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Bore healing mechanism

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NSWCDD

A device is provided for repairing erosion damage to a bore of a railgun with metal powder. The bore has a surface contour that extends longitudinally of the railgun. The device includes a housing, a profilometer sensor and a nozzle. The housing has a configuration that conforms to the surface contour and an upstream face on a longitudinal end. The profilometer sensor mounts to the upstream face to measure depth of the erosion and indicate a divot in the bore that involves repair to match the surface contour. The nozzle mounts to the upstream face to spray the metal powder from a reservoir within the housing in response to the divot indicated by the profilometer.

Inventors: 
Compton, Logan M.
Patent Number: 
Technical domain: 
Machines and Processing
FIle Date: 
2015-07-08
Grant Date: 
2016-12-20
Grant time: 
531 days
Grant time percentile rank: 
9
Claim count percentile rank: 
2
Citations percentile rank: 
1
'Cited by' percentile rank: 
1
Assignee: 
US NAVY