Interview with Serafín Ruano (AENA), user of the SILA simulator
We have interviewed Serafín Ruano, an IADA (Aena Learning and Development Institute) Trainer and Airport Maintenance Competence Checker who belongs to the AENA Recruiting and Training Division. Serafín has been involved from the very...
Machine Learning for NDT, beyond expert systems
Attempts have been made for several years now to introduce the breakthroughs made in artificial intelligence in almost all technical areas. Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) was not to be an exception. These inspections analyse the...
Tecnatom working with Lockheed Martin
The US Company Lockheed Martin Corporation, a major supplier in the defence sector at world level, has awarded Tecnatom a contract for the supply of an automatic inspection system.
TAURUS twin robot inspection system
The scope...
What are airworthiness inspections all about?
What is an airworthiness inspection?
An airworthiness inspection, performed either during the manufacturing phase or in service, consists of analysing the different components of a commercial or military aircraft in order to determine that it...
Electrical airport facility simulators
What is the purpose of electrical system simulator training?
Given the complexity of airport electrical systems, the result both of the technology used and of the need to include redundant systems providing a high degree...
Dry-Coupled Wheel Probes. Beyond the coupling medium
As was explained in the first article in this series, which dealt with non-destructive testing, ultrasound can be transmitted through a medium, be it gaseous, liquid or solid.
However, they experience special difficulty when it...
Ultrasonics. Beyond the coupling medium
Non-Destructive testing: the need to see inside
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is very widely used in different industrial sectors for the analysis of the interior structure and integrity of parts and components without causing them any...
What is a blackout? Blackouts in airports
In the electricity sector, which is the sector that most uses the term, blackout means a power-cut that essentially requires the complicated reestablishment of the system.
When this occurs in a critical infrastructure, such as...
The utility of WiiPA, our ultrasonic testing system
Since the second world war, aircraft have mainly been made from light metals such as Aluminium alloys. In the last decades, composite materials are progressively replacing metals for the structural components of aircraft. Composite materials provide...
Aerospace and Defense Meeting Seville
The Tecnatom Group has participated in the fourth edition of the Aerospace & Defense Meeting, the most important business event in the aerospace sector held in Spain, which this year took place in the...