System and method for maintenance of a turbine assembly Patent uri icon

abstract

  • A maintenance apparatus includes a flexible carriage configured to anchor between adjacent airfoils of a turbine assembly. The maintenance apparatus includes a maintenance tool operably coupled with the flexible carriage. The maintenance tool is configured to one or more of generate image data representative of one or more surfaces of the turbine assembly or repair the one or more surfaces of the turbine assembly. The maintenance apparatus comprises one or more motors operably coupled with the maintenance tool and configured to move the maintenance tool relative to the flexible carriage.

author list (cited authors)

  • Lipkin, D. M., Oppenheimer, S. M., Zajkowski, M. J., & Danko, T. W.

complete list of authors

  • Lipkin, DM||Oppenheimer, SM||Zajkowski, MJ||Danko, TW

publication date

  • August 2020