US 12,410,711 B2
Bladed rotor inspection, analysis and repair systems and methods
Lawrence P. Roberts, North Palm Beach, FL (US); Ross A. Vandenbosch, Mason, MI (US); Uyen Phan, Arcadia, CA (US); Ron I. Prihar, West Hartford, CT (US); and Garrett Kernozicky, Mansfield, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,890.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,748, filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313685 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F01D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 5/005 (2013.01) [F05D 2260/80 (2013.01); F05D 2260/81 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, via a processor, whether serviceable limits are met for an inspected bladed rotor;
automatically generating, via the processor, a three-dimensional model including a repair blend profile for a defect in response to determining the inspected bladed rotor does not meet the serviceable limits;
automatically performing, via the processor, a first set of simulations on the three-dimensional model;
automatically determining, via the processor, whether a first set of results of the first set of simulations meet an experience-based criteria;
automatically performing, via the processor, a second set of simulations on the three-dimensional model in response to a first result in the first set of results not meeting a first objective parameter in the experience-based criteria; and
automatically determining, via the processor, whether a second set of results and the first set of results meet a deterministic criteria.