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Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering >> 2020, Volume 15, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11465-019-0581-7

Two-sided ultrasonic surface rolling process of aeroengine blades based on on-machine noncontact measurement

. Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety (Ministry of Education) East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.. AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd., Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Commercial Aircraft Engine, Shanghai 201108, China

Accepted: 2020-03-31 Available online: 2020-03-31

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Abstract

As crucial parts of an aeroengine, blades are vulnerable to damage from long-term operation in harsh environments. The ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) is a novel surface treatment technique that can highly improve the mechanical behavior of blades. During secondary machining, the nominal blade model cannot be used for secondary machining path generation due to the deviation between the actual and nominal blades. The clamping error of the blade also affects the precision of secondary machining. This study presents a two-sided USRP (TS-USRP) machining for aeroengine blades on the basis of on-machine noncontact measurement. First, a TS-USRP machining system for blade is developed. Second, a 3D scanning system is used to obtain the point cloud of the blade, and a series of point cloud processing steps is performed. A local point cloud automatic extraction algorithm is introduced to extract the point cloud of the strengthened region of the blade. Then, the tool path is designed on the basis of the extracted point cloud. Finally, an experiment is conducted on an actual blade, with results showing that the proposed method is effective and efficient.

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