Aerospace

Using drones could enable visual aircraft inspections in under an hour. Credit: Mainblades

Final call for digital flight maintenance

Matthew Dale takes a bird’s eye view of aircraft inspection, where drones equipped with vision are replacing manual checks

AMRC's Integrated Manufacturing Group's work spans robotics and automation, integrated large volume metrology, digital assisted assembly and manufacturing informatics

The sky’s the limit

Greg Blackman visits the University of Sheffield’s Factory 2050 where Rolls-Royce, McLaren and Siemens, among others, are investing in research on digital manufacturing

The sky’s the limit

Keely Portway looks at new terahertz and infrared technologies being developed to inspect aircraft

Scanning the skies

Abigail Williams finds that 3D scanning systems that can pinpoint dents and imperfections on aircraft body panels are being welcomed by aviation businesses to replace manual inspection

Flight tracking

Greg Blackman on the vision equipment used in manufacturing and testing aerospace components, including the systems generating image data in wind tunnel experiments

Imaging on impact

Greg Blackman assesses the equipment characteristics required to provide vision solutions in harsh environments

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