Scanning apparatus and method for scanning a plurality of components
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorAkhil MULLOTH
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Abstract
A method for scanning a plurality of components includes providing an imaging beam source, an imaging beam receiver, and a support platform. The support platform is configured to rotate and/or revolve relative to the imaging beam source and the imaging beam receiver about one or more axes. The method further includes disposing the plurality of components on the support platform. The plurality of components is positioned in a gap between a first geometrical figure and at least one second geometrical figure in a configuration that reduces the variation in material thickness penetrated at different relative angles of rotation and/or revolution. The first geometrical figure and the at least one second geometrical figure are concentric.
Claims18
A method for scanning a plurality of components, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an imaging beam source, an imaging beam receiver, and a support platform, wherein the imaging beam source and the imaging beam receiver are oppositely disposed to either side of the support platform, wherein the support platform is configured to rotate and/or revolve relative to the imaging beam source and the imaging beam receiver about one or more axes;
- disposing the plurality of components on the support platform, wherein the plurality of components is positioned in a gap between a first geometrical figure and at least one second geometrical figure in a configuration that reduces the variation in material thickness penetrated at different relative angles of rotation and/or revolution, wherein the first geometrical figure and the at least one second geometrical figure are concentric;
- generating, by the imaging beam source, an imaging beam that passes through the plurality of components while the support platform rotates and/or revolves relative to the imaging beam source and the imaging beam receiver about the one or more axes;
- collecting projections each taken at the imaging beam receiver at different relative angles of rotation and/or revolution;
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- generating, by the imaging beam receiver, a three-dimensional image of the plurality of components based on the collected projections.
A scanning apparatus for scanning a plurality of components, the scanning apparatus comprising:
- an imaging beam source configured to generate an imaging beam that passes through the plurality of components;
- an imaging beam receiver configured to receive the imaging beam, such that the plurality of components is disposed between the imaging beam source and the imaging beam receiver, wherein the imaging beam receiver is configured to generate a three-dimensional image in response to receiving the imaging beam;
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- a support platform configured to support the plurality of components, wherein the support platform is configured to rotate and/or revolve relative to the imaging beam source and the imaging beam receiver about one or more axes to allow generation of the three-dimensional image, wherein the plurality of components is positioned in a gap between a first geometrical figure and at least one second geometrical figure in a configuration that reduces the variation in material thickness penetrated at different relative angles of rotation and/or revolution, and wherein the first geometrical figure and the at least one second geometrical figure are concentric.
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