EP 2886247 A1 20150624 - Surface Finishing of Components
Title (en)
Surface Finishing of Components
Title (de)
Oberflächenbehandlung von Komponenten
Title (fr)
Finition de surface de composants
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 13275321 A 20131218
Abstract (en)
There is provided apparatus and a method for surface finishing a component (6) which may be manufactured by additive layer manufacturing and may be of awkward shape. The apparatus includes a container (1) for the component, slurry (2) containing polishing particles and acoustic transducers (3, 4) mounted on the container and acoustically coupled to the slurry. The acoustic transducers are arranged to agitate the particles in the slurry whereby to abrade and surface finish the component.
IPC 8 full level
B24B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B24B 1/04 (2013.01); B24B 31/064 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] CN 101344468 A 20090114 - UNIV ZHEJIANG TECHNOLOGY [CN]
- [A] US 4171852 A 19791023 - HAENTJENS WALTER D [US]
- [A] US 5531861 A 19960702 - YU CHRIS C [US], et al
- [A] US 5895550 A 19990420 - ANDREAS MICHAEL T [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 13275321 A 20131218