Patent ID: 9011205
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B24C

Abstract:
1. A method for removing material from a titanium aluminide alloy-containing article, comprising: providing a titanium aluminide alloy-containing article comprising a gamma titanium aluminide-based phase and an α2 (Ti passing a fluid at a high pressure across a surface of said titanium aluminide alloy-containing article, wherein particles ranging from about 50 microns to about 400 microns are suspended in the fluid before the fluid is passed across the surface of the article; deforming the surface of the titanium aluminide alloy-containing article; and removing material from the titanium aluminide alloy-containing article, wherein asperities and pits from the surface of the titanium aluminide alloy-containing article are removed without cracking or damaging the surface of the article.