Portugália Airlines Picks dentCHECK to Accelerate Damage-Mapping & Reporting
ONSTANZ, GERMANY & RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA (PRWEB) February 11, 2019 -- Portugália Airlines, Portugal’s leading regional carrier operating under the TAP-Express brand has selected 8tree’s dentCHECK tool to enhance the efficiency and quality of dent- and bump-mapping on its fleet of aircraft. 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. 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.
“We look forward to deriving the benefits of dentCHECK on our Embraer E-Jet maintenance line”, said Valter Fernandes, CEO, Portugália Airlines. “8tree has created a robust point-and-click inspection tool designed for all skill-levels, that addresses a chronic need within the aviation industry. dentCHECK allows our maintenance teams to assess and report more types of damage much more efficiently than what was ever possible before. In addition to the tool itself, Portugalia has been particularly impressed with 8tree’s commitment to delivering new feature enhancements to pre-existing customers via software updates – this bodes very well for Portugália in the future, as dentCHECK capabilities continue to expand. We plan to support Embraer’s certification activities so that dentCHECK is officially recognized in Embraer maintenance tool manuals.”
"We warmly welcome Portugália – our first customer with an all-Embraer fleet – to the rapidly growing community of dentCHECK users, which now exceeds two dozen airlines, MROs and OEMs, spanning more than three dozen installations worldwide", said Arun Chhabra, CEO, 8tree. "We are thankful that Portugália – 8tree’s first Portuguese customer – has placed their trust in dentCHECK. We look forward to supporting Portugália’s maintenance operations and having them experience 8tree’s exceptional customer service.
“At next week’s MRO Middle East in Dubai, we will announce some exciting new dentCHECK features including – multi-dent reports for high-density damage areas and blend-out assistant to expedite blend-out remaining thickness measurements. Traditional blend-out assessment is a painstaking and time-consuming process subject to a lot of human error – our new Blend-Out Assistant makes it objective, accurate and fast. As always, existing dentCHECK users will have access to these new capabilities via software updates, ensuring that your dentCHECK purchase always remains up-to-date.”, said Chhabra
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.
OEM-acceptance has led to widespread adoption of dentCHECK amongst airlines/MROs. Detailed case-studies from easyJet, Delta TechOps and TAP-M&E, as well as news from Aeromexico, Airbus’ Flightline, DHL-Express and Zeppelin, demonstrate that dentCHECK drastically reduces inspection and reporting times by up to 90%. 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.
For more information and to see dentCHECK in action, visit http://www.8-tree.com.
About 8tree
8tree makes 3D optical surface inspection tools that solve chronic problems for multiple industries. 8tree’s products empower every operator – from mechanics on the floor, to engineers in the lab – with precision measurement, 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.
About Portugália
Portugália Airlines, Portugal’s leading regional carrier, is a subsidiary of TAP Air Portugal and operates scheduled international and domestic services from its bases in Lisbon Airport and Porto Airport, under the TAP-Express brand.
Arun Chhabra, 8tree LLC, http://www.8-tree.com, +1 (408) 813-0969, [email protected]
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