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Reducing Inspection Time Using the Latest

Digital Inspection Tools

The Issues
009-32 Process for DFT Measurement:

A side by side study will be performed to


gather data and provide metrics for the:
1. Completion Time

2. Data Accuracy
3. Data Processing

of three test methods used to evaluate Dry


Film Thickness (DFT) in a typical ballast tank

Three Test Methods


Method 1: Current shipyard practice:
Analogue or digital measurements
and hand written reports.

Three Test Methods


Method 2: Scanning
A new DFT scanning technology that
provides real time digital data.

Three Test Methods


Method 3: Auto Cal - to profiles

A new DFT device that requires little


training and yields both data storage
and digital data outputs.

Progress to Date
QA Inspector Questionnaires Completed
First week of inspections at BAE September 15-19.
Inspections at HII to take place before November 2014.
NASSCO Earl inspections TBD.
Inspections to be completed before end of December 2014.

Goals & Objectives


Project will quantify efficiencies of each method and
calculate cost savings with a goal of:
Reducing inspection time from the industry average of
1.5-4 hours to 20-40 minutes.
Reducing paperwork generation time from an industry
average of 3-5 hours to under 1 minute.
Reducing or eliminating erroneous readings and nonconformances due to user error.
Reducing or eliminating transcription errors.
Reducing audit time by highlighting non-conformances in
a Paperless QA format.

Methods and Procedures


Required for Accomplishing
Goals and Objectives
A committee comprised of paint and coating QA/QC Managers from
HII-Newport News, BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards, HII-Ingalls,
NASSCO - Earl Industries, and Elcometer will provide trained inspectors
to:
Perform a DFT inspection of a seawater ballast tank according to the
legacy method
Perform the same inspection using the scanning technology Perform the
same inspection using the new inspection device
Each inspection will be timed and the inspectors will be asked for their
feedback on each method.

Each inspection will then be transcribed according to their legacy


method and evaluated for both time and accuracy when compared to the
digital transmission of the data yielded by the other two test methods.

Benefits and ROI


The first proposed new technology (scanning) will be validated for both
accuracy and speed against the current technologies used in the legacy
DFT measurement method.
As this technology is a productivity enhancement rather than a process
change, the technology will be presented to the 009-32 TWH as an "as
equal" measurement technology. Therefore, its use may not require a
SSRAC proposal for change.
The shortened production/process time can be measured across the
fleet once approved by the TWH.
e.g. an average savings of 3 man hours per tank on a carrier
yields 900 man hours of savings in ballast tank DFT
measurements alone.

When leveraged against all critical coated areas, the savings go up


exponentially.

Benefits and ROI


The second proposed inspection device will be validated for both
accuracy and speed against the legacy DFT measurement method as
well as against the productivity gains of the first proposed technology.
As this device is both a productivity and a process enhancement, the
results shall be presented to the 009-32 TWH as a "separate but equal"
device and method.
The shortened production/process time, when combined with features
that eliminate the need for complex calibration techniques (as the legacy
method requires) and expensive user training, will not only yield similar
cost savings to the first proposed technology but also have the added
benefit of eliminating calibration errors; which is often the difference
between a coating system passing or failing inspection.

Technology Transfer and


Implementation Approach
The results of this project will be formally presented to the TWH and
discussed at SPC meetings.
A draft users guide will be submitted as an attachment to the 009-32
proposal, briefed to SSPC PA-2 committee, the SSPC Education
Committee, and to the NACE Education and Training Committee.
Committee will create their final report with calculated time/cost savings
and submit to the panel members for review.

An SSRAC proposal shall be submitted to the 009-32 TWH for


acceptance into the NAVSEA Standard Item.

THANK YOU

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