Inspection carriage for turbine blades

Electricity: measuring and testing – Magnetic – Magnetic test structure elements

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C324S228000, C073S660000

Reexamination Certificate

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07075296

ABSTRACT:
An inspection carriage provides for remote inspection of the Z-shroud and snubber regions of the blades of a steam turbine, while the blades remain in the turbine. The carriage includes a non-destructive inspection probe such as a meandering wave magnetometer probe or eddy current probe mounted on a slider, so that the probe may be moved along a radial axis, skew axis, axial axis, and rotation axis. Cameras are provided on the carriage so that the probe may be remotely guided into the region to be inspected.

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