Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Processes and products – Electrostatic field or electrical discharge
Patent
1979-06-20
1980-08-12
Tufariello, T. M.
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Processes and products
Electrostatic field or electrical discharge
2041295, 204224M, C25F 314, B23P 104, B23P 114, B23P 120
Patent
active
042171903
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is apparatus and method for electrochemically finishing the edges of airfoils and other thin edged objects. When the edge on an airfoil varies in thickness along its length, a tapered electrode is provided which has both a decreased diameter and increased spacing distance, providing a means for obtaining an edge with a radius proportioned to the thickness. Generally, in the system having an electrode with a unit surface area A, and with an electrode-workpiece surface spacing distance S, both A and S are changed so that the ratio A/S is lowered for electrode portions proximate to edge portions having lowered thickness.
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Adinolfi Robert G.
Loersch Joseph F.
Neal James W.
Nessler Charles G.
Tufariello T. M.
United Technologies Corporation
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