Inspection systems and methods with airfoil sheaths
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorTracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
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Abstract
A method is disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the method comprises: coupling a sheath to an airfoil of an integrally bladed rotor, the sheath comprising a plurality of apertures disposed therein; and coupling a plurality of locators to the integrally bladed rotor, each locator in the plurality of locators disposed through a corresponding aperture in the plurality of apertures.
Claims13
An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- commanding, by the one or more processors, a scanner to scan around a first airfoil of a bladed rotor;
- determining, by the one or more processors, an apex of each of a plurality of locators associated with the first airfoil;
- electronically generating, by the one or more processors, a first six point nest of the first airfoil based on the apex of each of the plurality of locators;
- and
- electronically generating, by the one or more processors, a second six point nest of the first airfoil based on the first six point nest;
- commanding, by the one or more processors, a motor to rotate a shaft coupled to the bladed rotor a fixed amount;
- commanding, by the one or more processors, the scanner to scan a second airfoil of the bladed rotor;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a second apex of each of a second plurality of locators associated with the second airfoil;
- and
- generating, by the one or more processors, a first six point nest of the second airfoil based on the second apex of each locator in the second plurality of locators.
A method for generating at least two six point nests for an airfoil of a bladed rotor, the method comprising:
- commanding, by one or more processors, a scanner to scan around a first airfoil of the bladed rotor;
- determining, by the one or more processors, an apex of each of a plurality of locators associated with the first airfoil;
- electronically generating, by the one or more processors, a first six point nest of the airfoil based on the apex of each of the plurality of locators;
- electronically generating, by the one or more processors, a second six point nest of the airfoil based on the first six point nest;
- coupling a sheath to the airfoil of the bladed rotor, the sheath comprising a plurality of apertures disposed therein;
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- coupling the plurality of locators to the bladed rotor, each of the plurality of locators disposed through a corresponding aperture in the plurality of apertures,
- wherein each of the plurality of locators includes a pyramid shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.