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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Arthur W. Utay, South Windsor, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a method of operating an inspection system, including a sensor and heating element operably coupled to a control module, to determine in-situ a coating integrity for a turbomachinery component within a turbomachinery system, the method comprising the steps of: placing the sensor and heating element at a distance from the desired turbomachinery component to be examine, operating the heating element for a predetermined amount of time, operating the sensor to detect an output from a surface of the turbomachinery component, and operating the control module to compare the output with at least one integrity parameter.