General Electric Company

Ge Precision Healthcare LLC

Munish Vishwas Inamdar

Vinod Kumar

Achalesh Kumar Pandey

Vinay Bhaskar Jammu

Chayan Mitra

Ravi Yoganatha Babu

Kunal Ravindra Goray

Sheri George

Bhasker Rao Keely

Uwe Wiedmann

Shankar Chandrasekaran

Jacob John Kittleson

Rui Xu

Kiran Panchal

The present approach relates to generating one or both of a failure prediction indication for an X-ray tube or a remaining useful life estimate for the X-ray tube. In one implementation, a complexity of a regression model is selected based on the operating points utilized by an imaging system for the X-ray tube, where the regression model estimates coefficients utilized by a static tube model in estimating health (e.g., thickness) of the electron emitter of the X-ray tube, which in turn may be used in predicting remaining useful life of an electron emitter of the X-ray tube. In another implementation, replacement of an X-ray tube or a component of a filament drive circuit coupled to the X-ray tube may be detected.

Methods and systems for monitoring events related to X-ray tubes

A method for assembling a sensor assembly includes providing a sensing device configured to measure at least one variable. The method also includes at least partially enclosing a magnetic material within an enclosure. At least a portion of the enclosure is manufactured from a material having a permeability that facilitates forming a magnetic field therein. The method also includes coupling the sensing device to a first portion of the enclosure. The enclosure includes at least one second portion that is movable with respect to the first portion of the enclosure such that a magnetic coupling force is induced external to the enclosure to facilitate coupling the sensor assembly to a magnetic surface.

Sensor assemblies and methods of assembling same

Embodiments of the invention include an inspection system to inspect internal components of a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The inspection system includes an image recording assembly having one or more image recording devices, light sources, storage devices, and power supplies. The image recording assembly may be inserted into a compressor without removal of the compressor housing or disassembly of the compressor. The image recording assembly may be removably coupled to a rotary component of the compressor, e.g., a rotor blade, and used to record images of stationary components, e.g., stator vanes, of the compressor. The images may be inspected to identify wear and/or defects in the stationary components, e.g., stator vanes.

System and method for inspection of stator vanes

A system is disclosed that includes an image recording assembly for recording images of a stator vane of a compressor and a mechanism configured to magnetically couple the image recording assembly to a rotor blade of a compressor. Additional systems are provided that include image recording assemblies. Methods implementing the disclosed systems are also provided.

Image recording assemblies and coupling mechanisms for stator vane inspection

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Munish Vishwas Inamdar