Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for inspecting turbomachines
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Application No.: US14588187Application Date: 2014-12-31
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Publication No.: US09657597B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Lawrence James Moore , Fredrick Levi Fuller , Jason Michael Boss , Bernard Baran Zabek , Gerald Marco Geraci , Michael Richard Pomykai
- 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 James W. Pemrick; Ernest G. Cusick; Frank A. Landgraff
- Main IPC: F01D25/28
- IPC: F01D25/28 ; F01D21/00 ; G01L9/00 ; G01N25/00 ; G01M15/14 ; G01N21/954 ; B23Q3/155 ; B64D47/08

Abstract:
A system for inspecting a turbomachine is provided. The system includes a pressure isolation system configured to maintain a pressure resistant seal around a probe. The pressure isolation system has a probe bearing located adjacent to a pressure seal. The probe bearing is configured to facilitate back and forth movement of the probe by reducing friction. A gimbal mount is connected to the pressure isolation system. The pressure isolation system has a valve seal located between the gimbal mount and the pressure seal. The valve seal is configured to isolate the pressure seal from the gimbal mount when the probe is not in the valve seal. The system is configured to move the probe into and out of the turbomachine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160010506A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING TURBOMACHINES Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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