INSPECT (In-situ optical inspection of engine components)

随着民航业继续同比增长，燃气轮机供应商及其客户进行的例行燃气轮机现场检查越来越多。虽然这些对于确保高水平的航空发动机安全至关重要，但它们是时间密集型的，不同的检查员，提供的数据捕获和评估可能性有限。通过检查联盟，将开发一种光学检查系统，该系统可以永久地和可改装地嵌入燃气轮机孔探端口中。发动机关闭时，探头自动插入发动机气路，在每次运行后提供快速、频繁和标准化的压缩机检查。Insight是一种最先进的检测技术，支持未来的大数据分析、数据挖掘和趋势分析。这最终将使劳斯莱斯及其客户的数据变得丰富，并能够优化飞行路线、维护时间表，甚至可能是OEM设计。

With the civil aviation sector continuing to grow year-on-year, an ever increasing number of routine in-situ gas turbine inspections are undertaken by both gas turbine providers and their customers. Whilst these are critical for ensuring a high-level of aeroengine safety, they are time intensive, vary between inspectors, and offer limited data capture and assessment possibilities. Through the INSPECT consortium, an optical inspection system will be developed that can be permanently and retrofittably embedded into the gas turbine borescope ports. Upon engine shutdown, probes are automatically inserted into the engine gas path, providing an fast, frequent, and standardised compressor inspection after every operation. INSPECT is a state-of-the-art inspection technology, enabling future Big Data Analytics, data mining, and trending. This will ultimately make Rolls-Royce and its customers data rich and able to optimise flight paths, maintenance schedules, and possibly even OEM design.