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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Joshua DeAscanis, Oviedo, FL (US);
David J. Meek, Oviedo, FL (US);
Robert G. Shannon, Oviedo, FL (US);
Forrest R. Ruhge, Orlando, FL (US);
James P. Williams, Orlando, FL (US);
Clifford Hatcher, Orlando, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for performing acoustic thermography inspection of a turbine blade while the blade is in place in an assembled turbine. The system includes an acoustic thermography stack with a cap and a frame that the acoustic thermography stack is slidably mounted to, said frame including an end frame portion that allows the blade to be clamped between the cap and the end frame portion. The system also includes an air cylinder that provides force to move the acoustic thermography stack up and down a rail of the frame such that the turbine blade may be clamped between the cap and the end frame portion and then excited using the acoustic thermography stack, and a casing that encases the air cylinder, a portion of the acoustic thermography stack and a portion of the frame.