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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Joshua DeAscanis, Oviedo, FL (US);
William D. Clark, Orlando, FL (US);
Clifford Hatcher, Jr., Orlando, FL (US);
Forrest R. Ruhge, Orlando, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of generating a comprehensive image () of interior surfaces () of machine components such as a gas turbine combustor basket () and transition duct () by digitally stitching together multiple photographs () thereof, and analyzing the comprehensive image by contouring (A-B) of colors and shadings thereon, and quantifying and tracking aspects of the contours (A, B, C) over time for indications of degradation () of the interior surfaces. A scope () may be inserted into a port () in the combustor with a camera () in a rotatable end () of the scope for obtaining a circumferential set () of photos at each axial position along a length of the combustor and transition duct. A 3D surface scanning device () in the scope may define the geometry of the interior surface for 3D photographic modeling thereof providing a virtual walk-through inspection.