Ultrasonic Testing

Ultrasonic Thickness Gauging and Ultrasonic Flaw Detections are widely used by the aerospace industry in both manufacturing and maintenance operations.

Aircraft maintenance applications for ultrasonic testing include measurement of skin and windshield thickness after blending and window scratch removal operations, as well as crack detection in airframes, landing gears, and engine mounts.

Flaw detection can be performed with either conventional instruments or phased array systems.

Wall thickness of turbine blades can be monitored during engine maintenance, and turbine blade root and rotor cracking can also be identified.

Composite panels can be inspected for delaminations at the manufacturing stage, and the extent of in-service impact damage can be qualified.

Eddy Current Testing

Eddy current technology can be employed whenever there is a requirement to detect cracking, corrosion, changes in conductivity, and even for paint thicknesses.

Aerospace maintenance applications for eddy current testing include inspections of aircraft structures to identify cracking, corrosion monitoring of aircraft skins and rotary inspections of fastener holes.

Eddy current array technology is now reaching the forefront of aerospace maintenance applications where array technology is replacing conventional inspections due to improvements in inspection time and data integrity. Aerospace manufacturing has also used eddy current technology for many years to inspect new components and structures prior to being assembled on the aircraft.

Remote Visual Inspection

Industrial videoscope, fiberscope and borescope systems, making it possible to not only inspect turbines and other difficult-to-access areas, but also to locate, measure and monitor foreign object damage (FOD) through both borescopes and videoscopes.

High Speed Video

High Speed Video technology allows Aircraft Engine manufacturers to record and analyze critical areas during engine development and test. Simulation of foreign object ingestion to an engine during take-off and flight are undertaken, as well as evaluation of failure modes such as internal blade separation at high speed.