Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

Gregorio Balandran

W Robert Nelson

Muhammad Zia Ullah

Glen Paul Cork

Adam Joseph Donar

Mark Davis Haynes

Bruce E Gabel

Bharath Achyutha Rao

John Thomas Baumfalk-Lee

Matthew W McKenna

Raymond Curtis Welch

Scott Bishop

A system for inspecting features of an airframe, the system including a feature inspection device configured to measure an aspect of a first feature and a tracking subsystem configured to determine a position of the feature inspection device when the feature inspection device measures the aspect of the first feature. The system is configured to determine a position of the first feature on the airframe via the feature inspection device and the tracking subsystem, the determination of the position of the first feature being independent from the measurement of the aspect of the first feature.

Feature inspection system

A system for changing a dimension of manufactured composite material parts may comprise a male tool, a female tool, a removable material, and a retainable material. The male tool may include a convex outer surface configured to receive composite material placed thereon to form a new part. The female tool may include a concave inner surface configured to receive the male tool such that the outer surface of the male tool faces the inner surface. The removable material may be placed on the composite material in a first area corresponding to a wide area on a previously manufactured part where an outer dimension was measured to be greater than a designed value. The retainable material may be placed on the composite material in a second area corresponding to a narrow area on the previously manufactured part where the outer dimension was measured to be less than the designed value.

Composite material part manufacturing process using removable and retainable material

A controller for use with a nondestructive inspection system communicates with the nondestructive inspection system and with a robot for moving an inspection probe of the nondestructive inspection system relative to an object under inspection. The controller is configured to periodically generate estimated position information of the probe moving relative to the object under inspection and communicate the estimated position information to the nondestructive inspection system as the nondestructive inspection system collects inspection data from the probe. The controller receives actual position information from the robot, the actual position information indicating an actual position of the probe, and corrects the estimated position information based on the actual position information.

Nondestructive inspection system controller with dynamic position correction

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Wichita, KS, United States of America

Gregorio Balandran