United Technologies Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Peggy Sansevero

Mary Lynn Tall

An automated airflow inspection system for airfoil blades or vanes includes an operator station for mounting the airfoil and a robotic station for pressure tapping the airfoil. The robotic station includes a vision system and a pressure tapper mounted to a robotic arm. The vision system identifies a pattern of holes of the airfoil blade or vane. The system identifies a hole within the pattern of holes by comparing the pattern of holes to a pre-loaded program associated with the airfoil blade or vane. The system is monitored and controlled by a human to machine interface.

Automation of airfoil pressure taps for testing holes of an airfoil

An airflow testing system for an aerospace component uses a flow master with a first sealing surface, a hollow body, and a metering plate. A desired back pressure across a flow path through the aerospace component is determined, and used to form a metering outlet through the metering plate. The plate is attached to the hollow body in a fluid seal, the flow master is secured to a testing position in a fluid seal, and back pressure across the flow master is sensed while flowing air through the flow master. The difference between desired and sensed back pressure is used to evaluate the airflow testing system.

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East Hartford, CT, United States of America

Peggy Sansevero