ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,503, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for treating a surface of a metallic part of a turbomachine" was invented by Sonia Valencian (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating a surface of a metallic part in particular of a turbomachine includes a step of shot-peening a surface of the metallic part using metallic beads and a step of cleaning the surface of the metallic part after the shot peening. The cleaning step includes applying a magnetic cleaning paste to the surface of the metallic part in such a way as to remove any residues of metallic beads."

The p...