System and method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof

摘要

A method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof including imaging multiple individual plies (112) of a structure (110), whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints (114) between adjacent courses (108) of each ply are recorded, ascertaining mutual offsets (O) in the locations of mutually parallel ones of the edge joints (114) in the multiple individual plies (112) and providing an output indication (120) when at least one mutual offset (O) of the edge joints (114) is less than a predetermined minimum offset.