Aircraft rework management
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1. A method for reworking a component on a vehicle, comprising:
- reading, by a processor, component rework information from an automated identification technology tag attached to the vehicle, wherein the component rework information comprises information identifying a history of rework of the component, wherein the component rework information comprises rework threshold information indicating an amount of remaining possible rework of the component and further comprising;
identifying, by the processor, an inconsistency on the component;
determining, by the processor, an estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency;
ordering, by the processor, a reworking of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is less than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component; and
ordering, by the processor, a replacing of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is more than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component; and
displaying, by the processor, the component rework information on a user interface.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reworking a component on a vehicle. An inconsistency on the component is identified. The component is reworked to remove the inconsistency. Component rework information is stored on an automated identification technology tag attached to the vehicle. The component rework information comprises information describing the reworking of the component to remove the inconsistency.
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1. A method for reworking a component on a vehicle, comprising:
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reading, by a processor, component rework information from an automated identification technology tag attached to the vehicle, wherein the component rework information comprises information identifying a history of rework of the component, wherein the component rework information comprises rework threshold information indicating an amount of remaining possible rework of the component and further comprising;
identifying, by the processor, an inconsistency on the component;
determining, by the processor, an estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency;
ordering, by the processor, a reworking of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is less than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component; and
ordering, by the processor, a replacing of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is more than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component; anddisplaying, by the processor, the component rework information on a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for reworking a component on a vehicle, comprising:
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in response to identifying an inconsistency on the component, retrieving, by a processor component rework information on an automated identification technology tag attached to the vehicle, wherein the component rework information comprises information describing the reworking of the component to remove the inconsistency; ordering, by the processor, a reworking of the component in response to a determination that an estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is less than an amount of remaining possible rework of the component; ordering, by the processor, a replacing of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is more than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component; and in response to the reworking the component to remove the inconsistency, updating, by the processor, the component rework information on the automated identification technology tag attached to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory having computer usable instructions encoded thereon; a processor; a reader configured to read component rework information from an automated identification technology tag attached to a vehicle, to determine an estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency, to order a reworking of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is less than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component, to order a replacing of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is more than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component, and to write changes to the component rework information to the automated identification technology tag attached to the vehicle, wherein the component rework information comprises information identifying a history of rework of the component; and a user interface configured to display the component rework information and to receive the changes to the component rework information from a user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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