Aeronautics

Aeronautics

The branch of science that deals with flight aerodynamics and with the operation of all types of aircraft.

Industry: Aviation

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Continuous magnetic particle inspection

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of magnetic particle inspection in which the part is inspected while the magnetising current is flowing either through the material or through a coil, or solenoid around the part.

A method of manufacturing turbine blades in which the blades are cast and removed from the casting furnace in such a way that all of the crystals in the metal form columnar grains extending along the ...

Spot cheque

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of manufacturing inspection in which only a certain percentage of the products are checked. The products to be checked are selected from the production line in a random fashion, so those ...

Hot stamping

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of marking plastic materials, cloth, or paper by using heated metal dies. The heated dies force molten metal leaf (extremely thin sheets of metal) into the surface of the material.

Ultrasonic soldering

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of soldering aluminium with soft solder. aluminium is difficult to solder because, when it is heated, oxides form on its surface and prevent the solder wetting the metal. The tip of a ...

Sonic soldering

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of soldering metals, such as aluminum, that are normally difficult to solder because of the speed with which surface oxides build up. The surface to be soldered is covered with a flux to ...

Wave soldering

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of soldering components to a printed circuit (PC) board. All the components are assembled on the PC board, and the side of the board on which the copper strips are formed is treated with ...