The Boeing Company

Roger W Englebart

Reed Hannebaum

Tim Pollock

Eric Rector

Jeffrey Haywood

An inspection system () includes an idler wheel () that is coupled to a fabrication system () and is in contact with a backing layer () of an applied material (), A rotation sensor () monitors the idler wheel () and generates a rotational signal. A controller () is coupled to the rotation sensor () and determines a characteristic of one or more flaws and FOD () on a composite structure () in response to the rotation signal.

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Roger W Englebart