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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2004
Brenda Catherine Tenley, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Michael Leonard Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Anthony Traxler, Fairfield Township, OH (US);
Brenda Catherine Tenley, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Michael Leonard Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Anthony Traxler, Fairfield Township, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for inspecting a gas turbine engine rotor disk, wherein the rotor disk includes a plurality of dovetail slots, includes providing a probe assembly including an eddy current probe and a probe fixture, wherein the eddy current probe includes a body portion and a tip portion including an eddy current probe coil. The method also includes inserting the eddy current probe into the probe fixture, coupling the probe fixture to the rotor disk such that at least a portion of the probe fixture is coupled to at least one of the dovetail slots, and such that the eddy current probe is positioned adjacent the rotor disk, generating an eddy current in the rotor disk using the eddy current probe coil, and inspecting the rotor disk using the probe assembly.