Aerospace & Defense Technology - December 2023 - 8

Ensure Aerospace Composite
Quality with Force Measurement,
Material Testing
C
omposites are increasingly
being used in aerospace and
defense parts manufacture
for several reasons including
the high strength to weight ratio
of materials, and due to the fuel savings
generated by their lighter weight.
Force measurement and material testing
is an essential process for product
designers and manufacturers
to ensure part integrity, and to gain
insightful data for creating the highest
quality composite components.
Force measurement tests were originally
calculated by using a series of
mathematical equations, known as
Newton's first, second and third law.
In its earlier years, force testing had
been limited to handheld metrology
devices. While faster than lengthy
calculations and more accurate than
guesswork, these machines do not
provide the levels of precision needed
for sophisticated applications.
Designing composites parts and
components for the aerospace industry
requires extremely high levels of
accuracy, and production errors can be
extremely costly. Stringent regulatory
requirements ensure that components
are safe, fully functional and reliable.
The AS9100 group of standards,
for example, is a series of regulatory
requirements that are specific to aerospace
manufacturing. The regulations
ensure that manufacturers produce
components within a strict quality
controlled environment, to guarantee
reliability and safety of an aircraft.
This quality assurance is particularly
important for high volume manufacturing
environments, where busy production
lines are expected to produce
a high volume of precise, identical
parts and components. Similarly, the
21 CFR Part 11 Electronic Signatures
requirement is very important for life
science applications, such as medical
device manufacturers and pharmaceutical
manufacturers. Following
this standard, software solutions that
enable measurement data traceability
and documentation are critical for the
operators and supervisors responsible
for the applications.
Sophisticated force measurement
and metrology systems to test the
components, can help simplify quality
management and improve accuracy.
Starrett's force measurement software,
L2 Plus and L3, for example, can
provide a comprehensive analysis of
a measurement test - providing exact
force measurement results from simple
peak load measurement to more
complex break determination.
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