Systems and Methods Involving Rotable Components
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1. A method involving rotable gas turbine engine components comprising:
- obtaining access to a rotable component;
analyzing the component;
removing a corresponding rotable component from service;
replacing the removed component with the component previously analyzed;
analyzing the removed component;
determining that the component and the corresponding component exhibit different operational usage times; and
correlating information obtained during the analyzing of the component and the corresponding component relative to the usage times.
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Abstract
Systems and methods involving rotable gas turbine engine components are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes: a component pool control system; an inventory system operative to store inventory information corresponding to a current inventory of rotable components and to provide the inventory information to the component pool control system; and an inspection system operative to store inspection information corresponding to analyzed one of the rotable components and to provide the inspection information to the component pool control system.
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1. A method involving rotable gas turbine engine components comprising:
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obtaining access to a rotable component; analyzing the component; removing a corresponding rotable component from service; replacing the removed component with the component previously analyzed; analyzing the removed component; determining that the component and the corresponding component exhibit different operational usage times; and correlating information obtained during the analyzing of the component and the corresponding component relative to the usage times. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system involving rotable gas turbine engine components comprising:
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a component pool control system; an inventory system operative to store inventory information corresponding to a current inventory of rotable components and to provide the inventory information to the component pool control system; and an inspection system operative to store inspection information corresponding to analyzed one of the rotable components and to provide the inspection information to the component pool control system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method involving rotable gas turbine engine components comprising:
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analyzing a component; removing a corresponding component from an aircraft engine based, at least in part, on a request for obtaining information pertaining to the corresponding component, the request being provided by a component pool control system that is operative to coordinate compilation of a database of information corresponding to rotable components; replacing the removed component with the component previously analyzed; analyzing the removed component; enabling the component pool control system to augment the database with information corresponding to the component and to the corresponding component; and using information form the database to facilitate at least one of repair and replacement of another corresponding component. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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