The Boeing Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAVITATION ABRASIVE FINISHING OF INTERIOR SURFACES

Abstract:

A method of smoothing an inner surface of a tubular wall of a workpiece is disclosed, including immersing the workpiece in a mixture of a liquid and an abrasive and inserting a cavitation peening nozzle into a cavity of the workpiece. The method further includes injecting a cavitating jet from the cavitation peening nozzle into the cavity.