General Electric Company

John J Bottoms

David G Tashjian

Randall C Gantner

Rajendra P Rathi

Richard H Burkel

Steven M Wolff

Michael Steven Olle

Mark D Schlegel

Todd A Godwin

Rishi Gulati

Andrew L Jackson, Jr

Christopher A Ware

A computer-based method and system for tracking repairs of different types of components. The repair tracking system receives repair orders identifying components of customers that need repair. After a repair order is received, an engineer uses the repair tracking system to assign a repair plan to the repair order. When a repair technician receives a component or subcomponent of a repair order, the repair technician uses the repair tracking system to identify the steps that need to be performed next. After the repair of the component is complete, the repair technician uses the repair tracking system to indicate the completion and to determine where to send the component so that the next step in the repair plan can be performed.

Method and system for tracking repair of components

A vision system for automating a machine process. The system includes a conventional CCD camera and a vision processor which automatically determines process parameters from a workpiece surface by generating an image of the workpiece surface, transducing the workpiece image into electrical signals, and electronically determining the process parameters from the electrical signals. Applied to a laser welding process, the vision system locates workpiece edges, determines part centerline and thickness, and calculates process parameters such as weld location, the rate of delivery of weld powder, laser intensity, and the speed at which the weld is applied.

Machine vision system

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Arkansas City, KS, United States of America

John J Bottoms