Method for machining a casing of an aircraft turboshaft engine and scraper tool for implementing said method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10137515-B2
Application number	US-201615048262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2016
Priority date	Nov 2, 2010
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A scraper tool for deburring an edge of an aircraft turboshaft engine casing is arranged to be mounted in a milling device. The scraper tool includes a body including, on a first end, a connection for the milling device and, on a second end, a deburring module including a turning lathe platelet including at least one cutting edge arranged so as to deburr the casing edge. The deburring module includes a guide adapted to contact the edge to be deburred so as to follow the profile of the edge to be deburred without modifying the orientation of the turning lathe platelet.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A scraper tool for deburring an edge of an aircraft turboshaft engine casing, the scraper tool being mountable in a milling device, the scraper tool comprising:
a body including, on a first end, a connector to connect to the milling device and, on a second end, a deburring module comprising a turning lathe platelet including at least one cutting edge to deburr the casing edge, said turning lathe platelet being indexable about a first rotation axis;
wherein the deburring module comprises a guide to maintain contact with the casing edge to adjust the turning lathe platelet to variations in a height of the casing edge along an axial direction of the casing, said at least one cutting edge being maintained in contact with the casing edge without indexing of the turning lathe platelet about the first rotation axis when the at least one cutting edge is deburring the casing edge, and
the deburring module further comprises a connecting pole having a longitudinal axis, the connecting pole and the longitudinal axis thereof extending from the deburring module into the connector, the turning lathe platelet being mounted to the connecting pole, and a plate rotationally mounted about said connecting pole, the guide being arranged on said plate, and the plate having an axis of rotation that is oriented so as to be coincidental with the longitudinal axis of the connecting pole, and
the connector inhibits a transfer of rotation of the milling device to the turning lathe platelet when the at least one cutting edge is deburring the casing edge.

2. The scraper tool according to claim 1 , wherein the guide comprises at least two parallel rolls that are provided to come simultaneously into contact with the casing edge.

3. The scraper tool according to claim 2 , wherein the connecting pole extends between the at least two parallel rolls.

4. The scraper tool according to claim 3 further comprising at least one spring for calibrating a cutting effort of the turning lathe platelet on the casing edge.

5. The scraper tool according to claim 4 , wherein the casing comprises an inside portion and an outside portion, and the at least one cutting edge comprises at least two parallel cutting edges to deburr, respectively, the inside portion and the outside portion of the casing edge.

6. The scraper tool according to claim 3 , wherein the casing comprises an inside portion and an outside portion, and the at least one cutting edge comprises at least two parallel cutting edges to deburr, respectively, the inside portion and the outside portion of the casing edge.

7. The scraper tool according to claim 3 , wherein the connecting pole is spaced equidistant to each of the at least two parallel rolls.

8. The scraper tool according to claim 2 further comprising at least one spring for calibrating a cutting effort of the turning lathe platelet on the casing edge.

9. The scraper tool according to claim 8 , wherein the casing comprises an inside portion and an outside portion, and the at least one cutting edge comprises at least two parallel cutting edges to deburr, respectively, the inside portion and the outside portion of the casing edge.

10. The scraper tool according to claim 2 , wherein the casing comprises an inside portion and an outside portion, and the at least one cutting edge comprises at least two parallel cutting edges to deburr, respectively, the inside portion and the outside portion of the casing edge.

11. The scraper tool according to claim 1 further comprising at least one spring for calibrating a cutting effort of the turning lathe platelet on the casing edge.

12. The scraper tool according to claim 11 , wherein the casing comprises an inside portion and an outside portion, and the at least one cutting edge comprises at least two parallel cutting edges to deburr, respectively, the inside portion and the outside portion of the casing edge.

13. The scraper tool according to claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises an inside portion and an outside portion, and the at least one cutting edge comprises at least two parallel cutting edges to deburr, respectively, the inside portion and the outside portion of the casing edge.

14. The scraper tool according to claim 1 , wherein the guide includes at least one roll.

15. The scraper tool according to claim 1 , wherein the turning lathe platelet is in a diamond shape.

16. The scraper tool according to claim 1 further comprising at least one spring for calibrating a cutting effort of the turning lathe platelet on the casing edge, and
the at least one cutting edge comprises at least two parallel cutting edges that extend in opposite directions from the longitudinal axis of the connecting pole.

17. The scraper tool according to claim 1 further comprising at least one spring, wherein
the casing includes an irregular radius of curvature at the casing edge, and
the at least one spring maintains contact between the turning lathe platelet and the casing edge during deburring of the casing edge.

18. The scraper tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one cutting edge is disposed at a cutting angle relative to the casing edge to machine a burr of the casing edge; and
the cutting angle of the at least one cutting edge is maintained when the guide is in contact with the casing edge.

19. The scraper tool according to claim 18 , wherein
said turning lathe platelet is linearly translatable with respect to the body along an axial direction that extends between the first end and the second end, and
the deburring module further comprises a limiter for limiting a stroke of the turning lathe platelet along the axial direction.

20. A scraper tool for deburring an edge of an aircraft turboshaft engine casing, the scraper tool being mountable in a milling device, the scraper tool comprising:
a body including, on a first end, a connector to connect to the milling device and, on a second end, a deburring module comprising a turning lathe platelet including at least one cutting edge to deburr the casing edge, said turning lathe platelet having a diamond shape and being indexable about a first rotation axis;
wherein the deburring module comprises a guide to maintain contact with the casing edge to adjust the turning lathe platelet to variations in a height of the casing edge along an axial direction of the casing, the turning lathe platelet not undergoing indexing about said first rotation when the at least one cutting edge is deburring the casing edge, and
the deburring module further comprises a connecting pole having a longitudinal axis, the connecting pole and the longitudinal axis thereof extending from the deburring module into the connector, the turning lathe platelet being mounted to the connecting pole, and a plate rotationally mounted about said connecting pole, the guide being arranged on said plate, and the plate having an axis of rotation that is oriented so as to be coincidental with the longitudinal axis of the connecting pole, and
the connector inhibits a transfer of rotation of the milling device to the turning lathe platelet when the at least one cutting edge is deburring the casing edge.

Assignees

• Safran Aircraft Engines

Inventors

• Engrand Eric Dany Robert Jean

Classifications

• B23B2215/04

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