Programmable jet engine test station
First Claim
1. For use in connection with a jet aircraft engine having certain electrical and pneumatic systems including oil and fuel pressure transducers, engine igniters, and EEC computer, air bleed valves, air-operated starter and thermo/anti-ice valves, and certain solenoids, a test station for automatically performing on-ground tests of such electrical and pneumatic systems when said engine is in a static, nonrunning condition, such station comprising:
- a programmable data acquisition computer;
input means, controllable by said computer, and operable to provide a certain test stimulus to any one of said electrical and pneumatic systems;
output means, operatively connected to said computer, for sensing response of said any one of said systems to said test stimulus, in a manner so that computer may generate test data indicative of such response; and
wherein said computer includes programming means operable by a test station user for permitting said user to select said certain test stimulus and to cause said computer to control said input means in accordance with said selected stimulus, and further, said programming means being operable by said user to control generation of test data by said computer, such data indicating system response to said test stimulus.
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Abstract
A programmable test station automatically performs static tests of electrical and pneumatic systems of jet aircraft engines. The test station automatically stimulates the systems to be tested on each engine and measures their response. A programmable data acquisition computer controls both stimuli and measurement, and generates data. The station is operatively connected to a plurality of engines simultaneously and tests certain systems on each in accordance with station user commands. The station includes a voice generator which permits the computer to "speak" to the station user for the purpose of receiving instructions and for communicating instruction acknowledgements and requests.
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6 Claims
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1. For use in connection with a jet aircraft engine having certain electrical and pneumatic systems including oil and fuel pressure transducers, engine igniters, and EEC computer, air bleed valves, air-operated starter and thermo/anti-ice valves, and certain solenoids, a test station for automatically performing on-ground tests of such electrical and pneumatic systems when said engine is in a static, nonrunning condition, such station comprising:
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a programmable data acquisition computer; input means, controllable by said computer, and operable to provide a certain test stimulus to any one of said electrical and pneumatic systems; output means, operatively connected to said computer, for sensing response of said any one of said systems to said test stimulus, in a manner so that computer may generate test data indicative of such response; and wherein said computer includes programming means operable by a test station user for permitting said user to select said certain test stimulus and to cause said computer to control said input means in accordance with said selected stimulus, and further, said programming means being operable by said user to control generation of test data by said computer, such data indicating system response to said test stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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