* First announced in
* New process to improve the inspection of metal parts based on the same technology used to expose art forgeries will be first to deploy through the STAC
* Will support
It will be the first deployed through
Along with improving the quality and detail of part inspections, this new inspection process is designed to improve our airline customer's cost of ownership by more clearly delineating airworthy repaired parts that can be returned to the field in lieu of replacing them entirely with new parts. This will help reduce supply chain constraints with the manufacture of new parts, improving the overall turnaround time of our engine overhauls.
'We're excited to be opening our new STAC facility, which will serve as a major accelerator for scaling and deploying cutting edge inspection and repair processes to market,' said
Caption: The artistry of inspection. Pictured is the X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) inspection device currently installed at the GE Aerospace Inspection Solutions (AIS) facility in
Jet Engine Metal Parts and Master Artworks' 'Chemical' Bond
Investigating works of art and inspecting metal parts in jet engines have something in common - both have a chemical composition. In art and conservation, XRF is used to image and see aspects of an art object's chemical composition that can tell you about the history of its origin and how to restore it or, in some cases, whether the piece is real or fake. For metal part inspections, the XRF provides a view of the part's chemical composition that can help a service engineer more-readily spot anomalies.
'With the new XRF technology we have developed in partnership with Bruker, we're inspecting metal jet engine parts at the same level of forensic detail museums and auction houses use to identify forged pieces of artwork,' Jenkins added. 'This new inspection will allow us to be even more vigilant with verifying the integrity of metal parts.'
The new process using X-ray is one of a variety of imaging methods and techniques
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