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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gary Austin Lamberton, Glenville, NY (US);
Curtis Wayne Rose, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/48 (2006.01); F01D 5/12 (2006.01); G01N 25/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/12 (2013.01); G01N 25/48 (2013.01); G01N 25/72 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49318 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present application provides a method of inspecting a bond joint. The method may include the steps of applying an exothermic adhesive to a first shell and/or a second shell, attaching the first shell to the second shell via the exothermic adhesive to create the bond joint, allowing the exothermic adhesive to cure, and imaging the heat released by the exothermic adhesive along the bond joint. The bond joint may be a turbine blade bond joint.