Continuous motion laser shock peening

A continuous motion laser shock peening apparatus and method for laser shock peening a workpiece. A laser controller modulates and fires a laser beam from a laser unit. A motion controller is controllably connected to a manipulator and to the laser controller to fire the laser beam based on axis pos...

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Hauptverfasser:	PEROZEK PAUL MICHAEL, LAWRENCE WAYNE LEE, BAILEY MARK SAMUEL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS ANDNON-FERROUS ALLOYS CHEMISTRY CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION ELECTRICITY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS MACHINE TOOLS MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR METALLURGY METALLURGY OF IRON MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS PERFORMING OPERATIONS SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	A continuous motion laser shock peening apparatus and method for laser shock peening a workpiece. A laser controller modulates and fires a laser beam from a laser unit. A motion controller is controllably connected to a manipulator and to the laser controller to fire the laser beam based on axis position feedback from a speed control of the motion controller. The laser controller has a standby mode for flashing a laser flash lamp at a flash rate without triggering the laser beam and a firing mode that triggers and fires the laser beam in laser beam pulses. The laser controller includes a synchronizing means for synchronizing a triggering signal provided to the laser interface controller by the computerized motion controller to fire the laser beam pulses and the flash rate substantially at a time when the laser beam pulses are to be generated.