Blade inspection apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsYutaka Konomura, Eiichi Kobayashi, Fumio Hori
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Abstract
A blade inspection apparatus inspects a plurality of blades periodically disposed on a periphery of a rotating shaft of a rotor of an engine and rotated on the rotating shaft. The blade inspection apparatus has a borescope having an insertion portion in which an observation optical system is provided, fixtures attached to one of a plurality of external access ports provided on the engine and fixing the borescope, and dedicated for each of the external access ports, and an identification information output portion for outputting identification information for identifying the external access port to which the fixtures are attached.
Claims15
A blade inspection apparatus for inspecting a plurality of blades periodically disposed on a periphery of a rotating shaft of a rotor of an engine and rotated on the rotating shaft, the apparatus comprising:
- an endoscope having an insertion portion in which an observation optical system is provided;
- a plurality of fixtures, each of the plurality of fixtures being dedicated for a respective one of a plurality of external access ports provided on the engine and being configured to be attached to the one of the plurality of the external access ports, for fixing the endoscope;
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- a plurality of identification information output portions, each of the plurality of fixtures being provided with a respective one of the plurality of identification information output portions,
- wherein each of the plurality of identification information output portions holds identification information for identifying the external access port to which its respective fixture is to be attached, and outputs the identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.