Abstract
SPIFI answers a problem of scale: large numbers of very small indications on a very large structure. Logging the size and position of a scratch on an airliner, as the deck puts it, is like logging the position of a person in the state of Kansas. The talk describes a platform that automates the task by logging wireless digital data from hand tools together with each tool's 3D position in the aircraft coordinate reference frame, removing the subjectivity of manual inspection.
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Mark Davis Haynes. Spirit AeroSystems, Future Factory Technologies, Wichita, KS. Presented at the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference 2025, Reno, Nevada, July 21-25, 2025. Coordinate Metrology Society, reference CMS-2025-002.