The aerospace industry demands extremely high precision in component manufacturing and structural integrity. Whether it's a jet engine, liquid rocket engine, or complex internal piping and cavities within an aircraft fuselage, even the slightest crack, foreign object, or burr can compromise flight safety and potentially lead to catastrophic failure.
Application Scenarios & Case Studies:
1. Turbine Blade and Combustion Chamber Inspection
Aerospace engines feature compact, intricate designs with limited internal space. Technicians typically use videoscopes with diameters of 2.8mm or smaller to enter the combustion chamber and turbine sections, carefully inspecting blade edges for cracks, corrosion, and flaking.
2. Scheduled Jet Engine Inspection & Overhaul
After accumulating a certain number of flight hours, jet engines require periodic inspection. Videoscopes allow technicians to assess the condition of air intakes, guide vanes, and compressor blades—checking for contamination, damage, or carbon buildup—without full disassembly, significantly improving maintenance efficiency.
3. Aircraft Pipeline Weld Quality Inspection
Aircraft hydraulic, fuel, and cooling systems contain numerous welded pipelines. Industrial videoscopes are used to inspect welds from inside the pipes, detecting slag, cracks, inclusions, or incomplete fusion—helping prevent future leakage or pipe rupture.
4. Liquid Propulsion System Channel Inspection
In rocket engines, fuel and oxidizer channels are often composed of narrow, curved passages. Videoscopes with articulation capabilities are employed to examine the internal surfaces of these complex bends, especially to check for nozzle obstructions or erosion marks before ignition.