公开(公告)号：US11092983B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-17

申请号：US16441375

申请日：2019-06-14

Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation

Inventor： Michael Cybulsky ,  Taylor K. Blair ,  Benjamin Zimmerman ,  Marshall Louis Sweet ,  Andrea Marcon

IPC: G05D7/06 ,  G05B13/02 ,  C23C4/134 ,  G05D16/20 ,  G05D23/19

Abstract: An example system includes at least one acoustic sensor and one optical sensor to monitor a thermal spray system controlled by a plurality of control parameters and performing a process associated with a plurality of process outputs. The system includes a computing device including a machine learning module and a control module. The machine learning module is configured to determine, based on at least the plurality of control parameters, an at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal, an at least one image data signal, and the plurality of process outputs, a relationship between the plurality of control parameters and the plurality of process outputs by machine learning. The control module is configured to control the thermal spray system to adjust the plurality of process outputs toward a plurality of respective operating ranges.

公开(公告)号：US10695783B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15833546

申请日：2017-12-06

Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation ,  Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. ,  Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Inventor： Taylor K. Blair ,  Michael Cybulsky ,  Gary Pickrell ,  Benjamin Zimmerman ,  Romesh Batra ,  Matthew R. Gold

IPC: B05B12/00 ,  B05B1/30 ,  G05B15/02 ,  B05B7/22 ,  B05B7/20 ,  B05B1/00 ,  G01N29/46 ,  G01N29/14 ,  G01N29/44 ,  C23C4/12 ,  B05B15/18 ,  G01N29/11 ,  B05B12/08

Abstract: An example system includes at least one acoustic sensor configured to generate at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal indicative of an acoustic signal generated by a thermal spray system performing a process associated with a plurality of process attributes. The example system includes a computing device including an acoustic data signal module and a control module. The acoustic data signal processing module may transform the at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal to a frequency-domain spectrum. The control module may determine a process attribute of the plurality of process attributes that deviates from a predetermined operating range by identifying at least one characteristic of the frequency-domain spectrum, selecting at least one component of the thermal spray system based on the process attribute, and controlling the thermal spray system to adjust the process attribute toward the predetermined operating range by sending a control signal to the at least one component.

公开(公告)号：US20190384329A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16441375

申请日：2019-06-14

Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation ,  Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Inventor： Michael Cybulsky ,  Taylor K. Blair ,  Benjamin Zimmerman ,  Marshall Louis Sweet ,  Andrea Marcon

IPC: G05D7/06 ,  G05B13/02

Abstract: An example system includes at least one acoustic sensor and one optical sensor to monitor a thermal spray system controlled by a plurality of control parameters and performing a process associated with a plurality of process outputs. The system includes a computing device including a machine learning module and a control module. The machine learning module is configured to determine, based on at least the plurality of control parameters, an at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal, an at least one image data signal, and the plurality of process outputs, a relationship between the plurality of control parameters and the plurality of process outputs by machine learning. The control module is configured to control the thermal spray system to adjust the plurality of process outputs toward a plurality of respective operating ranges.

公开(公告)号：US20180154377A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15833546

申请日：2017-12-06

Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation ,  Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. ,  Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Inventor： Taylor K. Blair ,  Michael Cybulsky ,  Gary Pickrell ,  Benjamin Zimmerman ,  Romesh Batra ,  Matthew R. Gold

IPC: B05B1/30 ,  B05B7/20 ,  B05B7/22 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: An example system includes at least one acoustic sensor configured to generate at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal indicative of an acoustic signal generated by a thermal spray system performing a process associated with a plurality of process attributes. The example system includes a computing device including an acoustic data signal module and a control module. The acoustic data signal processing module may transform the at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal to a frequency-domain spectrum. The control module may determine a process attribute of the plurality of process attributes that deviates from a predetermined operating range by identifying at least one characteristic of the frequency-domain spectrum, selecting at least one component of the thermal spray system based on the process attribute, and controlling the thermal spray system to adjust the process attribute toward the predetermined operating range by sending a control signal to the at least one component.