Monitoring wear in helicopters -- and hips, knees and ankles, too
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Ferrography, a practice used by the American and Israeli air forces to monitor the condition of machinery, extracts tiny iron particles from lubricants such as oil and grease to analyze wear in machines. Determining whether a system requires preventative maintenance can be the key to preventing catastrophic failure.