Patent ID: 6549820
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A method of providing nondestructive inspection (NDI) and other information about manufactured parts to a crew building the part and others, said computer-implementable method comprising:gathering NDI information about parts as they are manufactured, wherein gathering NDI information about the parts comprises ultrasonically scanning the parts for defects and producing image data of at least one part that is ultrasonically scanned; gathering other information about the parts, including repair information, part record and trend information; linking the gathered NDI and other information, including repair information, part record and trend information, and image data, about the parts; storing the linked, gathered NDI and other information, including repair information, part record and trend information, and image data, about the parts in a database; at a user's request, selectively deriving information about the parts from the information about the parts stored in the database; and displaying reports based on the derived information.