Home
Subscribe
News
Contact
Events
Forums
 
 
 
 

Free Subscription
Uptime Magazine
Get Uptime delivered to your home or plant each month

>> more info
 
 
 
 
  Best Infrared Program

Profile In Excellence

ATA/AEDC - Arnold Air Force Base

Arnold Engineering Development Center is the world’s largest and most complex collection of flight simulation test facilities. The 4,000 acres that comprise AEDC are part of the 40,000 acres of Arnold Air Force Base.

Dedicated June 25, 1951, by President Harry Truman, AEDC has tested virtually every high performance aero-space system the Department of Defense has used since.

Program Highlights:
 

The Arnold Engineering Development Center, at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee, has focused efforts toward an improved infrared program as a result of their continuous improvement program. As their equipment ages, the need for improving inspections and making work more effective becomes imperative. The Infrared (IR) program team installed and implemented over 50 infrared windows in electrical equipment of up to 13.8 kV. The goal of the infrared program is increase safety and to decrease lost test time, improve equipment health, and detect impending failures. Infrared windows reduce man-hours required to perform infrared inspections, they increase safety of the inspections, and, by reducing the hours required to perform the inspections.

The PdM Team:
 
Kneeling (Left to Right):  Donald Brandt, Doyle Carr, Bill Hane, Christopher Mears, Walter Bishop, Casey Schewe, Dennis Weaver, Brian Bennett, and Brad Reid.
 
Standing (Left to Right):  Roger Miller, Charles Starnes, Gary Jarrell, Sarah Newberry, Nita Hargrove, Sheila Sullivan, Charity Vandergriff, Valerie Pew, Gail Clayborne, Teresa Wilhite, Jennifer Daugherty, and Ramesh Gulati.

Equipment:
 

  • ±DMSI Maintelligence, DI-460 two channel data collectors
  • ±Scientific Atlanta 380 and SPS 395 spectral analyzers
  • ±Wobulators
  • ±Flir PM595 and PM290 IR cameras
  • ±Fluke Ti50 IR cameras
  • ±Mikron M7850 IR camera
  • ±Mikron M310 blackbody radiator
  • ±UE-9000 and 2000 ultrasonic detectors
  • ±Predict DLI ferrogram maker
  • ±Industrial grade PdA’s for performance data collection
  • ±On base oil analysis lab with full spectrum of analysis
 









 
Back to PdM Award Winner Index

 


 
 
  © Copyright 2005 NetexpressUSA Inc. All Rights Reserved.