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Aircraft Composite Quality Assurance and Quality Control Considerations Related to Tap Testing Inspections

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TAP Testing Inspections

November 28, 2023

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS)  www.sassofia.com considers the role of Quality within the process of TAP Testing Inspections including setting organisational standards, managing a consistent inspection process and ensuring the correct documentation of findings. Tap Testing can identify a variety of defects including delamination, disbonding, voids, inclusions, porosity, and other inconsistencies in composite materials. To ensure the…

EASA-Compliant Aviation SMS Processes to ensure we are able to identify change throughout the Organizational System

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Organizational System

November 28, 2023

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the Aviation SMS Processes to ensure our ability to identify Organizational System changes. To ensure that changes throughout the organizational system are identified and managed effectively. Any changes in the organization, its operations, or the environment in which it operates should be managed in a way that safety risks are…

EASA Safety Management System SMS Considerations within a Part 21 Subpart J Design Organisation

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EASA-Safety- Management= System-SMS-Part- 21-Subpart-J Design- Organisation

November 28, 2023

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Sofema Aviation Service (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the regulatory requirements as a part of the EASA Safety Management System and the Design Management System. 21.A.239 Design management system within a Part 21 Subpart J Design Organisation The design organisation shall establish, implement and maintain a design management system that includes a safety management element and a design…

Aviation Composite Materials Damage Inspection and Tolerances

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Aviation Composite Materials

November 24, 2023

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers key elements related to the effective Inspection of Aviation Composite Materials. Introduction The goal of damage tolerance evaluation is to predict how an aircraft structure will behave if it sustains damage – whether from fatigue, inherent flaws, large-scale manufacturing defects, or accidental damage during its operational lifetime. To ensure that this…