Through the use of an “Integrated Product Team” approach and new inspection techniques incorporating the latest in imaging capabilities and automation, the costs of some man-power intensive tasks can now be drastically reduced. Also, through the use of advanced eddy current techniques, the detectable size of cracks under flush-head fasteners can be reduced while maintaining reliable inspection.This article describes the evaluation and results obtained using eddy current technology to determine the minimum fasteners, Secondly, it describes the integrated efforts of engineers at Boeing DPD and Northwest Airlines in the successful application of MAUS eddy current scanning of the DC-10 circumferential and axial crow splices. The eddy current scanning greatly reduced the man-hour effort required for the existing radiographic inspection


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    Title :

    Improved NDI Techniques for Aircraft Inspection


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Airframe/Engine Maintenance & Repair Conference & Exposition ; 1998



    Publication date :

    1998-11-10




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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