NCMS hosted another Technology Showcase at the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, January 23-24, 2020. The event introduced new and innovative technologies, products, and processes that could assist the maintenance and sustainment communities with filling unmet needs. Through the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Program, NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy in […]
Read More »NCMS Project #: 140878 Problem: The Department of Defense (DoD) is currently challenged by the inability to detect and isolate faults in aircraft wiring bundles and Weapon Replaceable Assembly (WRA)/Line Replaceable Units (LRUs). These faults include opens and shorts, degraded and intermittent signals, and insulation degradation. The magnitude of the challenge is daunting, with the DoD spending approximately $2 billion […]
Read More »NCMS Project #: 140894 Problem: The Department of Defense (DoD)/United States Air Force (USAF) is currently challenged by the inability to detect and isolate faults in aircraft wiring bundles and Weapon Replaceable Assembly (WRA)/Line Replaceable Units (LRUs). These faults include opens and shorts, degraded and intermittent signals, and insulation degradation. The magnitude of the challenge […]
Read More »NCMS Project #: 140893 Problem: A potentially faulty electronic system in the field can compromise reliability and safety for the public. Electronic maintenance poses an ever-increasing challenge for the artisan today because of the limitations of current No Found Fault (NFF) equipment and training to the public. The reduced size of electronic chips, coupled with […]
Read More »NCMS is pleased to announce that the following companies will be participants at the Technology Showcase at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility: 3D Systems, Inc. American Ceramic Technology, Inc. Atlas Copco Tools & Assembly Bechtel National BIONICLIFT Cisco Systems DIT-MCO International Eclypse International Faro Technologies GE Research GovSmart Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence […]
Read More »On 30 May 2019, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) – Crane Division hosted the Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), with industry partners Universal Synaptics, Lockheed Martin, and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) for a Capability Demonstration and Ribbon Cutting. This event celebrated the successful conclusion of the […]
Read More »On 30 May 2019, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) – Crane Division hosted the Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), with industry partners Universal Synaptics, Lockheed Martin, and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) for a Capability Demonstration and Ribbon Cutting. This event celebrated the successful conclusion of the […]
Read More »NCMS Project #: 140838 Problem: The Ncompass-Voyager tests all circuits/wires all the time, concurrently and continuously, for the duration of the test. If an intermittent fault occurs on any circuit/wire, the Ncompass-Voyager detects, isolates and stores the precise location of the event. To date, the Ncompass-Voyager has been utilized with tremendous success on U.S. and […]
Read More »NCMS Project #: 140945 Problem: Electronic maintenance poses an ever-increasing challenge for the technician today because of the limitations of current No Found Fault (NFF) equipment and training. The reduced size of electronic chips, coupled with increases in their interactions and complexities of equipment, have led to difficulties in diagnosing system faults; when these faults […]
Read More »NCMS Project #: 140953 Problem: Current visual inspection processes lack effectiveness and can identify only approximately 25% of total weapon system wiring problems. Intermittent faults can be found using traditional test equipment to a limited extent, but this is only possible with conventional test equipment when the intermittent faults have degraded to the extent that […]
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