aetherTap
Mechanical
- Jul 11, 2006
- 37
Hi All,
We are dealing a vendor that is insisting on using VERY tight bend radii on aluminum sheet metal pieces and we basically have no choice but to visually inspect their parts and be done with it. It is far from an ideal situation, but I've been asked to find a standard that addresses visual inspection of Aluminum alloy bent sheet metal.
I see standards from NASA and AIAA discussing active Nondestructive evaluations, but nothing about purely passive visual inspection. Is that because this is frowned upon without the use of active ND testing?
I'm sure there are specs I'm just missing or maybe you all have some helpful trade knowledge about changing surface roughness, elongated grains, discoloration?... Thanks!
We are dealing a vendor that is insisting on using VERY tight bend radii on aluminum sheet metal pieces and we basically have no choice but to visually inspect their parts and be done with it. It is far from an ideal situation, but I've been asked to find a standard that addresses visual inspection of Aluminum alloy bent sheet metal.
I see standards from NASA and AIAA discussing active Nondestructive evaluations, but nothing about purely passive visual inspection. Is that because this is frowned upon without the use of active ND testing?
I'm sure there are specs I'm just missing or maybe you all have some helpful trade knowledge about changing surface roughness, elongated grains, discoloration?... Thanks!
