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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Forrest R. Ruhge, Orlando, FL (US);
Clifford Hatcher, Jr., Orlando, FL (US);
James P. Williams, Orlando, FL (US);
Joshua DeAscanis, Oviedo, FL (US);
Robert G. Shannon, Oviedo, FL (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/72 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/72 (2013.01); F01D 25/285 (2013.01); F05D 2260/83 (2013.01); F05D 2270/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method include an acoustic thermography stack and a frame that the stack is slidably mounted to. The frame includes an end frame portion with a blade stop, and an air cylinder provides force to move the stack up and down a rail of the frame such that a turbine blade may be clamped between a cap of the stack and the blade stop. The clamped blade is excited using the stack, and an infrared camera is used to detect critical indications in the blade.