X-Ray and CT Automation Advances Make Aerospace Inspection Easier
How the advances are benefitting aerospace engineers with increased flexibility, improved image quality, better reporting and data storage capabilities.
Standards and regulations rule the aerospace industry. Inspections and reviews are crucial to passenger and flight safety, but compliance with these standards can become time consuming and expensive. Advances in technology put more pressure on the inspection process. Luckily, technological advances also benefit the inspection systems, namely X-ray and computed tomography (CT) systems, by making processes faster and more cost effective.
Newer X-ray and CT inspection systems can automate many of the inspection standards that engineers must comply with during the inspection of aerospace products. A compliant system should be capable of automation for calculating and producing statistical reports, as well as for the general workload inspection. Based upon the programmed thresholds, the inspection system can alert inspectors or supervisors if too many parts fall outside of the range.