Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for inspecting a turbine blade tip shroud
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Application No.: US14264202Application Date: 2014-04-29
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Publication No.: US09611753B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Jacob Andrew Salm , Blake Allen Fulton , Keith Alan Lord
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Ernst G. Cusick; Frank A. Landgraff
- Main IPC: G01N19/00
- IPC: G01N19/00 ; F01D21/00 ; F01D25/28 ; F01D5/00 ; F01D25/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for inspecting a turbine blade tip shroud includes a frame comprising a top surface and a bottom surface that is alignable with the turbine blade tip shroud, and, at least one z-notch inspection slot that passes through the frame from the top surface to the bottom surface and is positioned to align with at least one z-notch of the turbine blade tip shroud when the frame is aligned on the turbine blade tip shroud. The apparatus further includes a removable z-notch inspection insert comprising a cross-sectional profile substantially matching the at least one z-notch inspection slot and comprising a z-notch guide face that faces the z-notch of the turbine blade tip shroud when the removable z-notch inspection insert is passed through the z-notch inspection slot
Public/Granted literature
- US20150308284A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING A TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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