Inspection method
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsHo Yin MA, David I. BARTON, Aleena ZUBAIR, Dylan STEELE, Callum WHITE
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Abstract
A method of inspecting a component of a gas turbine engine for an aircraft, in which a housing circumferentially surrounds the component so as to define an annular space between the housing and the component. The method comprises guiding a guide line into the annular space through an opening to the annular space and around the component in a circumferential direction, and withdrawing the guide line through the opening, such withdrawal moving a probe that is connected to the guide line in a circumferential direction around the component for performing an inspection of the compressor.
Claims18
A method of inspecting a component of a gas turbine engine for an aircraft, in which a housing circumferentially surrounds the component so as to define an annular space between the housing and the component, the method comprising:
- guiding a guide line into the annular space through an opening to the annular space and around the component in a circumferential direction;
- and
- withdrawing the guide line through the opening, such withdrawal moving a probe that is connected to the guide line in a circumferential direction around the component for performing an inspection of the component.
A guide for guiding an inspection device around an outer circumferential surface of a component of a gas turbine engine, the guide comprising a mounting portion for mounting the inspection device to the guide, and one or more magnetic elements for retaining the guide on the outer circumferential surface in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.