SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF STATOR VANE

• Main Authors: INAMDAR MUNISH VISHWAS, KUMAR VINOD PADMANABHAN, PANDEY ACHALESH KUMAR, BABU RAVI YOGANATHA, MITRA CHAYAN, KEELY BHASKER RAO, GORAY KUNAL RAVINDRA, GEORGE SHERI, JAMMU VINAY BHASKAR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.09.2011
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TONON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES ORJET-PROPULSION PLANTS; INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUSSUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MEASURING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; PHYSICS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TESTING; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate an inspection of internal components of a turbine engine. SOLUTION: A system for inspection of a stator vane includes an inspection system to inspect the internal components of a compressor (18) of a gas turbine engine (12). The inspection system includes an image recording assembly (50) having one or more image recording devices (54), light sources (56), storage devices (58), and power supplies (60). The image recording assembly (50) may be inserted into a compressor (18) without removal of the compressor housing (34) or disassembly of the compressor (18). The image recording assembly (50) may be removably coupled to a rotary component (30) of the compressor (18), e.g., a rotor blade, and used to record images of stationary components (36), e.g., stator vanes, of the compressor (18). The images may be inspected to identify wear and/or defects in the stationary components (36), e.g., stator vanes. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT