A method for controlled peening includes forming a surface layer on a workpiece by impacting a surface with a tool wherein the tool is under control to form compressive residual stresses in the surface layer. A system for peening a workpiece includes a tool configured to vibrate and an effector operatively connected to control the tool. The tool includes a peening surface. The tool is configured to cause controlled impact between the peening surface and a surface of a workpiece to form a surface layer of the workpiece with compressive residual stresses. The effector is configured to move the tool in multiple axes.

A gearbox is provided having a housing, a gear having a plurality of teeth operationally configured within the housing, and a laser peening device located within the housing and configured to perform active laser peening on a predetermined surface of the gear while the gear is rotated within the housing. A method of maintaining compressive residual stresses in a gear is provided, the method including operating a gearbox to rotate a gear within the gearbox and laser peening a predetermined surface of the gear with a laser peening device located within the gearbox.

The cavitation process is performed on the inner surface of the target hole. The cavitation processing method includes; attaching a cap having a through hole to an inlet of a target hole of a workpiece; immersing the workpiece and a nozzle into a processing liquid; and ejecting a jet of the processing liquid from the nozzle located outside of the target hole to an inside of the target hole through the through hole such that a cavitation process is performed on a processing region that is located downstream of a non-processing region covered by the cap on an inner surface of the target hole.

The cavitation process is performed on the inner surface of the target hole. The cavitation processing method includes; attaching a cap having a through hole to an inlet of a target hole of a workpiece; immersing the workpiece and a nozzle into a processing liquid; and ejecting a jet of the processing liquid from the nozzle located outside of the target hole to an inside of the target hole through the through hole such that a cavitation process is performed on a processing region that is located downstream of a non-processing region covered by the cap on an inner surface of the target hole.

A method of reversing stresses in a component includes cold working a substrate creating a first stress level in the component; and applying a material to the substrate after cold working, the material inducing a second stress level that cancels the first stress level.

There is disclosed a method of treating a metal article which tapers towards an edge. A compressive force is applied to a treatment region of the article to generate an edge region of compressive residual stress adjacent the edge, and the treatment region is spaced apart from the edge region by an intermediate region.

A method and a device for strengthening the surface of workpieces, in particular of metal ones, by mechanical effects accompanying the impact of small projectiles or by mechanical effects accompanied by the impact of a shockwave induced by plasma created by electric evaporation of a metal foil are described.

A method and a device for strengthening the surface of workpieces, in particular of metal ones, by mechanical effects accompanying the impact of small projectiles or by mechanical effects accompanied by the impact of a shockwave induced by plasma created by electric evaporation of a metal foil are described.

A double-sided ultrasonic rolling cooperative strengthening system and a control method thereof are provided. The system includes a first mechanical arm subsystem, a second mechanical arm subsystem, a first ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem, a second ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem and a servo turntable (13); the servo turntable (13) is configured to fix a blade to be processed; the first ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem is provided at an end of the first mechanical arm subsystem; and the second ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem is provided at an end of the second mechanical arm subsystem. The way that the mechanical arm is equipped with an ultrasonic rolling strengthening device improves a degree of freedom of processing the blade, and the first mechanical arm subsystem, the second mechanical arm subsystem, the first ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem, the second ultrasonic rolling strengthening subsystem and the servo turntable (13) are provided to cooperate to realize double-sided processing.

The invention relates to a hammering device (10) for influencing the subsurfaces of workpieces (14) comprising a beating tool (16) for acting on the workpiece (14), a beating mechanism (18) which has a beater (20) for producing a beating pulse on the beating tool (16), and a drive (32) for driving the beating mechanism (18), wherein the beating mechanism (18) has at least a second beater (20) for producing a beating pulse on the beating tool (16). According to the invention, it is intended for the beating mechanism (18) to comprise a drive shaft (30) that extends along a drive axis (A) and a wobble ring (28) for transforming a rotational movement of the drive shaft (30) into a translational movement, and the first beater (20.1) and the second beater (20.2) to be driven by the wobble ring (28).