What is Jetray?
JETRAY Automated Airframe Inspection Service provides a turnkey, mobile system for airframe inspection. The robotic manipulators and software at the heart of the JETRAY technology package are designed and manufactured by the same award winning engineers who have designed and automated devices exclusively for image gathering in the motion picture, medical, aerospace, racing and general industrial fields. This proprietary system dominates the field of high precision motion control and is proven outstanding in the area of stability, repeatability, accuracy and ease of use.
Our product dramatically reduces the time and increases the accuracy of airframe inspections, and does not require the costly removal of interior panels to perform structural inspection of the aircraft fuselage. Full 50-linear feet of fuselage can be scanned in one 2-man, 8-hour shift, with immediate image data feedback, and crack and corrosion detection to ½-inch.
The JETRAY inspection process employs all variety of non-destructive testing (NDT) apparatus, including those suitable for detection of potential cracks or delaminations in composite materials used on emerging aircraft such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350XWB.
The patented JETRAY system offers MRO facilities many unique competitive advantages:
- Fully automated and accurate positioning and anomaly detection
- Drastic reduction in man-hours during C and D level checks
- Broadened image coverage
- Increased probability of detection
- Crack detection pinpointed for MRO fix
- Proprietary software, accurate reports and stored image data
- Easy in-field set-up and teardown at any location
Why we're different
Although there are more effective, non-destructive, inspection sensors such as thermal imaging, ultrasound and digital x-ray (among others), they presently have no efficient method to move in a controlled manner about the airframe.
MRO Centers and Airline MRO typically provide a C or D inspection at their location, which requires ferry time for the airplane. This places the airplane out of service for an extended period of time, which means lost revenue.
Current MRO operations are based on old manufacturing procedures, cumbersome technology and outdated materials. No existing MRO operation offers the equipment, technicians, software, data reporting and system mobility needed to keep up with new demands created by streamlined manufacturing capabilities, the latest technology, new materials, construction techniques, challenging weight parameters, and shrinking budgetary resources.
Until now.