Eddy Current Inspection System

AFRL manufacturing technology engineers, working with personnel from the 76th Maintenance Wing's Software and Propulsion Maintenance Groups at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC) and Wyle Laboratories (formerly Veridian Engineering), delivered a major configuration upgrade and improved the inspection process for the Air Force (AF) Eddy Current Inspection System (ECIS) at OC-ALC, Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma. These ECIS improvements are part of AFRL's Engine Rotor Life Extension program. With investments exceeding $80 million, the ECIS program addresses an AFRL initiative to extend the useful life of turbine engine components and reduce the cost of replacing aging engine components in the AF's fighter and bomber fleets.