Shot Surface Treatment with Nondestructive Reprocessing Control

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Current surface treatment processing methods, such as shot processing, face challenges in managing the actual surface state and processing degree of treatment targets, leading to inefficiencies and decreased productivity due to inappropriate treatment target states and the need for destructive inspections.

Innovation Solution

A surface treatment processing method and device that includes nondestructive inspection steps using magnetic evaluation and stress measurement devices to evaluate treatment targets, allowing for targeted additional processing and optimizing shot processing conditions based on inspection results, thereby enhancing productivity by reducing unnecessary processing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If nondestructive inspection is performed to evaluate treatment target state, then productivity is improved by reducing unnecessary processing, but device complexity increases due to additional inspection equipment

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveproductivityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs nondestructive inspection (magnetic evaluation and stress measurement) before shot processing to evaluate the treatment target state in advance. This preliminary evaluation identifies targets that already have adequate surface properties, allowing the system to skip unnecessary shot processing and improve productivity while managing device complexity through targeted inspection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If shot processing is performed on all treatment targets, then manufacturing precision is maintained, but productivity decreases due to processing targets that do not require treatment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesurface side stateVSAvoidproductivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies shot processing selectively based on local evaluation of each treatment target's surface side state. By using nondestructive inspection to assess magnetic properties and stress levels, the system identifies which specific targets need treatment and which already meet specifications, thereby maintaining manufacturing precision while improving productivity by avoiding unnecessary processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If destructive inspection is used to verify treatment results, then measurement precision is achieved, but productivity decreases due to total inspection requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesurface side stateVSAvoidproductivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces destructive inspection methods with nondestructive inspection techniques, specifically magnetic evaluation and stress measurement. These nondestructive methods provide sufficient measurement precision for evaluating surface side state and treatment target conditions without requiring physical damage to the targets, thereby maintaining quality control while improving productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The method effectively increases the number of treatment targets achieving the desired effect while minimizing useless shot processing, thereby enhancing overall productivity and quality control.

Implementation Method 1

a first inspection step of nondestructively inspecting at least one of a surface side state and an external dimension of the treatment target subjected to the shot processing

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic evaluation: Magnetism

Implementation Method 2

evaluating that the treatment target is failed when an inspection result deviates from a first allowable range predetermined

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectStress measurement: Stress Relaxation

Data Source

PatentEP3587033B1Surface treatment processing method and surface treatment processing device
Publication Date: 2024.01.03 SINTOKOGIO LTD
  • EP3587033B1 patent drawingFigure 1A~1B
  • EP3587033B1 patent drawingFigure 2
  • EP3587033B1 patent drawingFigure 3A~3B

AI summary

A surface treatment processing method includes: a shot processing step of performing shot processing of shooting shot media at a treatment target; a first inspection step of nondestructively inspecting at least one of a surface side state and an external dimension of the treatment target subjected to the shot processing, evaluating that the treatment target is passed when an inspection result is within a first normal range set in advance, evaluating that the treatment target is failed when the inspection result is out of a first allowable range set in advance to include the first normal range, and evaluating that the treatment target is to be additionally processed when the inspection result is out of the first normal range but within the first allowable range; and an additional processing step of performing the shot processing again on the treatment target which is evaluated to be additionally processed.