2020

Are Counterfeit Parts Slipping Through Your Quality Control Process?

When air accidents happen, aircraft inspectors oftentimes find flaws in part designs. The first article inspection process is intended to identify design and structural flaws. Worryingly, more parts are found to not comply with the original designs and even be counterfeit. Could 3D visualization expose false parts before airplane malfunctions and accidents? The solution to more thorough and rapid parts inspection could be shifting more complex 3D analysis from the full plate of quality control managers to dimensional inspection labs.