DEVELOPMENT OF AN X-RAYING HIGH DEFINITION SYSTEM ABLE TO BE DEPLOYED IN PRODUCTION AND IN-SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

The present work describes the development of XHINIA, a novel X-ray detection system able to be deployed both in production and in-service aeronautical environments. The system is based on a portable high-resolution X-ray detection system coupled to an automatic displacement tool. The evaluation of the detection system performances as well as the detection system detectability performances are here described. Finally the displacement tool is presented and some results of in-service capabilities of the complete system (detector and displacement tool) are presented. The XHINIA system proved to be a unique and very useful tool for in-service recurrent X-ray inspections (circumferential assemblies) and also for expertises in the aeronautical field.