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Check out the November 8, 2020 issue of Industrial Heating, featuring the "Nadcap Heat-Treatment-Specific Guidance", "A Closer Look at NDT in Aerospace Applications", and much more.
The Nadcap® program is an industry-managed approach to conformity assessment that brings together technical experts from both industry and government to establish requirements for accreditation, accredit suppliers and define operational program requirements.
This coordinated Nadcap system results in a standardized approach to quality assurance and a reduction in redundant auditing throughout the aerospace industry.
In 2018, after a fractured fan blade led to the failure of a CFM56-7B engine on a Southwest Airlines 737, resulting in the death of a passenger, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration directed a one-time ultrasonic inspection of all 24 fan blades on engines with more than 30,000 flight cycles.
A similar incident two years prior prompted the engine’s manufacturer, CFM International, to recommend inspections of fan blades on CFM56-7B engines with 20,000 cycles. All told, the FAA and CFM bulletins covered approximately 3,160 engines, or 76,320 separate fan blades.
If you haven’t yet discovered, things are a bit different at Industrial Heating. Change, however, is not always a bad thing. In fact, we would argue that this change is a good thing for you, our faithful readers.
Things are coming together, as they say. This column was published around Election Day 2020 and completes 48 consecutive years of my writing it. Over this time, seven out of 10 reader responses have been kind and positive.
A new truck oven with a maximum operating temperature of 550°F (288°C) has been customized from the standard TCH-550 model and can be used for heat-processing parts.
The E96, E86, E76 and E54 thermal-imaging cameras offer enhanced thermal resolution for more vibrant, easy-to-read images and on-camera routing capability to improve field-survey efficiency.
