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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2023
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Batzinger, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas E. Moldenhauer, Schenectady, NY (US);
Keith C. Belsom, Laurens, SC (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/84 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8422 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F05D 2230/10 (2013.01); F05D 2230/90 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8433 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides a cooling hole location system for locating a cooling hole in a gas turbine component, wherein the cooling hole is covered by a thermal barrier coating. The cooling hole location system may include a light source positioned on a first side of the gas turbine component and an optical detector positioned on a second side of the gas turbine component. The optical detector detects light from the light source visible through the thermal barrier coating covering the cooling hole.