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US 2013/0199279 A1Published application
Gas turbine disc inspection using flexible eddy current array probe
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJustin Carl Boles, Matthew Remillard, Jean-Francois Bureau
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Abstract
A probe may be used to inspect objects. The probe may be configured with a flexible eddy current array mounted in a flexible film such that the flexible eddy current array conforms to a shape of an object when applied to the object, a probe body connected to at least one section of the flexible eddy current array, and a communications component configured to receive and output from the flexible eddy current array.
Claims20
A probe comprising:
- a flexible eddy current array mounted in a flexible film such that the flexible eddy current array conforms to a shape of an object when applied to the object;
- a probe body connected to at least one section of the flexible eddy current array;
- and
- a communications component configured to receive and output from the flexible eddy current array.
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A system comprising:
- a scanning arm configured at a center of a disc;
- and
- a probe mounted on the scanning arm, the probe comprising:
- a flexible eddy current array mounted in a flexible film such that the flexible eddy current array conforms to a shape of an object when applied to the object;
- a probe body connected to at least one section of the flexible eddy current array;
- and
- a communications component configured to receive and output from the flexible eddy current array.
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A method comprising:
- applying a flexible eddy current array mounted in a flexible film to a probe;
- applying the probe to a surface of an object, wherein the flexible eddy current array conforms to a shape of the object;
- activating the probe;
- and
- receiving output from the flexible eddy current array.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.