INNER BARREL OF AN ENGINE INLET WITH LASER-MACHINED ACOUSTIC PERFORATIONS

A forming system includes a femtosecond laser and a control unit that includes one or more processors operatively connected to the femtosecond laser. The femtosecond laser is configured to emit laser pulses (302) onto an inner surface (218) of a face sheet (134) of an acoustic inner barrel (120). Th...

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Hauptverfasser:	BERTOLUCCI, Brandon L, HORST, Perry T, BAUMAN, John Scott, REEVES, Jake Adam, NEGLEY, Mark Alan, HERRERA, Eric
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS BLASTING CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING COMBUSTION ENGINES CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING GAS-TURBINE PLANTS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS LIGHTING MACHINE TOOLS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING WEAPONS WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	A forming system includes a femtosecond laser and a control unit that includes one or more processors operatively connected to the femtosecond laser. The femtosecond laser is configured to emit laser pulses (302) onto an inner surface (218) of a face sheet (134) of an acoustic inner barrel (120). The acoustic inner barrel (120) includes an acoustic core (128) comprising an array of hexagonal cells attached to an outer surface of the face sheet (134) that is opposite the inner surface (128). The control unit is configured to control the femtosecond laser to laser drill a plurality of perforations (150) in the face sheet (134) via emitting laser pulses (302) at pulse durations between about 100 femtoseconds and about 10,000 femtoseconds and at frequencies over 100,000 Hz such that the perforations (150) are formed without burning portions of the face sheet (134) or the acoustic core (128) surrounding the perforations (150).