Inspection system and method of making and using same

• US 20060287900A1
• Filed: 11/18/2005
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SGS North America Incorporated (SGS SA)
• Original Assignee: SGS North America Incorporated (SGS SA)
• Inventors: Bailey, John M., Fiore, John S., Bagot, Robert E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,596,419 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

An inspection system adapted to perform retro positive material identification of components of a multi-feature system. The inspection system comprises an electronic drawing, a positive material identification database, a field load sheet and a data logger. The electronic drawing has tagged locations identifying respective features of the multi-feature system to be read for retro positive material identification analysis. The electronic drawing has at least one unique identification code for each tagged location. The positive material identification database has component information records for respective components. Each component information record correlated to a component associated with one tagged location of the electronic drawing. The field load sheet has identification codes for respective tagged locations. The identification codes of the field load sheet are correlated to the component information records of the positive material identification database. The data logger receives identification codes for respective tagged locations from the field load sheet, and also collects material composition analysis data. The data logger communicates the identification codes and the collected material composition analysis data to the positive material identification database for populating the component information records of the positive material identification database with the material composition analysis data.

Claims

1. An inspection system for performing positive material identification of components of a multi-feature system, the inspection system comprising:

an electronic drawing having tagged locations identifying respective features of the multi-feature system to be read for retro positive material identification analysis, the electronic drawing having at least one unique identification code for each tagged location;

a positive material identification database having a component information records for respective components, each component information record correlated to a component associated with one tagged location of the electronic drawing;

a field load sheet having identification codes for respective tagged locations, the identification codes of the field load sheet correlated to the component information records of the positive material identification database; and

a data logger receiving identification codes for respective tagged locations from the field load sheet, and also collecting material composition analysis data, the data logger communicating the identification codes and the collected material composition analysis data to the positive material identification database for populating the component information records of the positive material identification database with the material composition analysis data.

2. The inspection system of claim 1, wherein the PMI database contains two or more records associated with one of the features.

3. A method for preparing an inspector to inspect components of a multi- feature system, the method comprising the steps of:

tagging locations in an electronic drawing with each tagged location identifying one or more components of the multi-feature system to be read;

producing a field load sheet having at least one identification code for each tagged location, the identification codes of the field load sheet being correlated to unique identification codes of component information records of a PMI database; and

providing the inspector with the field load sheet and a representation of the electronic drawing.

4. A method for collecting inspection data, comprising the steps of:

a. receiving an identification code for a tagged location of an electronic drawing with the tagged location identifying one or more components of a multi-feature system to be read for PMI analysis;

b. collecting material composition analysis data of at least one component identified by each tagged location;

c. storing the unique identification code with the collected material composition analysis data; and

d. communicating the identification code and the collected material composition analysis data to a data server for populating at least one component information record of a PMI database with the material composition analysis data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the electronic drawing includes more than one tagged location, and wherein steps a, b, c, and d are repeated for each tagged location.