A FIVE-AXIS contouring-type numerically-controlled shot peening machine has solved the problem of strengthening certain critical structural components of the General Dynamics F.111 variable sweep wing tactical fighter/bomber which is being built at Fort Worth for the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and, possibly, for service with the Royal Air Force. Apart from the vital wing support assembly which must carry the entire weight of the aircraft during flight, over thirty other F.111 components are automatically shot peened with absolute uniformity in this tape-controlled machine to give the necessary fatigue strength—among the components being 25 ft. long milled wing skins.
Numerically-Controlled Shot Peening Machine
A Description of the Vacu-Blast Shot Peening Machine with General Electric Five-Axis Contour Type Numerical Control which is Currently Operated by the Fort Worth Division of General Dynamics
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 37 , 7 ; 201-202
1965-07-01
2 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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