Aviation Borescopes for Aircraft Inspection
Video Borescopes for Aircraft Engine Inspection and Maintenance
Routine remote visual inspection is essential for the safe operation of aircraft. Our range of aviation borescopes provides high-quality images with intuitive user interfaces, ergonomic designs, and durability for efficient and effective aircraft visual inspections, jet engine borescope inspections, gas turbine inspections, and helicopter inspections.
Aviation Borescope Applications
Gas Turbine and Jet Engine Inspection
Aviation gas turbines and jet engines require regular inspection to determine whether any cracks, erosion, or other critical flaws exist. Evident IPLEX aircraft engine borescopes offer outstanding image quality to help you quickly locate indications for faster decision-making and enhanced efficiency. IPLEX video borescope inspections of gas turbines give you a clear view of everything from the large space in a combustion chamber to a closeup of a compressor blade.
IPLEX aviation video borescopes offer powerful measurement features for fast, efficient aircraft engine inspections. Super wide stereo measurement provides expanded coverage, while 3D modeling makes it easy to choose the right measurement point by showing views of your target from multiple angles.
Quickly switch the interchangeable scopes in various diameters and lengths to perform different types of aircraft and jet engine inspections with one IPLEX system. Plus, having spare scopes on hand can help reduce downtime if a scope repair is needed.
One example of a useful alternate scope to have in your toolbox is a channel scope. With capabilities similar to a standard insertion tube, the working channel scope can also be used for foreign object debris (FOD) detection and retrieval. With this scope in your toolbox, you can avoid unnecessary and costly engine removals or teardowns.
Small Aircraft and Helicopter Inspection
Helicopter engines and rotors are difficult to access for inspection as they are located on the upper part of the fuselage. Our ultra-portable IPLEX™ G Lite aviation video borescopes are lightweight and easy to carry for efficient visual inspection of helicopters and small aircraft and their engines.
Our IPLEX G Lite helicopter inspection video borescope is compact and weighs only 1.15 kg (2.5 lb), making it easy to carry for the inspection of engines, rotors, and strap packs on top of the fuselage. Many turboshaft and turboprop engines require an aviation borescope with a 4 mm (0.16 in.) or smaller diameter to fit in the access port to inspect near areas, such as compressor blades, and far areas of the combustion chamber.
Obtain bright, high-quality images at a distance using the IPLEX G Lite video borescope with a 4 mm (0.16 in.) scope. When halation occurs in nearby areas, the video borescope delivers clear images thanks to advanced image processing technology.
The IPLEX TX II video borescope offers exceptional imaging quality and a highly flexible 2.2 mm ultra-thin scope, making it an ideal tool for critical inspections where both precision and maneuverability are essential.
Whether you’re inspecting fuel pipes, blade cooling holes, jet engine intakes, or detecting coking, the IPLEX TX II video borescope enables thorough, nondestructive visual assessments. This scope complements other IPLEX series models, providing aviation professionals with a range of tools for efficient, nondestructive visual inspection.
Aviation Borescopes
IPLEX TX II
With an available 2.2 mm diameter flexible scope or a 1.8 mm rigid scope, the ultra-thin IPLEX TX II video borescope offers better imaging in small spaces. Combining high image quality and user comfort, the video borescope enables efficient inspection of castings, molds, and other parts with small cavities.
IPLEX NX
The IPLEX NX video borescope combines our highest quality videoscope images with an intuitive user interface, ergonomic design, and durability for efficient inspection in nearly any environment. Its clear, bright images and powerful measurement features enable precision flaw detection and analysis.
IPLEX GX/GT
With interchangeable insertion tubes and light sources, an 8-inch touch screen, and advanced imaging features, the IPLEX GX/GT videoscope delivers an optimal balance of versatility, imaging capabilities, and ease of use.
IPLEX G Lite
The IPLEX G Lite industrial videoscope packs powerful imaging capabilities into a small, rugged body. Lightweight and able to go almost anywhere, this video borescope gives inspectors working under challenging conditions a remote visual inspection tool with the image quality and ease of use to get the job done.
Visual Inspection Kits for Aviation Turbines
Our visual inspection kits include IPLEX videoscopes with 3D visual measurement and other recommended tools for high-quality gas turbine inspections. Perform efficient inspections with videoscope accessories, such as:
- J-Shaped Tube: A useful guide tube if you want the scope to reach a location that is against the direction of gravity or to move in a certain direction. The J-shape is optimized for general combustion chamber inspections.
- Flex and Stay Tube: Pliable yet rigid tube that can be freely shaped. Easily bend the tube in any shape to reach an object for remote visual inspection.
- Heat-Resistant Sheath: The sheath minimizes the temperature restrictions placed on standard videoscopes for gas turbine and other applications where high-temperature—as hot as 250 °C (482 °F)—inspection may be required.
Aviation Borescope FAQs
Aviation Borescope Resources
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2 Modern Videoscope Capabilities for More Precise Aerospace Inspections
Today’s high-end video borescopes offer advanced features that can bring greater precision and reliability to aircraft gas turbine inspections. Learn about two modern video borescope capabilities that help give aerospace inspectors more confidence in their measurement results.
3 Reasons to Add a Working Channel Scope to Your RVI Toolbox
Commercial airlines have tight timelines to meet. Staying on schedule requires efficient aviation inspections—and that starts by equipping your team with the right videoscope or borescope solution.
Videoscope Solution for Working at Heights When Inspecting the Main Rotors of Helicopters
During maintenance of helicopters, inspectors use industrial borescopes to check for any damage or cracks in the strap pack located at the base of the main rotor. Learn more about how video borescopes are used in helicopter inspections here.
Borescope Inspection of Helicopter Main Gear Boxes
During routine helicopter maintenance, inspectors use borescopes to check for any breakage or cracks in the gear or gear carrier of the main. Learn more about helicopter inspections here.
Supporting Military Aircraft Mission Readiness with Fit-for-Service Videoscopes
Within every busy operational maintenance squadron, propulsion shop, and intermediate maintenance facility, military inspection equipment is put through its paces. Learn about how our rugged video borescopes are used here.
How to Confirm Videoscope Measurement Points with Confidence
Discover how inspectors use 3D modeling to select the correct measurement points for more accurate RVI measurements.