shot peening techniques are well known and have been widely used, in particular in applications aimed at obtaining surface compression preloads in order to improve the service life of the parts, in particular by increasing the fatigue strength or resistance to corrosion under stress. In all cases, this involves projecting particles onto the surface of the part, in specific areas, to be treated usually under compressed air pressure.
  • the particles used are in particular spherical balls made of various materials depending on the applications such as steel, glass or ceramic.
  • the search for good quality assurance and in particular good reproducibility leads to defining and looking for faithful and reliable means of measuring an intensity of shot peening. This is particularly the case in the applications targeted by the invention of shot blasting of parts belonging to the aeronautical file.
  • An old and still commonly used method of measuring shot blasting intensities consists in producing Almen type test pieces which are flat test pieces subjected to the shot blasting shot and whose deformation arrow due to the stress state corresponds to a shot blasting intensity. identified on the Almen measurement scale.
  • this method has many drawbacks. It requires numerous manipulations and leads to the production of test-tube supports according to a geometry representative of the parts which can have complex shapes, in particular when it is a question of parts of aeronautical engines. Furthermore, control cannot intervene only before or after carrying out the operation on the part and in the event of drift observed after an adjustment, no information on the causes can be collected by this method.
  • FR-A-2 312 775 provides for an inspection of the blasted surfaces compared to a control sample, in particular by using a coating having particular properties of radiation under fluorescent light.
  • FR-A-2 627 414 plans to equip a shot blasting installation with a device for regulating the supply pressure of the gas spray nozzle and with an independent means for adjusting the flow rate of particles.
  • FR-A-2 630 673 uses detectors located to the right of the shot blasting gun and one producing a force signal corresponding to the reaction force due to the operation of the gun and the other a signal representative of the quantity of shot blasting projected , the parameters controlled in this way being the mass flow and the average speed of the particles.
  • FR-A-2 590 826 also illustrates principles of automation of a shot peening installation, providing in particular for a functional connection between means for measuring a recovery rate on a test piece and means for controlling the characteristics of the shot blasting.
  • one of the aims of the invention is to provide better quality assurance for the shot blasting operation of the parts as well as a simplification. and a saving of time in the implementation of the peening process, this which frees up production potential and improves the method of measuring shot blasting intensity thanks to a determined choice of parameters and the use of suitable means.
  • the shot peening process according to the invention is in particular implemented on an automatic shot peening or shot peening installation comprising an enclosure provided with sealing means, a device ensuring the support and possible displacements of the part, in particular in rotation, at at least one shot projection nozzle, in particular in the form of balls, for example made of steel, said nozzle being connected to the appropriate air and ball supply devices and secured to a displacement device as well as the appropriate control devices, especially with digital control.
  • a shot-blasting installation of the aforementioned type intended for the implementation of a shot-blasting process in accordance with the intervention is characterized in that it is equipped with a measurement device by LASER anemometry placed outside the enclosure.
  • shot blasting which has a beam passage window, enabling the acquisition of the values of parameters of the particle jet: number N, dimensions and speed V of the particles and connected to a system for processing and recording the corresponding data, in particular the value of the energy shot blasting E T.
  • a particularly advantageous application of the invention relates to shot peening of mechanical parts of the shot blasting type with controlled intensity of compressive superficial stresses on the surface areas of the treated part.
  • Figure 1 thus schematizes an automatic installation 1 shot blasting or shot blasting machine comprising an enclosure 2 provided with access, inlet and outlet, equipped with sealing means, as in itself and not shown in detail in the drawings.
  • a device shown diagrammatically at 3 providing support and possible displacements by means of motorization means known per se and not shown on the drawings for the parts such as 4 and on the other hand, at least one projection nozzle 5 secured to a displacement device symbolized at 6, connected to the structures of the machine and comprising motorization means known per se and not shown on the drawings.
  • said nozzle 5 is connected by means of flexible pipes such as 7 or rigid to suitable supply devices for air and for balls or particles to be sprayed equipped with known devices for controlling supply parameters such as pressure of air, particle flow rate, etc.
  • suitable supply devices for air and for balls or particles to be sprayed equipped with known devices for controlling supply parameters such as pressure of air, particle flow rate, etc.
  • supply devices are also associated with additional devices known per se, such as a sorting system for the balls not shown in the drawing and not forming part of the present invention.
  • the installation 1 is supplemented by adequate control equipment symbolized at 8 which can in particular be numerically controlled, under the control of a program symbolized at 9.
  • the automatic shot blasting installation 1 is further equipped with a device 10 for measuring the shot blasting intensity.
  • said enclosure 2 includes a sight window 11 provided with suitable sealing and / or shutter equipment known per se and not shown in the drawings.
  • Said device 10 placed at the right of said window 11, outside the enclosure 2 performs measurements by anemometry with LASER, according to an embodiment known per se.
  • Said device 10 thus comprises a LASER source symbolized at 10a, a duplicator at 12 and the corresponding optics 13 and 14 emitting the two LASER beams 15 and 16 which converge at a measurement point 17.
  • the reflection of the wave trains at said point of measurement 17 produces a phase shift and a frequency change creating interference fringes and constituting a signal which is picked up by a detector 18.
  • the signal is processed and transmitted by an electronic device 19 to a microprocessor 20 associated with a printer 21.
  • the measuring device 10 previously described, integrated into the shot blasting installation 1 and constituting a principle measuring means known per se by LASER anemometry and making it possible to deduce measurements from the analysis of the interference fringes between two LASER beams 15 and 16 allows the corresponding measurements to be made.
  • the quantities determined by the device 10 are in fact the dimensions of the projected particles, in particular the diameter d of the balls and the impact speed Vi, measured at the measurement point 17.
  • a diagram is obtained as shown by way of example in FIG. 2 showing a result of particle size distribution by the number N as a function of the diameter d.
  • each shot blasting program in particular in the example of application described where the invention is used for a Automatic numerically controlled shot blasting machine provides for a determined number and the locations in the sequence of control operations according to the invention according to the principle which has been described above.
  • the total duration of an acquisition is less than one minute; it is therefore possible without excessive increase in the cost of production or lengthening delays to plan several measures during shot peening operations which can last, depending on the parts treated, several tens of minutes.
  • the connection symbolized at 22 in FIG. 1 and established between the measuring microprocessor 20 and the device 8 for controlling the machine allows a fully automatic realization of the control operation.
  • the invention provides, among other advantages, an appreciable saving of time compared to methods requiring the production of control test pieces apart from the actual shot peening operation of the gain pieces is particularly sensitive in terms of machine occupation. Thanks to direct monitoring of the parameters actually influencing the blasting intensity, better quality assurance is also guaranteed by applying the method of the invention.
  • a report of the results of the checks carried out can be kept, as symbolized at 23 in FIG. 1.

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