Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and a method of inspecting a turbomachine
- Patent Title (中): 装置和检查涡轮机的方法
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Application No.: US13675689Application Date: 2012-11-13
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Publication No.: US09300926B2Publication Date: 2016-03-29
- Inventor: James Kell , Adriano Pulisciano , Thomas Frederick Danvers , Graeme Eric Rigg
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1120419.5 20111128
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; F01D25/28

Abstract:
An apparatus for inspecting a turbomachine includes a plurality of horoscopes, a device to rotate the rotor of the turbomachine and a processor having reference measurements of the rotor blades and/or reference measurements between the rotor blades and the horoscopes. A boroscope is inserted in a casing aperture upstream of the blades to view the leading edge and a portion of one of the surfaces of each blade as the rotor is rotated. A boroscope is inserted in a casing aperture downstream of the blades to view the trailing edge and a portion of one of the surfaces of each blade as the rotor is rotated. The boroscopes supply the images of each of the blades to the processor. The processor analyzes the images of the blades and uses the reference measurements to determine the position and size of any defect on any of the rotor blades.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130135457A1 APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF INSPECTING A TURBOMACHINE Public/Granted day:2013-05-30
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