CTMA Events

Digital Pen and Paper for Capturing Maintenance Data (ADAPx, FRC Southwest) – The user would employ a pen that records the data being written on paper that has been printed on site with a microscopic pattern of dots. The pen can transmit the data via Bluetooth or via docking at a depot computer. Because each piece of paper is unique, and the pen knows precisely which piece of paper it is writing on, the user can fill out any form at any time, alternating among them as s/he pleases.

Automated Process & Inspection Guide (AP&IG) for B1 Bomber at Tinker, Dyess, & Ellsworth Air Force Bases (Aspire Solutions) – The team would utilize AP&IG (Automated Process & Inspection Guide) to automate the existing manual, paper based maintenance and inspection operations. AP&IG standardizes these processes by providing detailed guided work flows using actual pictures that walk the mechanic/inspector thru a set of procedures.

Product Life Cycle Management for Aircraft Sustainment and Support (FRC East, Dassault) – The team proposes a solution to enable users to access engineering, maintenance and logistics information that is required for maintenance in a common environment. This will provide users with the capability to bridge gaps between the fleet and the FRC, FRC to FRC, and internal to the FRC. The solution will provide the ability to capture and utilize complex data in a native state generated by a range of technologies and configuration management tools.

The Application of Laser Metal Deposition as a Repair and Remanufacturing Process for the Wear Surfaces of High Value Components (Focus Hope Industries) – All military vehicles (land, sea, and air) have rotating metal components (e.g. wheel spindles, engine cam shafts, or pump shafts) which exhibit wear, damage, and/or corrosion during their regular service life. When the damage reaches the extent that the relative vehicle systems’ performance is or will be affected these worn parts are typically replaced with new parts and the old part is relegated to the scrap pile. While these old parts cannot be reused in their worn condition, a significant level of useful value is lost when they are simply recycled for their metal. The Project Team proposes to develop a pilot production remanufacturing process for a Government-selected high value component to significantly reduce its life cycle costs.

2D/3D Data Model Collaboration between FRC Southwest, FRC East and FRC Southeast (Navy FRC’s, Siemens, SIS) – The project team proposes a solution that will enable users at FRC Southeast and FRC East to access engineering and manufacturing information from the FRC Southwest via web interface. Each location will be able to utilize configuration controlled data generated by a range of technologies for acquiring the “as-is” condition for aircraft that enter the NAVAIR depot environment. The solution will provide a collaborative environment for maintenance and repair activities between the Depots. Data from the new environment will be formatted and managed to allow a team of users to access, visualize, collaborate, manipulate, and conference using engineering information, (2D and 3D) in a secure and traceable way.

Automated Rotor Blade Stripping System (ARBSS) Service and Expansion (GLC, FRC East) – The project team proposes to: 1) bring ARBSS fully on line in FY 2013 for immediate cost reductions, 2) to establish a track record of reliable performance, and 3) to extend the qualification of the process to V22 and H-1 substrate materials.

Model Based Definition for Aircraft Launch, Recovery, and Support Equipment (NAWCAD Lakehurst) – The project team proposes to formulate a MBD Technical Data Package (TDP) which will consist of engineering drawing formats that are compatible with the existing 3D PDF (PRC) solution, and embedding STEP files into these PDF files. A comparison of the PRO/E models with the new PRC and STEP model files will be conducted to ensure that these models define an identical geometry.

Reducing Unscheduled Maintenance and No Fault Found Costs with the Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System (IFDIS) (Universal Synaptics) – The Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System (IFDIS) is a tester that was specifically designed to fill the conventional ONE circuit at a time testing void. The IFDIS tests the LRU WRA chassis wiring and identifies the precise location of each defect through the use of a hardware neural network that monitors ALL of the circuits in the Unit Under Test (UUT) individually, simultaneously and continuously (no scanning, sampling, averaging or multiplexing), detecting any intermittent event even as short at 50 nanosecond (0.00000005 seconds), that’s one twentieth of a millionth of a second. This quantum leap in test technology enables the chassis wiring problems to be easily repaired, as the root cause of the fault that drove the equipment item in for repair is accurately identified and isolated. Repairing the defect is usually trivial; finding the defect has always been, and continues to be, the problem.