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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Curtis Wayne Rose, Mechanicville, NY (US);
John Broddus Deaton, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Curtis Wayne Rose, Mechanicville, NY (US);
John Broddus Deaton, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An engineering component with a designed defect and use of an engineering component with a designed defect to evaluate a production component are disclosed. A test component having a known defect is manufactured. This known defect is a flaw that is intentionally included in the test component. The test component is then analyzed to obtain a test profile of the defect. In addition, the engineering component to be tested is analyzed to obtain a production profile. This production profile is compared with the test profile to determine whether the engineering component has a defect that corresponds to the known defect.