Patent ID: 8286348
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B23C,B23P,F01D,F05D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for finishing machined components, comprising the acts of: providing machined recesses in a workpiece material, the recesses having side walls defining surfaces of solid portions of the machined component; disposing a damping material in the recesses between the solid portions of the machined component, in contact with such solid portions; selecting a finishing milling axis that places a finishing milling tool substantially parallel to surfaces of the solid portions; and removing by milling the damping material and the workpiece material to finish the surfaces, along the selected finishing milling axis, while moving the finishing milling tool along a path with an end at a leading edge of a first solid portion, along a surface and to a trailing edge of the first solid portion, across the recess to a trailing edge of a second solid portion, and along an opposing surface of the second solid portion to a second end at the leading edge thereof.