Method of measuring a component
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorHelmy A.M. DOWIDAR
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of measuring a collapsed component, comprising: laying the component to be measured on a bed; detecting the location of a plurality of points on the component; storing the location of each of the points relative to at least one other point; mapping the plurality of points on to a reference shape which corresponds to the component in a non-collapsed state to provide mapped data points; and, using the mapped data points to determine the dimensions of the component.
Claims15
A method of measuring an arcuate component which has collapsed to a non-round state during a manufacturing process, comprising:
- laying the component to be measured on a bed;
- detecting the location of a plurality of points on the component;
- storing the location of each of the points relative to at least one other point;
- mapping the plurality of points on to a reference shape which corresponds to the component in a non-collapsed state to provide mapped data points;
- and,
- using the mapped data points to determine the dimensions of the component.
A data carrier having machine readable code stored thereon, the code providing instructions for carrying out the method as claimed in any preceding claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.