8tree Announces dentCHECK pano™ – Enabling Automatic ‘Go/No-Go’ Damage-Mapping Of Entire Aircraft Bays
KONSTANZ, Germany and RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (PRWEB) April 09, 2019 -- With the growing acclaim and adoption of its dentCHECK tool by airlines and MROs, 8tree is now rolling out dentCHECK pano – which promises to further accelerate aircraft damage inspections while maintaining the unrivaled quality and ease of measurement that have become synonymous with dentCHECK.
“Our latest pano offering marks a milestone in a multi-year journey that began with requests from our customers in the aviation industry”, said Erik Klaas, CTO, 8tree. “They wanted us to develop a quick and seamless method to map entire aircraft bays, similar to how dentCHECK already allows them to perform quick spot-checks on smaller areas. dentCHECK pano allows them to do just that, producing a digital collage that can be archived for comparison during future maintenance. In early customer trials, pano has directly driven more than 95% time-savings compared to traditional methods. Now, in less than 10min, dentCHECK pano can inspect, stitch and report an entire aircraft bay – this task would otherwise have taken 3-4 hours! This has significant upside implications for RVSM measurements.”
“With pano, 8tree continues to expand the dentCHECK eco-system”, said Arun Chhabra, CEO, 8tree. “The company’s 8cloud, Blend-Out Assistant and Multi-damage report offerings were introduced earlier this year at MRO Middle East in Dubai. The combined impact of these new offerings enhances maintenance efficiency by orders of magnitude – far in excess of the 90% time-savings enabled by the dentCHECK tool alone.”
dentCHECK is the world's only handheld-portable, completely wireless 3D scanner tool with integrated AR that is purpose-built for the aviation maintenance industry. It is now used by the world’s leading commercial, cargo and defense MROs, including easyJet, Delta TechOps, Aeromexico, Airbus and DHL-Express. Delivering real-time ‘go/no-go’ answers at the push of a single-button, the tool significantly reduces damage-mapping and reporting times, compared to traditional manual methods that use depth-gauges and straight-edges. This shortens aircraft Turn-around-Time (TaT), which further reduces lost revenues and very directly improves operational efficiency for airlines. dentCHECK enhances safety through an improved understanding of airframe reliability.
dentCHECK has been recognized by multiple aircraft OEMs. It is approved and published in Airbus’ Tool Equipment Manuals (TEMs) for dent-mapping on metallic aero-structures and composite cabin floor-boards on all Airbus aircraft. In addition, the criteria outlined in Boeing’s Service Letter, applicable to all Boeing commercial aircraft, recognizes dentCHECK’s performance and the rigor of 8tree’s measurement validation process. Similar recognition of dentCHECK performance can be found in the Q400/Dash-8 NDTM from Bombardier.
8tree’s entire portfolio of inspection tools – dentCHECK, fastCHECK and stepCHECK – is driving significant accuracy and operational efficiency gains across aviation maintenance and various manufacturing sectors worldwide, including aerospace, automotive and wind-turbines.
To see the rapidly growing dentCHECK eco-system in action, visit us at booth # 3306 at MRO Americas, in Atlanta, April 9-11, 2019 or always at http://www.8-tree.com.
About 8tree
8tree makes 3D optical surface inspection tools that solve chronic problems for multiple industries, simply and elegantly. 8tree’s products empower every operator – from mechanics on the floor, to engineers in the lab – with precision measurement, handheld-portability and performance. With its patented user-centric product design, instant ‘go/no-go’ answers and zero-learning curve, 8tree is committed to making precision 3D scanning more broadly accessible – technically and commercially.
Arun Chhabra, 8tree LLC, http://www.8-tree.com, +1 (408) 813-0969, [email protected]
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