When an aircraft required maintenance, mechanics would request the latest engineering drawings for the particular aircraft on which they were working. Library staff would print hard copies of these drawings using aperture card reader/printers. These hard copies would then be distributed to the maintenance technicians. If maintenance was being performed at off-site facilities, hard copies were sent via overnight courier, incurring additional expenses and delays. These delays associated with processing paper drawings resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue for every day an aircraft was grounded waiting for maintenance.
“Back then, it was especially challenging whenever engineering drawings were needed outside the maintenance operations center facility,” says United Services Engineering Supervisor, Andy DeWild. “It was very time consuming to print these drawings using our microfilm reader equipment. The reader equipment was aging, and it was very difficult to get parts or repair services when the equipment failed, which could cause additional delays. Also, because we relied on hard copies, United ran the risk that mechanics or engineers would unknowingly use an outdated engineering drawing that had recently been revised. We needed to find a way to distribute these drawings electronically to speed up this process and avoid these risks and delays.
When an aircraft required maintenance, mechanics would request the latest engineering drawings for the particular aircraft on which they were working. Library staff would print hard copies of these drawings using aperture card reader/printers. These hard copies would then be distributed to the maintenance technicians. If maintenance was being performed at off-site facilities, hard copies were sent via overnight courier, incurring additional expenses and delays. These delays associated with processing paper drawings resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue for every day an aircraft was grounded waiting for maintenance.“Back then, it was especially challenging whenever engineering drawings were needed outside the maintenance operations center facility,” says United Services Engineering Supervisor, Andy DeWild. “It was very time consuming to print these drawings using our microfilm reader equipment. The reader equipment was aging, and it was very difficult to get parts or repair services when the equipment failed, which could cause additional delays. Also, because we relied on hard copies, United ran the risk that mechanics or engineers would unknowingly use an outdated engineering drawing that had recently been revised. We needed to find a way to distribute these drawings electronically to speed up this process and avoid these risks and delays.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..
