The most recent aircraft programs (the Airbus A350, the Boeing 787 and the Bombardier C Series) are achieving fuel efficiency through lighter, stronger composite materials. This poses both new opportunities and challenges for aerospace manufacturers, which must add new materials-management, tooling-tracking, fabrication and inspection processes to their current operations. This session will discuss real-world examples of how RFID is helping manufacturers automate these processes, from tracking perishable composite materials in storage freezers, layup areas and autoclaves to monitoring the duty cycles of tooling and other indirect materials. Project design, enterprise systems integration and implementation options will be discussed.
Speaker: Chris Forgione, Director of Asset Tracking, OATSystems, a division of Checkpoint Systems
