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Capability Statement
Build the inspection plan and production record around the part’s controlled requirements, manufacturing route and acceptance authority. DDM Systems supports the casting workflow with defined evidence, lot linkage and responsibility boundaries.
Inspection scope, acceptance criteria and required records are program-specific. They must be established before production and approved by the responsible customer, engineering or quality authority.
This quality resource supports the broader aircraft sustainment casting pathway, including legacy-part reproduction, AOG feasibility review and obsolete-tooling recovery.
Inspection is not a generic final check added after a casting is produced. The applicable drawing, model, specifications, purchase requirements and approved quality plan define what must be examined, how it must be measured, which criteria govern acceptance and who may approve a deviation.
For a legacy or recovered production path, those requirements should be reconciled before mold production. If the technical records conflict or leave acceptance criteria unresolved, the gap belongs in the engineering and contracting review rather than being filled by assumption.
Identify the controlling drawing, CAD model, revision, alloy and process specifications, critical characteristics and customer-specific requirements.
Define dimensional, visual, metallurgical, mechanical and nondestructive examination requirements together with sampling and acceptance criteria.
Tie material identity, process records, inspection results, deviations and release documentation to the applicable casting and production lot.
The required package varies by contract and program. The following categories provide a planning framework, not a universal checklist.
Record the specified characteristics, measurement method, equipment status and results in the format required by the customer or program.
Maintain the required material certifications, heat or lot references, controlled-process records and applicable test reports.
Apply the specified method, acceptance standard, personnel qualification and reporting requirements when NDE is part of the approved plan.
Document discrepancies and route them through the customer-approved review, disposition and authorization process.
Assemble the agreed records so procurement, engineering and quality teams can verify what was produced and what evidence supports acceptance.
Define how long records must be retained, where they reside and how they can be retrieved for audit, investigation or future sustainment work.
DDM Systems can support manufacturing-route review, ceramic-mold production and an agreed casting-deliverable scope. The responsible customer or designated authority establishes the controlling technical baseline, acceptance requirements, source approvals, deviation authority, qualification basis and any installation or airworthiness decision.
Changing from wax-pattern tooling to directly printed ceramic molds changes how the investment-casting mold is produced. It does not waive material requirements, special-process controls, first-article obligations, inspection, traceability, qualification or customer acceptance.
No. Airworthiness, installation and return-to-service decisions remain with the responsible customer, engineering organization, regulatory authority or other designated approval authority.
No. The plan depends on the controlled technical requirements, alloy, geometry, manufacturing route, critical characteristics, risk, contract and customer-specific quality provisions.
A sample may support evaluation, but it should not be treated as approved design authority unless the responsible organization explicitly establishes that basis. Wear, repair history and inaccessible internal features can limit what a sample shows.
The parties should establish the controlling revision, material and process requirements, inspection methods, acceptance criteria, sampling, record format, responsibility for approvals and the required deliverable package.
Traceability connects the delivered casting to its technical baseline, material identity, process history, inspection results and approved dispositions. That record can support later review, investigation and repeat requirements.
Send the controlling drawing or model, material specification, required quantity, known critical characteristics, inspection provisions and the records expected with delivery. The first review will identify what is defined, what remains open and whether the requested manufacturing route is ready for planning.