IP Library Granted Patent US 7,716,961
Granted Patent B2
US 7,716,961 · App. 12/198,951 · Granted May 18, 2010

Method for executing water jet peening

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Patent No.
US 7,716,961
App. No.
12/198,951
Granted
May 18, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for executing water jet peening for giving an impact force to a surface of a structure member by a crushing pressure of a water jet and cavitation and improving residual stress, or washing, or reforming said surface, wherein said water jet peening is executed so as to make a natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member and a excitation frequency of oscillation of water jet peening different from each other.

Claims (15)

1. Method for executing water jet peening for giving an impact force to a surface of a structure member by a crushing pressure of a water jet and cavitation and improving residual stress of said surface,

wherein said water jet peening is executed so as to make a natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member and an excitation frequency of oscillation of said water jet peening different from each other.

2. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 1 , wherein the step for making said natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member and said excitation frequency of oscillation of said water jet peening different from each other includes a step for setting a distance between an injection nozzle used in said water jet peening and said structure member based on said natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member.

3. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 1 , wherein the step for making said natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member and said excitation frequency of oscillation of said water jet peening different from each other includes a step for adjusting a flow rate of water jetted from an injection nozzle used in said water jet peening based on said natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member.

4. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 1 , wherein the step for making said natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member and said excitation frequency of oscillation of said water jet peening different from each other includes a step for setting an inner diameter of an outlet of an injection nozzle used in said water jet peening based on said natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member.

5. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 2 , wherein said distance is set between 20 mm and 100 mm.

6. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 3 , wherein said flow rate of said water is adjusted within range from 20 L/min to 50 L/min.

7. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 4 , wherein said inner diameter of said outlet is within a range from 1 mm to 2 mm.

8. A method for executing water jet peening for giving an impact force to a surface of a structure member by a crushing pressure of a water jet and cavitation and improving residual stress, or washing, or reforming said surface,

wherein when said structure member has a natural frequency of oscillation other than 200 Hz and 450 Hz, a distance between an injection nozzle and said structure member is set within a range from 100 mm to 250 mm.

9. A method for executing water jet peening for executing at least one of improvement of residual stress, washing and reformation of a surface of a structure member by a water jet or cavitation,

wherein an excitation frequency of oscillation of said water jet is set different from a natural frequency of oscillation of said structure member.

10. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 9 , wherein a distance between an injection nozzle used in said water jet peening and said structure member is set within a range from 20 mm to 100 mm.

11. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 9 , wherein a flow rate of water jetted from an injection nozzle used in said water jet peening is adjusted within a range from 20 L/min to 50 L/min.

12. A method for executing water jet peening according to claim 9 , wherein an inner diameter of an outlet of an injection nozzle used in said water jet peening is within a range from 1 mm to 2 mm.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
To: HITACHI GE VERNOVA NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 074188/0822 →
CORRECTED ASSIGNMENT IN MOTICE OF RECORDATION, THE FIFTH INVENTOR'S NAME IS INCORRECT. REEL 021746 FRAME 0353. Recorded Apr 24, 2009
From: HATOU, HISAMITU; SAITOU, NOBORU; MORINAKA, REN; MOTOKI, TOMOHIKO; IIJIMA, TADASHI; KOIDE, YUICHI; KASHIWAKURA, JUN
To: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 022591/0578 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2008
From: HATOU, HISAMITU; SAITOU, NOBORU; MORINAKA, REN; MOTOKI, TOMOHIKO; IIJIMA, TADESHI; KOIDE, YUICHI; KASHIWAKURA, JUN
To: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021746/0353 →