Method of assembly and inspection for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorMichael P. Garrity
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Abstract
A method of locating a component requiring a supplemental restraining device on a portion of a gas turbine engine includes applying a fluorescent material to the component, and irradiating the component and surrounding components on the portion of the gas turbine engine with electromagnetic radiation that causes the fluorescent material to emit visible light and thereby increase the visibility of the component. The method may be used to install and/or inspect a lock-wire that in the presence of the electromagnetic radiation has a visibly contrasting appearance compared to that of the component requiring a lock-wire.
Claims20
A method of locating a component requiring a supplemental restraining device on a portion of a gas turbine engine, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying a fluorescent material to the component;
- and
- irradiating the portion of the gas turbine engine with an electromagnetic radiation that causes the fluorescent material on the component to emit visible light and thereby increase the visibility of the component, the electromagnetic radiation further causing a decrease in the visibility of any surrounding components that do not have a fluorescent material.
A method of locating a component requiring a supplemental restraining device on a portion of a gas turbine engine, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying a fluorescent material to the component;
- and
- irradiating the portion of the gas turbine engine with ultraviolet light that causes the fluorescent material on the component to emit visible light and thereby causes an increase in the visibility of the component relative to any surrounding components that do not have a fluorescent material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.