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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Selim Akin, Istanbul, TR;
Thomas James Batzinger, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Airton Rosa da Silva, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Selami Haydar Icli, Zurich, CH;
Christopher Paul Markman, Canton, GA (US);
Paulo Cesar Debenest, Tokyo, JP;
Michele Guarnieri, Tokyo, JP;
Giorgio Valsecchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeo Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems and methods for in situ gap inspection in a machine, such as a generator, an electric motor, or a turbomachine, with an end region. A robotic crawler is configured to navigate an annular gap of the machine. A visual inspection module is connected to the robotic crawler and includes an extension member for extending a camera into the end region to collect visual inspection data.