Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for inspecting, cleaning, and/or repairing one or more blades attached to a rotor of a gas turbine engine using a robotic system
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Application No.: US15964657Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US10730185B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Zachary L. Walters , Maxwell E. Miller , Robert E. Huth
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; B25J9/16 ; B23P6/00 ; B25J9/00 ; B25J11/00 ; F01D25/28 ; F04D29/64 ; F01D25/00

Abstract:
A system for inspecting, cleaning, and/or repairing one or more blades attached to a rotor of a gas turbine engine. The system includes a track disposed adjacent to the rotor, a mechanical arm moveable along the track, a number of tools attachable to the mechanical arm, and a controller configured to control a position of at least one of the tools that is attached to the mechanical arm about the one or more blades.
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