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GE Aerospace introduces AI-based MDI templates to improve aircraft engine inspections, improving accuracy, efficiency, and digital maintenance workflows in aviation.
GE Aerospace Company from Evendale, Ohio, together with Waygate Technologies, has launched an innovative version of Menu-Directed Inspection (MDI) templates to revolutionize aircraft engine inspection technology powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Developed for the company's GEnx-1B and GEnx-2B engines, the MDI templates will help enhance the quality of borescope inspection accuracy in aviation maintenance. The templates were designed under the terms of the joint collaboration between GE and Waygate that was signed in 2023. As part of their collaboration, the templates have been embedded in the Mentor Visual iQ+ video borescope provided by Waygate Technologies. With the use of AI in aircraft engine maintenance and inspection, the borescope performs tasks guided by a step-by-step workflow.
Moreover, the templates contain useful functionality like image overlays and visual aids presented directly on the screen. This helps inspectors take the right pictures of specific parts, like turbine blades, as per the requirements of maintenance operations. The platform provides both automatic and manual measurement tools for various objects, including lines, areas, depths, and profiles. This ensures efficient diagnostic capabilities in digital aviation maintenance operations.
One of the other advantages of using this solution includes more effective data management. Firstly, the software automatically tags all images and videos uploaded by inspectors. This would make the whole process much more efficient and would increase the level of traceability altogether. Second, integration of the platform into cloud-based systems would facilitate information sharing and collaboration. The suggestion presented here will help address many other problems associated with the workforce as well, because it will make it much easier to conduct inspections and decrease the training time of new employees.
The collaboration clearly proves that the application of smarter technologies in the aviation industry goes in the right direction. According to Business Honor, this example proves that AI tools and procedures are revolutionizing the way aircraft engines are maintained today.
- Liyaga Suresh Babu
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