It’s no secret to anyone involved in aerospace composites that production rates in commercial aircraft assembly lines anchored by advanced layup processes — automated fiber placement (AFP) and ...

Drone or quadcopter with camera 3d for scanning. This idea is now being applied to aircraft inspections, and will result in lower costs and improved safety. Aircraft are regularly inspected for a lot ...

The SAE G-38 committee is developing standards for drones and other automated inspection technologies. Credit: Mainblades Automated aircraft inspections and additive manufacturing are creating ...

As the trend to make things lighter and stronger continues to ramp up across many industries, it’s no surprise that the demand for carbon-fiber (CF) composites is greater than ever, too. However, CF ...

The key to precision manufacturing is right there in the name: precision. Accurate measurement is crucial to reproducibility, and reproducibility is the soul of modern manufacturing. Because of this, ...

AXI is an effective technology for finding manufacturing defects in electronics assembly operations. Manufacturers of advanced electronics products know that simultaneously producing a ...

3D surface profilers have been used across many industries since the mid-1970s due to their ability to deliver critical topographic data. The size and type of samples measured using these techniques ...

Optoelectronic component foundry upgrades Glasgow production line. CST Global has successfully installed and commissioned an Opto Systems VVSP4000, automatic pick and place, visual inspection machine ...

To ensure that the speed of composites fabrication keeps pace with customer demand, the ability to inspect and monitor composite part quality must become an integral part of high-rate part ...