Thickness Measurement for Aeorospace Applications
Composite materials such as CFRP, FRP, and GRP are increasingly used in aerospace and transportation due to their lightweight, strength, and moldability, offering performance and efficiency benefits. Accurate coating thickness measurement on these composites is critical to ensure optimal protection, weight control, and compliance with specifications, especially in multi-layer systems like those found in aircraft and high-speed rail applications. BYK-PELT ultrasonic gauges provide non-destructive, high-resolution measurement of up to five layers on various substrates, enabling reliable quality control across industries.
1 Thickness Measurement of Coatings on Composite Structures for Aerospace, Railway and Transportation Applications
Immagine 1 A Boeing 787.
2 Importance of Coating Thickness Measurement
Immagine 2 A Highspeed train.
3 Multi-Layer Ultrasonic Measurement
BYK-PELT ultrasonic technology will provide non-destructive individual layer thickness measurement capability for up to 5 layers for virtually any substrate encountered in aerospace and transportation applications. Substrates include composites such as fiberglass, carbon fiber, plastics, and titanium, steel, and aluminum. The PELT coating thickness gauges utilize high frequency transducer technology and ultrasonics that enables precise high resolution measurements.
Immagine 3 An example of a coating system for composite substrate railway applications.
Standards and Literature
[1] ASTM E797: Standard Practice for Measuring Thickness by Manual Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Contact Method
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