A system is disclosed for use in assembling a plurality of rotatable
elements in the assembly of a turbine engine. The system includes an
initialization unit, a measurement unit, and a processing unit. The
initialization unit is for entering initialization data into a database.
The initialization data includes a first set of initialization data that
is representative of characteristics of a first rotatable element, and a
second set of initialization data that is representative of
characteristics of a second rotatable element. The measurement unit is
for permitting a user to enter measured data including a first set of
measured data characteristic of measured features of the first rotatable
element, and a second set of measured data characteristic of measured
features of the second rotatable element. The processor unit is for
determining an optimal order and rotational arrangement of the first and
second rotatable elements with respect to one another responsive to the
first and second sets of initialization data and the first and second
sets of measured data.