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What type of Mylar is used as inspection media templates?
Mike, We already did some testing on our plotter and the big secret seems to be to not print it in a b/p template, lol. I think your suggestions are good ones; I'll make sure to incorporate them into our procedure. I decided a while back (and this is, perhaps a result of having done reverse...- Scottishgent
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- Forum: Aircraft engineering
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What type of Mylar is used as inspection media templates?
IRstuff: the sizes will vary to accommodate the large assortment of parts but on average for my use, I'd say 17-20" diameter? I'm aware of the +/-.030 tolerance limit but some of this stuff comes to sorting parts that have a 5-degree rotation in one hole in a bolt circle or a 7-degree rotation...- Scottishgent
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- Forum: Aircraft engineering
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What type of Mylar is used as inspection media templates?
Berkshire, To a degree, it helps. Our plotter will accept up to .010" thickness, although I was thinking that the mylars for longerons were thinner (I worked in buildings 1, 2 & 3 (if I have the numbers right). I worked as class 4 inspector on MD-11, Tomahawks, Cruise Missiles and ACM's, then...- Scottishgent
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- Forum: Aircraft engineering
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What type of Mylar is used as inspection media templates?
IRstuff, Yes, I did see that there are companies that offer this service (and did, in fact, see the StenTech link you'd sent me). However, I was looking to buy the mylar and make our own here as a cost-saving inspection media and wanted to make them here at our facility. We have an HP T520-36...- Scottishgent
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- Forum: Aircraft engineering
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What type of Mylar is used as inspection media templates?
I worked at General Dynamics-Convair on the MD-11 and we used mylar templates for parts (like longerons) that had loft or other features that were difficult to inspect out in the shop. I believe we used .005-.007" thick mylar but recently discovered that there are ~ 140 different types of mylar...- Scottishgent
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