Patent ID: 11893726
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method of autonomously inspecting surfaces of a pinion gear of a girth gear set under standard operating conditions in situ, the pinion gear comprising a plurality of teeth, the method comprising: selecting an installation that includes a housing, a thermal imager housed in the housing, a machine vision camera housed in the housing, a computer, a user interface, a programmable logic controller in electronic communication with the thermal imager, the machine vision camera, the computer and the user interface, and an air barrier blower attached to the housing; instructing the air barrier blower to produce an air barrier between an ambient environment and both the thermal imager and the machine vision camera with the programmable logic controller; instructing the thermal imager to take thermal images of each tooth and the machine vision camera to take stop action visual light images of each tooth with the programmable logic controller; collecting the images with the programmable logic controller; and displaying the images with the user interface.