EP1974327A1 - Method for digitalising three-dimensional components - Google Patents
Method for digitalising three-dimensional componentsInfo
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- EP1974327A1 EP1974327A1 EP07712047A EP07712047A EP1974327A1 EP 1974327 A1 EP1974327 A1 EP 1974327A1 EP 07712047 A EP07712047 A EP 07712047A EP 07712047 A EP07712047 A EP 07712047A EP 1974327 A1 EP1974327 A1 EP 1974327A1
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- component
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06T17/00—Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects
- G06T17/10—Constructive solid geometry [CSG] using solid primitives, e.g. cylinders, cubes
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- the invention relates to a method for digitizing three-dimensional components, which have a certain external geometry and a certain, not completely visible from the outside inner geometry, and in particular of components that are difficult to transmit through their material.
- the digitization of three-dimensional components is used, among other things, in the further development of components and the new production of identical or similar components. If there is no design data, such as those used for CAD (Computer Aided Design), for their shape and dimension for an existing part to be refined or newly manufactured, the part is measured to create a three-dimensional data set. For a new production of the component, the data set is used by means of known production methods such as, for example, CNC machining or casting. In a further development, also called “re-engineering” or “upgrading”, the component is first developed further by the three-dimensional data set is modified in a suitable manner and the component is produced according to the amended, new data set.
- CAD Computer Aided Design
- a known method for recording the external geometry of a component is optical scanning, as disclosed, for example, in DE 196 139 78.
- the surfaces of a component are optically measured from different perspectives, ie from different picking positions and at different angles of view to the outer surface of the component.
- the measurement is carried out continuously by a very high density of measuring points is recorded.
- the captured frames are computationally assembled into a three-dimensional, virtual model.
- reference marks are made on the surface of the component prior to optical measurement. This procedure assumes that all contours are visible along a direct line of sight. However, hidden or shadowed contours, such as complex contours with undercuts and especially internal geometries, can not be recorded.
- a nondestructive method such as known from US 5,848,115, involves the use of computer tomography to acquire a plurality of two-dimensional sectional images of the component. From the sectional images, a so-called point cloud of coordinates of the inner and outer surface of the component is generated.
- the application of this method is limited to components made of easily passable materials with a low material density and / or a small wall thickness.
- the computer tomography achieves insufficient accuracy of the internal geometry.
- DE 102 41 752 discloses a non-destructive method for the three-dimensional optical measurement of an object by means of a photogrammetric method, in which a limited number of discrete surface points of the object are measured. A number of images of the external geometry are taken from different perspectives, ie from different positions of the optical recording device with respect to the object. For this purpose, the surface of the object to be measured is provided with flat, ie two-dimensional, reference markings.
- US 5,880,961 discloses a destructive method for three-dimensional recording of a component.
- the component to be digitized is poured into a polymer block, creating a contrast between component and polymer.
- the polymer block and component are removed in layers, whereby the contours of the two-dimensional sections or surfaces are digitized after each ablation. The removal is done without cooling the
- the method is not applicable to components made of high-strength materials, which are difficult to irradiate due to their chemical composition.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a method for the digitization of three-dimensional components, which is also applicable to components with complex internal geometry and hard-to-peelable materials and / or with large wall thicknesses.
- the method should be applicable to components exposed to hot gases in gas turbines.
- the method should be inexpensive compared to known methods.
- This object is achieved according to the invention by a destructive method for three-dimensional digitization with the following steps: - On a component to be digitized three-dimensional marking body are arranged on the outer surface of the component, which serve as three-dimensional reference geometries.
- the outer surface of the component including the three-dimensional marker body is digitized, whereby a digitized data set for the outer surface of the component with marker bodies is formed as a reference model.
- the component to be digitized is divided into several three-dimensional segments, so that all surfaces of the internal geometries are exposed by the individual segments each have only contours that are visible from the outside along direct line of sight and detectable by an optical recording device for the digitization process.
- the three-dimensional segments are digitized three-dimensionally by means of a suitable method, wherein the data set resulting for each three-dimensional segment contains data for all surfaces of each segment, including the marking bodies.
- the digital, three-dimensional data of the three-dimensional segments of the disassembled component are aligned and assembled using the digitized marking body on the undisturbed reference model.
- the three-dimensional marking body thus serve for the correct alignment of the segments in space.
- the six degrees of freedom, that is three for the translations and three for the rotations, are intended for each individual segment.
- the disassembly of the component is chosen so that all internal geometries are exposed and all contours directly visible for digitization and no undercuts are available.
- the marking bodies are applied in particular in those areas of the component which have no or only slight contour changes along one or more of the three Cartesian axis directions or along one of the three rotational directions. This allows a clear, correct alignment of the segments to each other.
- At least three marking bodies are attached to each of the three-dimensional segments, which have small contour changes along an axis or are rotationally or mirror-symmetrically, in order to ensure a clear alignment of the segments in the space.
- the method according to the invention is a destructive method in which the part to be digitized is subdivided only into coarse parts and only material of the thickness of the cutting tool is destroyed by the cutting process.
- the purpose of the dissection is to make visible all contours of the component that are not directly visible on the intact object, such as parts of a cooling geometry inside the component or contours in an undercut.
- the disassembly of the component is carried out with a suitable for the material of the component and the desired size and shape of the resulting segments cutting, for example by wire erosion.
- the three-dimensional segments are then individually digitized three-dimensionally, they must be digitally reassembled again. If the component has parts which have no significant contour changes in a given axis direction, it is only possible to align the individual parts in space and to each other if there are any reference data points which enable a clear, correct alignment.
- the reference model is also used in a variant of the method to digitally fill gaps in the record that are due to missing material due to the cutting process.
- the inventive method is particularly suitable for the digitization of gas turbine parts that contain a cooling geometry in the interior.
- the method is also suitable for any other components, such as parts of an automobile, in particular an engine, e.g. with cooling channels.
- the inventive method is particularly suitable for the digitization of components made of materials of high density and therefore are difficult to irradiate by means of high-energy radiation. It is also suitable for components which, due to the density of their material and / or due to the wall thicknesses of the component, by means of high-energy radiation difficult are radiatable.
- the method is suitable for components made of nickel- or cobalt-base superalloys, wherein the morphology of the microstructure may be arbitrary, ie monocrystalline, directionally solidified or polycrystalline.
- the method is suitable for components with large wall thicknesses of any material and for components made of ferrous materials, such as steel, cast steel or cast iron. It is suitable for components made of non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, magnesium or titanium and alloys of these metals.
- the inventive method requires that the disassembly of the components is designed so that the resulting three-dimensional segments each contain at least one lot that is part of the outer surface of the original, intact component.
- the marking bodies may have any suitable shape.
- they are cylindrical, conical or pyramid-shaped. In any case, however, they must be three-dimensional and as such protrude from the outer surface of the component to allow for proper alignment of the parts in the space.
- FIG. 1a shows the outer geometry
- FIG. 1b shows the
- FIG. 2 shows the component to be digitized of FIG. 1a with marking bodies attached to the outer surface. In digitized form, this component serves as
- FIGS. 3a and 3b are identical to FIGS. 3a and 3b.
- FIG. 3a shows an example of a disassembly of the component of FIG. 1a into three-dimensional segments, in this example comprising the blade root, the blade airfoil and the blade tip with blade cover strip, these parts being split longitudinally in each case from blade root to blade tip, FIG.
- Figure 3b shows the section line of the decomposition in a section according to Ill-Ill through the
- FIG. 3a Component in FIG. 3a, Figure 4 is a schematic representation of the process and calculation steps.
- FIG. 1a shows a side view of a gas turbine blade 1 with a blade root 2, an airfoil 3, which has a trailing edge 4 and front edge 5, and on a blade tip 6 a blade cover sheet 7 with cutting 8.
- the blade root 2 is designed in the form of a fir tree with several bulges 9 and a groove 10.
- FIG. 1 b shows, from the gas turbine blade 1 from FIG. 1 a, the internal geometry, which is disclosed by a longitudinal section along a blade longitudinal axis and approximately parallel to the blade blade surface.
- the internal geometry has a plurality of cooling channels 20, which are formed either by the leading edge 5 or the trailing edge 4 and a channel wall 21 or by two channel walls 21.
- the channel walls 21 extend from the region of the blade tip 6 to the blade root end, which is opposite to the blade tip. From the cooling channels 20, blow out holes 22 out of the blade through the bucket cover belt 7. At the rear and front edge 4, 5 also lead cooling channels 23, 24 to the outer surface of the airfoil. Finally, the cooling channels 21 are provided with ribs 25.
- FIG. 4 schematically illustrates the stepwise sequence of the digitization method according to the invention. Steps I and III correspond to FIGS. 2, 3a and 3b described below.
- FIG. 2 shows the gas turbine blade 1 from FIG. 1 a, on which in each case a plurality of marking bodies 30 according to step I in FIG. 4 have been attached to the blade cover strip 6, the blade 3 and the blade root 2.
- the marking body 30 are here pyramid-shaped.
- the inventive method for digitizing the component requires that a marking body is made three-dimensional and protrudes from the surface of the component.
- a marker body 30 may, for example, also have a cylindrical, conical, cuboidal, spherical or hemispherical or any other three-dimensional shape that is suitable for easy manufacture and attachment to the outer surface.
- marking body there are also recesses as a marking body possible, for example, a recess with a taper at its end, a groove, a bore or a counterbore.
- the marking bodies or marking recesses are not rotationally symmetrical.
- the component to be digitized is provided with the marking bodies. They are attached to those parts of the component which has little or no change over a given partial area of the outer surface along one of the three axial directions in space or along one of the three directions of rotation. Otherwise these games would not be clearly aligned with respect to an adjacent game.
- the marking bodies are to be attached, in particular, to the blade.
- the marking bodies are mounted so that the resulting from the decomposition of the component, three-dimensional segments enough to ensure a clear alignment of the segments.
- the orientation is reaslisert using the marking body, but can also be realized with the help of existing geometric features on the segments. Such geometric features could reduce the number of marking bodies required.
- the marking bodies are distributed on the surface of the component so that the spatial distance between them is as large as possible and the marking bodies are as far as possible not in line.
- the outer surface of the component, including the marking body is digitized three-dimensionally.
- the digitization is carried out for example by means of optical scanners.
- a selected portion of the outer surface is detected optically from different positions by means of digital cameras.
- This step is by itself a standard procedure. But it is also possible for this step Il others to use known digitization methods such as laser scanning or moving coordinate measuring methods.
- Each suitable digitization process generates a so-called point cloud of the component in space.
- Each point of this point cloud has three spatial
- Coordinates Depending on the resolution of the selected method, this results in a more or less coarse image of the three-dimensional component. However, this image has no surface.
- the component surface is reconstructed by the so-called polygonization, ie a combination of a given number of points with a polygon with just as many corners. In general, triangles are used for this method, so that one speaks of a triangulation.
- Figures 3a and 3b show according to step III an example of a decomposition of the component to be digitized in three-dimensional parts.
- the gas turbine blade 1 is split along the dashed lines 32-36 into a plurality of three-dimensional segments, for example by wire erosion cutting (EDM), water jet cutting or another suitable separation method, so that the entire internal geometry of the blade is disclosed and can be detected along direct lines of sight.
- EDM wire erosion cutting
- the number of cutting cuts required by the airfoil depends on the degree of twisting and curvature of the airfoil along the longitudinal axis and the geometry of the internal cooling channels. After disassembly, no contours of the internal geometry may be obscured.
- each segment having few geometric features that support alignment has at least three marker bodies 30.
- step IV all blade segments resulting from the decomposition, including marking bodies, are then digitized three-dimensionally, preferably by means of the same method as in step II.
- step V the data records of all three-dimensional segments are computationally assembled.
- the marking bodies are now used for the correct alignment of the three-dimensional segments in space by the spatial Position with the digitized model of the undivided blade, that is, the reference model from step II, brought into line.
- the three-dimensional, virtual reference model can be deleted.
- step VI finally, the parts of the component which have been destroyed by the cutting process and are missing at the segments are restored.
- surfaces that have been newly created by dismantling the component must first be deleted, so that the gaps can then be reconnected to the individual segments on a surface-based basis.
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