Airfoil tool mount
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsTracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Derek J. Michaels, Garrett Kernozicky
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Abstract
An inspection device is disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the inspection system device comprises: a support structure; a motor, a shaft operably coupled to the motor, the shaft extending from a first side of the support structure to a second side of the support structure, the shaft configured to couple to a bladed rotor; and a scanner moveably coupled to the support structure, the scanner configured to generate a three-dimensional model for the bladed rotor.
Claims17
An inspection device, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a motor;
- a shaft operably coupled to the motor, the shaft extending from a first side of the support structure to a second side of the support structure, the shaft configured to couple to a bladed rotor;
- a scanner moveably coupled to the support structure, the scanner configured to generate a three-dimensional model for the bladed rotor, wherein the support structure comprises a base having an arcuate shape;
- and
- a track system, the scanner configured to move along the track system, the track system comprising:
- a curved track coupled to a radially inner surface of the base and extending circumferentially around the base, and
- a vertical track, the scanner operably coupled to the vertical track, the vertical track configured to travel along the curved track.
An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- commanding, via the processor, a scanner to scan a first portion of a bladed rotor;
- commanding, via the processor, a motor to rotate a shaft coupled to the bladed rotor a fixed amount;
- commanding, via the processor, the scanner to scan a second portion of the bladed rotor, wherein the scanner traverses along a track system in response to the commanding, the track system comprising:
- a curved track coupled to a radially inner surface of a base and extending circumferentially around the base, and
- a vertical track, the scanner operably coupled to the vertical track, the vertical track configured to travel along the curved track;
- determining, via the processor, whether the scanner has scanned between 95% and 100% of an external surface area of the bladed rotor;
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- generating, via the processor, a three-dimensional model in response to determining the scanner has scanned between 95% and 100% of the external surface area of the bladed rotor, the bladed rotor comprising a rotor disk and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from the rotor disk.
An inspection system for a bladed rotor, the inspection system comprising:
- a support structure comprising a base having an annular shape and defining a radially inner surface, a first vertical support extending upward from the base, and a second vertical support extending upward from the base, the first vertical support disposed opposite the second vertical support;
- a first sensor;
- a second sensor;
- a track system;
- a scanner moveably coupled to the support structure via the track system, the track system comprising:
- a curved track coupled to the radially inner surface of the base and extending circumferentially around the base, and
- a vertical track, the scanner operably coupled to the vertical track, the vertical track configured to travel along the curved track;
- a motor operably coupled to a shaft, the shaft rotatably coupled to the support structure, the shaft configured to be coupled to the bladed rotor, the shaft extending from the first vertical support to the second vertical support;
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- a controller in electronic communication with the first sensor, the second sensor, the scanner, and the motor, the controller configured to:
- command the scanner to scan the bladed rotor;
- receive, from the first sensor, a location of the scanner during the scan;
- command the motor to rotate a fixed amount in between scans;
- determine, from the second sensor, an angular position of the bladed rotor relative to an initial position;
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- generate a three-dimensional model of the bladed rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.