Airfoil tool mount
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies 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.
Claims20
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;
- and
- a scanner moveably coupled to the support structure, the scanner configured to generate a three-dimensional model for the bladed rotor.
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;
- determining, via the processor, whether the scanner has scanned between 95% and 100% of an external surface area of the bladed rotor;
- and
- 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.
An inspection system for a bladed rotor, the inspection system comprising:
- a support structure;
- a first sensor;
- a second sensor;
- a scanner moveably coupled to the support structure;
- 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;
- and
- 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.