In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure a method of hardening an article of manganese steel is shown. The method includes applying an ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) on a surface of the article of manganese steel, the ultrasonic impact treatment corresponding to operational parameters, the operational parameters may include an operating ultrasonic frequency, mechanical energy, treatment travel speed, applied force, pattern, or coverage percentage, and each of the operational parameters are independently controllable.

In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure a method of hardening an article of manganese steel is shown. The method includes applying an ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) on a surface of the article of manganese steel, the ultrasonic impact treatment corresponding to operational parameters, the operational parameters may include an operating ultrasonic frequency, mechanical energy, treatment travel speed, applied force, pattern, or coverage percentage, and each of the operational parameters are independently controllable.

An inner surface finishing tool enables machining of a workpiece made of a material machinable with a relatively large burnishing amount while reducing deformation at the opening of the workpiece or deterioration of its geometrical tolerance during machining of the inner peripheral surface. The tool includes a mandrel rotatable relative to the workpiece and includes a polygonal member, and a frame that is cylindrical and fitted onto the mandrel in a rotatable manner and has an axis extending in an axial direction of the mandrel and holds a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers rollable on an outer peripheral surface of the mandrel. The polygonal member rotates the plurality of second rollers to move inward and outward in a radial direction of the frame.

An ultrasonic peening-type integrated machining method for cutting and extrusion includes: applying transverse ultrasonic vibration or a vibration component, which is vertical to a cutting speed direction to a cutting tool on a machine tool; setting a cutting parameter and an ultrasonic vibration parameter such that a dynamic negative clearance angle is generated in a cutting procedure and a flank face of the cutting tool conducts ultrasonic peening extrusion on the surface of the workpiece; setting an extrusion overlap ratio; setting a wear standard of flank faces extruded by the cutting tool; controlling a vibration cutting trajectory phase difference of the cutting tool during two adjacent rotations; and turning on the machine tool in order to ensure that cutting and surface extrusion strengthening of the workpiece are completed in one procedure without separate strengthening procedures. The method conducts extrusion strengthening on the surface of the workpiece while cutting the workpiece.

A removable magazine may include a plurality of connection elements. The connection elements are arranged in a plurality of chambers from which they can be unloaded individually and specifically. Further, a setting device is disclosed that may operate in combination with this removable magazine.

Systems and methods for repairing a surface defect in a metallic substrate can have a transducer that generates acoustic energy and an acoustic energy coupling tool connected to the transducer. The acoustic energy coupling tool receives the acoustic energy from the transducer and oscillates at a frequency corresponding to a frequency of the acoustic energy. A filler material is provided within the surface defect and the oscillation of the acoustic energy coupling tool causes a deforming impact of the acoustic energy coupling tool with the filler material within the surface defect, such that the filler material conforms to at least a portion of an internal surface of the surface defect. Additionally, the acoustic energy coupling tool is used to irradiate the filler material while it is being deformed with the acoustic energy.

With the method according to the invention, mould parts for casting moulds for light metal casting can be treated such that the danger of crack formation in the region of the surface sections of the mould part coming into contact with the light metal melt during casting is reduced to a minimum. This is achieved in that by means of nitriding treatment on the mould part a nitride-hardened edge layer adjoining its free surface is generated which is harder than the inner core region of the mould part and comprises a diffusion layer adjoining the core region and a compound layer located on the diffusion layer and adjoining the free surface of the mould part and in that at least one section of the surface of the mould part is mechanically processed by machine hammer peening, in the case of which a hammer tool, which, at a certain impact frequency, carries out an impact movement along a movement axis which is aligned in relation to the free surface at a certain acute angle, is guided continuously over the free surface of the mould part following a track determined in a preceding design step such that the compound layer is removed by the impacting stress in the impact region of the hammer tool.

With the method according to the invention, mould parts for casting moulds for light metal casting can be treated such that the danger of crack formation in the region of the surface sections of the mould part coming into contact with the light metal melt during casting is reduced to a minimum. This is achieved in that by means of nitriding treatment on the mould part a nitride-hardened edge layer adjoining its free surface is generated which is harder than the inner core region of the mould part and comprises a diffusion layer adjoining the core region and a compound layer located on the diffusion layer and adjoining the free surface of the mould part and in that at least one section of the surface of the mould part is mechanically processed by machine hammer peening, in the case of which a hammer tool, which, at a certain impact frequency, carries out an impact movement along a movement axis which is aligned in relation to the free surface at a certain acute angle, is guided continuously over the free surface of the mould part following a track determined in a preceding design step such that the compound layer is removed by the impacting stress in the impact region of the hammer tool.

The present disclosure relates to a method for reducing and homogenizing residual stress of a component, which comprises: detecting stress value(s) of regulation portion(s) of the component; placing the component in a container containing a fluid medium so as to immerse the component in the fluid medium; emitting, by an acoustic wave generator, an elastic wave to the fluid medium in a manner of emitting towards the regulation portion(s) of the component, and determining an emitting period of time and a frequency of the elastic wave based on the stress value(s); returning to the step S1 when the emitting period of time has elapsed, until the stress value(s) is stable. The method and the device solve the problems that it is difficult to reduce and homogenize the residual stress on high-precision machined components, complex structural components, thin-walled structural components, and low-stiffness components.

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.