Manual inspection of AFP layups takes longer than the machine time to create the layup itself and is a major bottleneck and cost driver. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) recently awarded a contract ...

UTComp, a specialist in composite materials inspection and engineering, is setting a new standard in quality control excellence with the introduction of QCAnalytix, the world’s first fully automated ...

An autoloader option is now available for the MX1000, a wafer-level automated inspection system that uses infrared optics for through-silicon wafer bond imaging and inspection. The integrated system ...

AGFM’s portable scarfing/composite repair system (PS/CRS) concept is developed for fast, on-site scarfing of damaged composite aircraft components. It also works together with NIAR-developed software ...

In order to detect defects in the surfaces of dry fabric and composite prepreg, this new vision-based tactile sensor roller prototype, TacRoller, is a three-colour reflective membrane roller-shape ...

The growing amount of electronics within modern vehicles has made the inspection process for wire bonds increasingly challenging, as active devices shrink and bonds are arranged in complex ways.

As the trend to make things lighter and stronger continues to ramp up across many industries, it’s no surprise that the demand for carbon-fiber (CF) composites is greater than ever, too. However, CF ...