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GE Inspetion Technologies
Surface Inspection with
the Mentor EM
How Am I Going to Do That ??
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Customer North American Regional Air
Story Carrier
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What’s Important for this Regional Air Carrier ?
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Typical Aerospace Surface Crack Inspection
Applications
Vertical & Horizontal
Stabilizers
Engines /
Pylons
Undercarriage /
Fuselage / Stringers /
Doublers Wheels
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Customer Story Airframe Manufacturer
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What’s Important for an Airframe Manufacturer ?
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Hmmmmm…..??????
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Boeing 767 Inspection - Upper Sill Service Door
Calibration
Instrument
Inspection Procedure
Probe
Standard
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Boeing 767 Inspection - Upper Sill Service Door
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Absolute Surface Pencil Probe Families
Frequency Shape
Shielding Length
200 kHz Straight
Shielded 2, 3, 4.5, 6,
500 kHz + or + 8, 12 in. + 90 Degree
2 MHz 15 Degree
Unshielded ….
6 MHz BoltHole
Often
application
specific
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Absolute Surface Pencil Probe Families
Frequency Shape
Shielding Length
200 kHz Straight
Shielded 2, 3, 4.5, 6,
500 kHz + + 8, 12 in. + 90 Degree
or
2 MHz DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY THE 15 Degree
Unshielded ….
6 MHz BoltHole
NUMBER OF PROBES….THE
INSPECTOR USUALLY HAS HIS
PREFERRED PROBE FOR THE
SPECIFIC INSPECTION
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Absolute Pencil Probe Scan of AL Calibration Block
Lift
off Edge Balance Point
Effect
0.5 mm
EDM
Notch
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Customer Story Aircraft Wheel and Brake Manufacturer
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What’s Important for this Wheel & Brake Manufacturer
• Simple interface
• Minimal training for non-NDT
mechanics
• Speed of inspection
• Assurance of 100% coverage
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Popular Surface Inspection Applications
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Industrial WeldScan Surface Applications
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Inspection of Roto Symmetrical Components
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Sub-Layer Corrosion Detection for Aircraft Structures
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Sub-Layer Corrosion Detection for Aircraft Structures
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Sub-Layer Corrosion Detection for Aircraft Structures
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Boeing Application for Reflection Style Sliding
Probe
More challenging inspection
but same core elements:
• Instrument (& alternatives)
• Probe (& alternatives)
• Reference Standard
• Inspection Procedure
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Surface Inspection and the Mentor EM
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Boeing 767 Inspection - Upper Sill Service Door
Calibration
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Absolute Pencil Probe Scan of AL Calibration Block
Lift
off Edge Balance Point
Effect
0.5 mm
EDM
Notch
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Mentor EM Phasec Expert GUI
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Mentor EM Practical Exercise
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Mentor EM Practical Exercise
Lift
off Edge Balance
Effect Point
0.5 mm
EDM
Notch
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Mentor EM Phasec Expert GUI
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Your Next Steps
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Absolute Surface Pencil Probes for Crack
Detection
Essential Info
• Single coil highly sensitive to cracks
• Typically ‘shielded’ in ferrite or steel
tube to minimize ‘edge’ effect
• Most common ‘center’ frequencies:
• 200 kHz, 500 kHz, and 2 MHz
• Boeing prefers 200 kHz
• Airbus prefers 2 MHz
• 200 kHz best for ferrous/steel
• Many shapes to accommodate
complex shapes, access issues, and EC Field
obstructions
• Teflon tape used to protect coil tip
Coil
Ferrite
Core 37
Differential Scanning Probes for Crack Detection
Essential Info
• Two balanced coils wound on ferrite cores
• Highly sensitive to sharp discontinuities
• Insensitive to slow changes in the material
• Often used for rapid scanning of steel
components; i.e. automotive
• Probe orientation critical for defect detection
• Typical inspection frequency: ~200 to 500
kHz Coil Ferrite Cores
s
Balance
Point
Coils
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Reflection Probes for Near-Surface Inspection
Essential Info
• Two basic designs: driver-pick up and
absolute-pick up
• Deep material penetration in non-ferrous
mat’l
• Used widely in the aero apps to find cracks
and corrosion in multi-layer structures
• Large scan area with low frequency probes
• Typical inspection frequency: ~20 to 100 kHz Ferrite Cores
Pick-up
Coils
‘C’ EDM Drive
r Coil
‘B’ EDM
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