In recent years, more and more aviation maintenance tool management uses RFID technology.
Security Doesn’t Come Easy
Airlines have long struggled with the management of aviation maintenance tools. If you stand in the waiting hall of PuDong Airport and observe it. You will find that civil aircraft are like buses, taking off and landing one by one. We are getting use to the safety and convenience of airplanes. As everyone knows, behind the safe route, there are very frequent inspection and maintenance work. The aircraft needs to be checked after every flight.
While we rarely hear about serious accidents with planes. That doesn’t mean there are very few instances where planes break down. On the contrary, due to the extreme temperature and high speed and high pressure environment of the aircraft. All kinds of small obstacles and damage occur from time to time. It is the frequent repair and maintenance of the aircraft that ensures the safety of the flight.
Hidden Danger
There are many types of aviation maintenance tools. And hundreds of different tools are required. Although the operator has a much disciplined process. There are cases where tools are lost and not placed according to specifications. Because people are not machines, there will always be mistakes. And once you lose even a tool, it’s a mess. Airlines have to find the tools. This is not simply because many of the tools for aviation maintenance custom made, expensive and not readily available. More importantly, if the tool falls on some key parts of the aircraft, causing a safety hazard. This is a major matter of human life.
Aviation Maintenance Tools Management tool box
In May 2019, a China Eastern Airlines plane at Shanghai Pudong International Airport searched for ten hours. Only because the maintenance company lost a small screwdriver. Fortunately, the last tool was found. At that time, because of this small mistake, they delayed the flight and the operation of the entire airport affected. According to industry estimates, the direct economic loss caused is as high as 30,000 USD.
RFID Solutions
So, is there a way to ensure the effective management of aviation maintenance tools without easy loss? With the development of RFID technology, this problem solved perfectly.
Aviation Maintenance Tools Management tool cart
After embedding the RFID tag in the tool, each tool has its own identity. The card machine on the tool box or tool cart will accurately record the time when each tool taken and returned. After the work is over, if the tools in the toolbox have not returned. The toolbox will automatically prompt. This circumvents the case of missing tools.
What to do when tool miss
And what if the tool left on the plane and we can’t find it? At this time, we can use the ultra-high frequency radio frequency card machine to find. Because of the omnidirectional UHF tags embedded in each tool. The reading distance can reach ten meters. Therefore, the card machine can easily locate the position of the label. And it is very convenient to retrieve it.
And as long as the problem of one tool loss avoided, the entire maintenance tool management system is worth the price.
Aviation Maintenance Tools Management tool cabinet
Commonly used tool management forms include tool cabinets, tool carts and tool boxes, and the principles are similar. Of course, this application is not only used for the management of aviation tools. The management of other high net worth instruments is also very suitable.
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Text: Li Shijun RFIDHY
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