Methods and apparatus for inspecting an engine

    公开(公告)号:US11761856B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-19

    申请号:US16950260

    申请日:2020-11-17

    CPC classification number: G01M15/14 G01B11/005 G01N21/95

    Abstract: A method comprising: inspecting an engine during a first period of time to identify damage, the engine being associated with an aircraft; receiving three-dimensional data of one or more components of the engine, the three-dimensional data being generated during the first period of time; determining, during the first period of time, whether the identified damage exceeds a threshold; providing instructions to release the aircraft for operation in a second period of time, subsequent to the first period of time, if the identified damage does not exceed the threshold; and inspecting the received three-dimensional data during the second period of time to measure damage.

    Methods and apparatus for inspecting an engine

    公开(公告)号:US11579046B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US16950274

    申请日:2020-11-17

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving data comprising two-dimensional data and three-dimensional data of a component of an engine; identifying a feature of the component using the two-dimensional data;
    determining coordinates of the feature in the two-dimensional data; determining coordinates of the feature in the three-dimensional data using: the determined coordinates of the feature in the two-dimensional data; and a pre-determined transformation between coordinates in two-dimensional data and coordinates in three-dimensional data; and measuring a parameter of the feature of the component using the determined coordinates of the feature in the three-dimensional data.

    Turbine blade creep monitoring
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    公开(公告)号:US12223640B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-11

    申请号:US17712676

    申请日:2022-04-04

    Abstract: A method of monitoring turbine blade creep in a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes: receiving stereo images of a turbine blade of a row of turbine blades, the images having been obtained using a stereo borescope located in the engine adjacent the row of turbine blades; identifying same features of the blade in each of the stereo images; mapping each of the identified features by triangulation onto a 3D space to produce a 3D depth map of at least part of the blade; providing a 3D reference model of the blade; and comparing the 3D reference model with the 3D depth map to measure one or more deviations in shape of the blade to determine an amount of creep-induced distortion of the blade.

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