HIGH SPEED INSPECTION OF COMPOSITE PROFILES

摘要

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics are now widely used in aeronautic components. The advantage of this material is that it allows the airframe designer to save weight and thereby reduce fuel burn (fuel costs being the highest single factor in airline operations today). The components used in stiffening the overall airframe are constructed profile beams. Their common shapes are: T, L, H, Ω, etc. Dedicated ultrasonic and thermography inspection solutions were developed to capture the critical quality requirements without causing any slowing down to the production rate. These solutions are based on using ultrasonic phased arrays and associated automated guiding mechanisms. The ultrasonic data obtained is automatically processed.