Tool management optimisation through traceability and tool wear prediction in the aviation industry

Abstract The aviation industry is characterised by high manufacturing requirements of products with difficult-to-machine materials to ensure quality and safety. Standardised secured processes transparency in resource material flows within production are important for meeting these safety standards while staying competitive on the market. Those also apply a companies’ tool management be met an optimised change strategy considering economic aspects at same time. article presents use case company belonging striving achieve goals concerning costs, quality, time their management. To realise potential improvements retrofitting traceability solution illustrated enabling data-based maintenance strategies case. aims provide about inventory, location tools shop floor functions as data acquisition system individual tracking used tools. Using matching them relevant machining enables application pointing out possibilities indicate tools’ wear state. This approach offers benefits such reducing scrap rate or down times direct impact lead customer orders.