Tap Hammers / Wood Pecker for Aerospace

Traditionally coin tapping with a small hammer is used to detect disbond of honeycomb sandwich materials. Conventional manual coin tapping method requires high-level of professional skills that take a long time to acquire, in order to accurately detect disbond in honeycomb sandwich materials. Because conventional method relies on the human sense, it is difficult to inspect in a noisy environment and is impossible to obtain continuous accuracy over a long period. The fundamental problem with the conventional manual coin tapping method is that it is not quantitative.

Woodpecker WP632AM-R portable electric tapping detector solves problems with the conventional coin tapping. The WP632AM-R realized electric tapping by employing a central processing unit (CPU) which comparatively evaluate the output of a force sensor attached to the hammer unit. The quantified inspection results are indicated with LEDs and numerical values in built-in display. The WP632AM also allows transferring of inspected results to computer for detail analysis and for record.

The WP632AM-R is compact and lightweight allowing single handed operation and significantly reduces time required for inspection with high accuracy. The WP632AM-R has been recognized as authorized NDT equipment by Airbus and Bombardier Aerospace. The WP632AM-R is also codified with the NATO Stock Number 6635-99-282-4319.