IP Library Granted Patent US 9,511,471
Granted Patent B2
US 9,511,471 · App. 14/079,906 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Burnishing device and burnishing method using it

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Patent No.
US 9,511,471
App. No.
14/079,906
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A burnishing device and method are provided that enable burnishing processing to be reliably performed on a surface included in an object to be processed and having a change in height and inclination angle. The device includes a burnishing tool having a pressing unit that rotationally presses a surface of an object to be processed, the surface having a change in height and inclination angle; a tool driving device configured to move the burnishing tool; a strain sensor configured to detect the strain amount of the burnishing tool; and a computer that calculates pressing force to be applied by the pressing unit in a normal direction of the surface of the object to be processed, calculates correction amount of displacement of the tool driving device in a pressing direction based on calculated pressing force and stored pressing force in advance, and outputs the correction amount to the tool driving device.

Claims (17)

1. A burnishing method comprising the steps of:

causing a pressing unit, which a burnishing tool of a burnishing device has, to press a surface of an object to be processed,

moving the pressing unit by a tool driving device of the burnishing device so that pressing force applied by the pressing unit in a normal direction of the surface of the object is equal to a predetermined pressing force;

rotationally moving the pressing unit by the tool driving device in a direction in which the surface of the object to be processed is processed;

calculating pressing force to be applied by the pressing unit in the normal direction of the surface of the object on the basis of a strain amount of the burnishing tool detected by a strain sensor of the burnishing device during the rotational pressing of the pressing unit in the processing direction, the pressing force in the normal direction of the surface of the object being correlated with a magnitude of compressive residual stress formed by burnishing;

calculating a correction amount on the basis of the calculated pressing force and stored pressing force in advance; and

controlling the tool driving device so that the displacement of the tool driving device in the pressing direction is corrected on the basis of the calculated correction amount.

2. The burnishing method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the step of calculating the correction amount is performed if the calculated pressing force is lower than the stored pressing force.

3. The burnishing method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the step of correcting the displacement of the tool driving device in the pressing direction is sequentially performed during the step of rotationally moving the pressing unit in the processing direction.

4. The burnishing method according to claim 1 , wherein the burnishing tool includes:

a beam capable of being inserted in a narrow portion of the object to be processed; and

the pressing unit arranged on an edge of the beam and capable of rotating around an axial direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the beam.

5. The burnishing method according to claim 1 , wherein the burnishing tool includes:

an axial force shaft; and

the pressing unit arranged on an edge of the axial force shaft and capable of rotating around an axial direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the axial force shaft.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033763/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2013
From: HIRANO, ATSUYA; SHISHIME, KEIKO; KUDO, TAKESHI; MIKAZUKI, KAZUTO; SATO, KOKI; YODA, HIDEO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031712/0039 →