Virtual turbomachine blade contact gap inspection

A system and method for virtually inspecting contact gaps of a blade stage of a turbomachine is disclosed. The system may include a digitizing device for obtaining a three-dimensional model of a shroud of each blade of the blade stage. A computer system may include at least one module configured to...

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Main Authors Connor James Ryan, Salm Jacob Andrew, Erno Jeffrey David
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.01.2017
Subjects
BLASTING
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
HEATING
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
STEAM ENGINES
WEAPONS
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Summary:A system and method for virtually inspecting contact gaps of a blade stage of a turbomachine is disclosed. The system may include a digitizing device for obtaining a three-dimensional model of a shroud of each blade of the blade stage. A computer system may include at least one module configured to perform the following steps: extracting a geometric location data of a hard place plane of each shroud from the three-dimensional model; generating a three-dimensional virtual rendering of the shrouds of the blade stage based on the geometric location data and the known dimensions of the blade stage, the three-dimensional virtual rendering including a rendering of contact gaps between adjacent shrouds; and inspecting the blade stage using the three-dimensional virtual rendering.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514824464