Patent ID: 7149632

Claim:
A method comprising: storing data relating to wear of a component of at least one turbine system in a database of a system for processing wear related information; generating a displayable menu for an interface, the menu containing a plurality of user-selectable links respectively associated with software modules of the system; and receiving an on-line selection through the interface of one of the user-selectable links to enable the associated software module of the system to generate displayable content including information relating to the wear of the component of the turbine system; wherein the wear of the component of the at least one turbine system comprises the wear of a material in one or more of the following turbine components: transition piece body assembly component, bull horn cover, side seal, AFT frame creep, combustion liner assembly component, flow sleeve, cross fire tube and fuel nozzle; and the module associated with the selected link enables the displayable content to depict as a digitized photograph, on-line, an example component having a standardized level of wear.