Manufacture modeling and monitoring
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring manufacture of a particular type of part by a manufacturing process including a plurality of manufacturing steps in a system of the type that includes at least one processing unit and a memory, the method comprising:
- receiving a non-destructive evaluation (NDE) dataset, wherein the NDE dataset is associated with a manufactured part of the particular type of part, wherein the NDE dataset for the manufactured part includes a plurality of NDE data points and inspection information, wherein each NDE dataset corresponds to data collected during a non-destructive evaluation process of the particular part;
aligning the NDE dataset to a simulated model associated with at least a portion of the particular type of part, including aligning each NDE data point to a corresponding simulated location on the simulated model wherein the step of aligning the NDE dataset involves;
determination, from an analysis of the NDE dataset, of the non-destructive evaluation process by which the NDE data was collected;
selection of an alignment algorithm based on the determined non-destructive evaluation process;
using the selected alignment algorithm, transformation of the NDE data points into a coordinate system of the simulated model for locating the NDE data points on the simulated model;
analyzing at least a subset of the aligned NDE data points and the simulated location corresponding to each aligned NDE data point of the subset to determine a spatially correlated statistic which is a value that is at least one of a measurement or calculated from a measurement that is associated with the manufactured part and that corresponds to a spatial area of that part and is based at least partially on the NDE data points of the subset and the corresponding simulated locations for the particular part; and
generating output data based at least partially on the spatially correlated statistic.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for analyzing, monitoring, and/or modeling the manufacture of a type of part by a manufacturing process. Non-destructive evaluation data and/or quality related data collected from manufactured parts of the type of part may be aligned to a simulated model associated with the type of part. Based on the aligned data, the manufacturing process may be monitored to determine whether the manufacturing process is operating properly; aspects of the manufacturing process may be spatially correlated to the aligned data; and/or the manufacturing process may be analyzed.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring manufacture of a particular type of part by a manufacturing process including a plurality of manufacturing steps in a system of the type that includes at least one processing unit and a memory, the method comprising:
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receiving a non-destructive evaluation (NDE) dataset, wherein the NDE dataset is associated with a manufactured part of the particular type of part, wherein the NDE dataset for the manufactured part includes a plurality of NDE data points and inspection information, wherein each NDE dataset corresponds to data collected during a non-destructive evaluation process of the particular part; aligning the NDE dataset to a simulated model associated with at least a portion of the particular type of part, including aligning each NDE data point to a corresponding simulated location on the simulated model wherein the step of aligning the NDE dataset involves; determination, from an analysis of the NDE dataset, of the non-destructive evaluation process by which the NDE data was collected; selection of an alignment algorithm based on the determined non-destructive evaluation process; using the selected alignment algorithm, transformation of the NDE data points into a coordinate system of the simulated model for locating the NDE data points on the simulated model; analyzing at least a subset of the aligned NDE data points and the simulated location corresponding to each aligned NDE data point of the subset to determine a spatially correlated statistic which is a value that is at least one of a measurement or calculated from a measurement that is associated with the manufactured part and that corresponds to a spatial area of that part and is based at least partially on the NDE data points of the subset and the corresponding simulated locations for the particular part; and generating output data based at least partially on the spatially correlated statistic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of monitoring manufacture of a particular type of part by a manufacturing process including a plurality of manufacturing steps in a system of the type that includes at least one processing unit and a memory, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) datasets, wherein each NDE dataset is associated with a manufactured part of the particular type of part, wherein the NDE dataset for each manufactured part of the particular type of part includes inspection information and NDE data associated with an area of interest for the associated manufactured part, wherein each NDE dataset corresponds to data collected during a non-destructive evaluation process of the associated manufactured part; aligning the plurality of NDE datasets to a simulated model associated with at least a portion of the particular type of part, including aligning NDE data associated with the area of interest from each of a plurality of manufactured parts to corresponding simulated locations on the simulated model that are associated with the area of interest wherein the step of aligning NDE datasets involves; determination, from an analysis of the NDE datasets, of the non-destructive evaluation process by which the NDE data was collected; selection of an alignment algorithm based on the determined non-destructive evaluation process; using the selected algorithm, transformation of the NDE data points of an NDE dataset into a coordinate system of the simulated model to locate the NDE data points of the plurality of datasets on the simulated model; and analyzing NDE data aligned to corresponding simulated locations associated with the area of interest for each of the plurality of manufactured parts to determine a spatially correlated statistic for a manufactured part, the spatially correlated statistic for a manufactured part being a value that is at least one of a measurement or calculated from a measurement that is associated with that part and is associated with the area of interest for the manufactured part. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of monitoring manufacture of a particular type of part by a manufacturing process including a plurality of manufacturing steps in a system of the type that includes at least one processing unit and a memory, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) datasets, wherein each NDE dataset is associated with a manufactured part of the particular type of part, wherein the NDE dataset for each manufactured part of the particular type of part includes inspection information and NDE data associated with an area of interest for the associated manufactured part, wherein each NDE dataset corresponds to data collected during a non-destructive evaluation process of the associated manufactured part; aligning the plurality of NDE datasets to a simulated model associated with at least a portion of the particular type of part, including aligning NDE data associated with the area of interest from each of a plurality of manufactured parts to corresponding simulated locations on the simulated model that are associated with the area of interest wherein the step of aligning NDE datasets involves; determination, from an analysis of the NDE datasets, of the non-destructive evaluation process by which the NDE data was collected; selection of an alignment algorithm based on the determined non-destructive evaluation process; using the selected alignment algorithm, transformation of the NDE data points of an NDE dataset into a coordinate system of the simulated model to locate the NDE data points of the plurality of datasets on the simulated model; determining a spatially correlated statistic for a manufactured part based on the aligned NDE data of NDE datasets associated with the area of interest, the spatially correlated statistic being a value that is at least one of a measurement or calculated from a measurement that is associated with that part; analyzing each NDE dataset based on the spatially correlated statistic for the particular manufactured part to detect any manufactured part that includes a sub-rejectable physical characteristic associated with the area of interest based at least in part on the NDE data aligned to corresponding simulated locations associated with the area of interest on the simulated model. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. The method of 41, further comprising:
in response to detecting a sub-rejectable characteristic associated with the area of interest for a manufactured part, aligning an indication of the detected sub-rejectable physical characteristic to at least one corresponding simulated location on the simulated model. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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