Feedback inspection systems and methods
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsTracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Derek J. Michaels, Lawrence P Roberts, Ron I. Prihar
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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 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 and via a first scanner, a first scan of a bladed rotor, wherein the first scanner is configured to generate a first scan data from the first scan that includes a first average point density,
- generating, by the one or more processors, a three-dimensional model based on a first set of data received from the first scan;
- comparing, by the one or more processors, the three-dimensional model to an acceptable three-dimensional model of the bladed rotor;
- determining, by the one or more processors, areas of interest based on the comparison, wherein the areas of interest comprise areas that are outside a threshold tolerance of the acceptable three-dimensional model of the bladed rotor;
- commanding, by the one or more processors and via a second scanner, a second scan of the areas of interest of the bladed rotor, wherein the second scanner is configured to generate a second scan data from the second scan that includes a second average point density, the second average point density is greater than the first average point density;
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- generating, by the one or more processors, a final three-dimensional model based on the first scan and the second scan.
A method of inspecting a bladed rotor, the method comprising:
- coupling the bladed rotor to a shaft of an inspection system, the shaft configured to rotate about a support structure;
- scanning, by the inspection system, the bladed rotor with a first scanner, wherein the first scanner is configured to produce a first scan data from a first scan that includes a first average point density;
- re-scanning, by the inspection system, areas of interest of the bladed rotor from the first scan with a second scanner, wherein the second scanner is configured to produce a second scan data that includes a second average point density, the second average point density is greater than the first average point density;
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- generating, by the inspection system, a three-dimensional model of the bladed rotor based on the first scan data and the second scan data from the first scanner and the second scanner.
An inspection system for a bladed rotor, the inspection system comprising:
- a support structure;
- a first scanner moveably coupled to the support structure;
- a second 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;
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- a controller in electronic communication with the first scanner, the second scanner, and the motor, the controller configured to:
- command the first scanner to scan the bladed rotor;
- determine areas of interest based on data from the first scanner, wherein the areas of interest comprise areas that are outside a threshold tolerance of an acceptable three-dimensional model of the bladed rotor;
- command the second scanner to scan the areas of interest;
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- generate a point cloud based on data from the first scanner and the second scanner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.