Computer Network for Management of Inspection Data

The Nondestructive Inspection and Evaluation Management System (NIMS), based at Stennis Space Center, is a computer network dedicated to administration of a large data base pertaining to nondestructive inspections of rocket-engine components. The NIMS serves as both an electronic archive of inspection records and as a communication medium. Inspection records can be in a variety of forms, include ordinary photographs, fluorescent-penetrant images of cracks, eddy-current traces, images from ultrasonic scans, and sketches.