Business aviation services provider Jet Aviation has been approved by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation to use infrared thermography for non-destructive testing (NDT) at its Basel maintenance facility. The technology complements other NDT techniques Jet Aviation uses in Basel such as liquid penetrant, X-ray, magnetic particle, eddy current, and ultrasonic testing.
Infrared thermography converts heat energy to a temperature that can be depicted as an image of temperature distribution. Employed in medicine to detect cancer, the technology is used in aviation for testing the structural integrity of airframes and components.
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