METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING AN ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20210172837A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    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.

    SURFACE ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200219273A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16734503

    申请日:2020-01-06

    Abstract: A method of measuring the surface roughness of a component using an optical system comprising a tunable laser light source and a camera system. Positioning the component to be measured upon a mount in front of the optical system. Capturing a first image of the component at a first location at a first wavelength λ1, and then capturing a second image of the component at the first location at a second wavelength λ2. Determining the Speckle Statistical Correlation (SSC) coefficient of the first and second images. Plotting the SSC coefficient for the combined first and second images. Calculating the roughness parameters Ra and Rq from the SSC coefficient plot. Plotting a roughness map for the imaged surface from the calculated roughness parameters Ra and Rq. Moving the optical system to a new location and repeating steps (b) to (f) at the new location, and repeating these steps until a desired area of the component has been imaged. Stitching the roughness maps for each location to form an overall roughness map for the desired area of the component.

    TURBINE BLADE CREEP MONITORING
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220351352A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    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.

    TURBINE BLADE CREEP MONITORING
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220351351A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17712631

    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 an image of a turbine blade of a row of turbine blades, the image having been obtained using a borescope located in the engine adjacent a row of turbine blades; measuring on the image a distance between radially inner and radially outer landmarks on the turbine blade; and comparing the measured distance with a reference distance to determine an amount of creep-induced lengthening of the blade.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING AN ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20210172836A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US16950260

    申请日:2020-11-17

    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.

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