1. Aerospace Materials Quality Control

2. Aerospace Materials Quality Control
Questions to answer in this module…
Why is Quality Control important in aerospace manufacturing?
What can go wrong in quality control?
How are aerospace materials quality controlled?

3. Aerospace Materials Quality Control
Quality Control is conducted by a team…
Design engineer
Materials engineer
Stress engineer
Raw materials producer
Production Planner
Technician
Quality Assurance Inspector

4. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Team
Design engineer- responsible for the general design of the aircraft performance, and general concept. All of which must be met with available materials and manufacturing processes.

5. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Team
Materials engineer- specifies the materials based on properties, cost, size, shape, processing etc.

6. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Team
Stress engineer- analyzes/refines geometry to ensure the material of the components are not pushed beyond their properties.

7. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Team
Raw materials producer- supplies the materials for the aircraft, maintains quality control of physical properties, identifies material and produces certifications to accompany material, may package materials to protect from environmental damage before use. The materials producer may frequently test the material or send samples for independent verification.

8. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Team
Production Planner-

9. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Team
Technician- performs the correct processing according to standards, verifies certifications accompany materials at each step. The technician follows procedures and checks off performed steps.

10. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Team
Quality Assurance Inspector-

11. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Techniques
Materials property verification
Destructive Testing
Non-destructive Testing

12. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Techniques
Destructive Testing
Corrosion Testing
Tensile Testing
Impact Testing

13. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Techniques
Non-destructive Testing
Liquid penetrant Testing
Radiograhic Testing
Impulse Excitation Testing
Ultrasonic Testing
Electromagnetic Testing
Acoustic Emission Testing
Positive Material Identification
Hardness Testing
Infrared and Thermal Testing
Laser Testing
Leak Detection

14. Non-destructive Testing
Liquid penetrant Testing

15. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Techniques
Radiograhic Testing

16. Non-destructive Testing
Impulse Excitation Testing

17. Non-destructive Testing
Ultrasonic Testing

18. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Techniques
Electromagnetic Testing

19. Non-destructive Testing
Acoustic Emission Testing

20. Non-destructive Testing
Positive Material Identification

21. Non-destructive Testing
Hardness Testing

22. Non-destructive Testing
Infrared and Thermal Testing

23. Non-destructive Testing
Laser Testing

24. Non-destructive Testing
Leak Detection

25. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Techniques
Intelligent materials/component health monitoring
Embedded sensors and systems

26. Aerospace Materials Quality Control Techniques
Materials documentation
Certifications, tags, seals, inspection reports

27. Summary
Why is Quality Control important in aerospace manufacturing?