APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RADIATION TO ROTATING COMPONENT

• Main Authors: ANDREW DAVID ELLIS, MICHAEL ALLEN BALL, KURT KRAMER SCHLEIF
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 18.01.2024
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC ORINFRASONIC WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; PHYSICS; STEAM ENGINES; TESTING; WEAPONS

To provide an apparatus and a method for transmitting radiation to a rotating component.SOLUTION: Provided are an apparatus 140 and a method for transmitting radiation from a radiation source to a surface 122 of a component. The apparatus 140 includes a probe body portion 102 and a focusing lens 134 coupled to the probe body portion 102 and optically coupled to the radiation source. The focusing lens 134 is formed so as to output the radiation with less directional variation than the radiation from the radiation source. A plurality of prisms 136 are coupled to the probe body portion 102, and each prism 136 being oriented at a different angle in order to direct the radiation from the focusing lens 134 off an axis of the radiation source 108 to the surface 122 of the component.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8 【課題】回転構成要素に放射線を伝送する装置及び方法を提供する。【解決手段】放射線源から構成要素の表面１２２に放射線を伝送するための装置１４０及び方法を提供する。装置１４０は、プローブ本体部１０２と、プローブ本体部１０２に結合され、放射線源に光学的に結合された集束レンズ１３４とを含む。集束レンズ１３４は、放射線源からの放射線よりも方向のばらつきが少ない放射線を出力するように形成されている。複数のプリズム１３６は、プローブ本体部１０２に結合され、各プリズム１３６は、集束レンズ１３４からの放射線を、放射源１０８の軸から外れるように構成要素の表面１２２に向けるために異なる角度に向けられている。【選択図】図８