Automated turbine blade inspection (BOREINSPECT system) | NOVACAM

This video shows the functionality of NOVACAM BOREINSPECT system rotational scanner (RS2) probe.
RS2, a small-diameter non-contact optical scanner probe, enters into the complex geometrical structures of turbine blades to completely acquire their dimensional geometry, down to the micron. Fully configurable, triple axis scanning capabilities allow the user to set up an automated scanning sequence to capture the entire blade without having to manipulate it. Here, the fiber-based probe carries out an inspection of a stator blade (nozzle guide vane), including the inner surface of the blade, its cooling air holes, and EDM slots. From the 3D view, users can analyze tolerances, set datum alignment, and detect defects.
Benefits of the system:
fully configurable automated scanning sequences
micron-precision measurements of blade surfaces, blade edges
detection of surface or dimensional defects
characterization of all aspects of a turbine blade, including EDM slots and cooling air-holes (control of fan-out angle, etc.)
tolerance analysis, datum alignment capability, and more
100% user-defined measurement parameters
high-speed surface acquisition (2 to 30,000 points per second)
extremely versatile and robust setup thanks to the fiber-based character of the system.
Inspection applications:
aerospace and power generation industry turbines, turbine blade geometry, leading edge, trailing edge, cooling air holes, cooling slots, blade platform cooling holes, rib turbulators, rotor blades, EDM slots, laser drilling, precision machining, thermal barrier coating, blade platform, diffuser ID roughness
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You may want to get your terminology in line. That is a segmented hot section vane, not a blade. Former Pratt & Whitney vane and blade guru. The e.d.m. "fan outs" are the diffusers in shaped holes.