The present invention relates to a method for smoothing a surface of a component, in which a component is placed in a liquid-solids mixture; a relative movement is produced between the liquid-solids mixture and the component; thus there is a flow of the liquid-solids mixture along the surface; wherein there is provided in the liquid-solids mixture a guide surface, along which the liquid-solids mixture flows, wherein a directional component toward the surface is imposed on the flow.

A method of altering an additively manufactured part can include orienting a surface of the additively manufactured part toward a rotational center that may be independent of a rotational axis defined by the additively manufactured part, flowing an abrasive media past the surface, rotating the additively manufacturing part about the rotational center; urging abrasive particles in the abrasive media past the surface abrasive media to impinge the surface with centrifugal force generated by the rotating, and improving surface finish of the surface.

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing abrasive media in cavitated fluid. One system includes a set of sensors in communication with the cavitated fluid in the processing tank and a processor coupled to the set of sensors. The processor is configured to determine a density of an abrasive media in the cavitated fluid in the processing tank and facilitate maintaining the density of abrasive media in the cavitated fluid in the processing tank at a level that is greater than or equal to a threshold level of abrasive media. A method includes determining a density of abrasive media in the cavitated fluid in the processing tank and maintaining the density of abrasive media in the cavitated fluid in the processing tank at a level that is greater than or equal to a threshold density of abrasive media. One apparatus includes modules for performing the method.

A method for smoothing and polishing metals via ion transport by free solid bodies comprises connecting a part to be treated to a positive pole (anode) of a current generator and subjecting the part to friction with a set of particles comprising electrically conductive free solid bodies charged with negative electrical charge in a gaseous environment.

A wheel shape follow-up burr brushing device can brush burrs from a front, a back cavity and a spoke root groove of the wheel. The heights of brushes are adjusted, so that the brushes follow up the shape of the front, the back cavity and the spoke root groove of the wheel. The wheel is put onto a positioning roller bed by a manipulator, a positioning clamping cylinder drives four clamping wheels to clamp the wheel, four clamping wheel drive motors drive the wheel to be in a low-speed rotating state; two second cylinders drive a second rotating table to be fed downwards, two first cylinders drive a first rotating table to be fed upwards, and the rotating wheel is matched with the rotating brushes to brush burrs from the front, the back cavity and the spoke root groove of the wheel.

An apparatus capable of efficiently performing a metal surface processing. The abrasive peening apparatus includes a processing tank storing abrasive particles and peening liquid, and including a bottom portion in which a workpiece is immersed in the peening liquid; a dispensing chamber having a plurality of recesses on an upper surface, and disposed in the bottom portion to dispense the peening liquid; a stirring nozzle disposed at a center of the recess directing vertically upward and connected to the dispensing chamber to eject the peening liquid; a peening nozzle immersed inside the processing tank to eject the peening liquid toward the workpiece; and a moving device moving the peening nozzle relative to the workpiece.

A method for smoothing and polishing metals via ion transport by free solid bodies. The method includes connecting a part to be treated to a pole of a current generator and subjecting the part to friction with a set of particles that includes electrically charged and electrically conductive free solid bodies in a gaseous environment.

A revolving multi-axis polishing apparatus includes a main vertical column in a machine body, an abrasive container set, and a multi-axis transmission device. The abrasive container adjacent to the main vertical column is filled with abrasive materials. The multi-axis transmission device, is movably mounted onto the main vertical column containing a moving mechanism, includes a primary driving module, a transmission housing, a rotation assembly, a plurality of secondary driving modules, and a plurality of shaft assemblies. The transmission housing is connected to the primary driving module. The rotation assembly is rotatably mounted inside the transmission housing. The secondary driving modules mounted onto the transmission housing are transmissively connected individually to the rotation assembly. The shaft assemblies rotatably locked onto the rotating assembly are driven to rotate and revolve synchronously to achieve polishing actions.

A multi-axis polishing apparatus includes a machine body, a multi-axis transmission device, and an abrasive container set. The multi-axis transmission device, movably mounted onto a main vertical column in a machine body that can move in an insertion direction, includes a driving module and a plurality of shaft assemblies connected transmissively to the driving module. The plurality of shaft assemblies is used to mount a plurality of workpieces, respectively. The abrasive container set, located below the multi-axis transmission device, is filled with abrasive materials. The multi-axis transmission device moves in the insertion direction to position the plurality of shaft assemblies as well as the plurality of workpieces downward into the abrasive container set, and then the driving module rotates the plurality of shaft assemblies and the plurality of workpieces to utilize the abrasive materials to polish the plurality of workpieces.

An airfoil masking tool constructed to protect the leading edge, trailing edge and tip of an airfoil during polishing of the airfoil. A method of polishing an airfoil using the masking tool.