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Fixture for securing a thin-walled component

  • US 9,085,057 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2010
  • Issued: 07/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fixture for securing a thin-walled component, the fixture including:

  • a support having one or more securing devices for securing the component to the support, andan inflatable pressure element which, in use, is positioned within the secured component and is adapted to press outwardly, when inflated, against a flexible liner, the flexible liner being adapted to fit between the pressure element and an inner thin wall of the component,wherein the fixture has one or more elastic members that comprise an elastomeric material and which bias the liner against the outward expansion of the inflated pressure element and the inflated pressure element and the liner damp vibrations in the component during machining of an outer side of the thin wall, andwherein the liner has slits between portions which assist the liner to collapse with the pressure element when the pressure element is deflated.

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