STUDENT’S ON-THE-JOB TRAINING

DAILY REPORT OF ACTIVITIES

Fajardo, Anthony N.
Name of Trainee: ____________________ Company: ___________________
Mapua University
Class Schedule: Monday to Friday | 8am – 5pm Professor: Edward Ang
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Note: The trainee should give a brief but clear report on the task performed, its purpose and how it is
accomplished. Also, indicate the machines, equipment, tools and materials used, if any. Practice Safety.

Date: June 20, 2022 The video that I watched is about airplane maintenance
Time In: 8 am particularly on its individual parts. The first part of the
Time Out: 5 pm maintenance is the disassembly of the airbus with 350 men
Hour Spent: 9 hrs where every detail is controlled because a simple scratch can
become a serious consequence. For some, it may only be a
Certified Correct by:
Edward Ang minor scratch but for the maintenance, it may be a serious
structural damage. For example, the seats of the noble first
Supervisor/Trainer class come out in the economy class. In this case, every seat
is removed and replaced. That maintenance can take up to
hours of service. For an instance, the separate hangar for the
engine is broken where a hole and cracks are. Under FAA
oversight, plane owners and operators create Continuous
Airworthiness Maintenance Programs (CAMP) that detail
both routine and detailed inspections for each aircraft.
Authorities often refer to these inspections as checks. A and
B checks are usually considered more routine maintenance
inspections, while C and D checks are more detailed
inspections. An A check is often performed overnight at an
airport gate every 500-800 flight hours and a B Check is
normally done every 3 to 6 months at an airport hangar.
During this plane maintenance, routine maintenance and
checks are performed. During a C check, which is done every
15 to 21 months, almost the entire aircraft is checked. This
means that the aircraft is out of service until the
maintenance is performed, a process that can take up to 2
weeks to complete. D checks are the most comprehensive
inspections and are performed every 5 to 6 years. Because
of the detail of this plane maintenance, the inspection can
take up to 2 months. One of the most important reasons for
performing extensive plane maintenance is to protect any
passengers that may be using the aircraft. Regularly
scheduled plane maintenance and inspections ensure that
passengers will have a safe, pleasant transportation

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 experience and that they will arrive at their destination in a
timely manner. As air travel continues to increase, plane
maintenance becomes especially important. Annual
inspections, routine maintenance and repairs can create a
tremendous burden on an aircraft owner and creates a
growing need for qualified, licensed aviation maintenance
technicians. These technicians are highly skilled and have a
keen attention to detail that is necessary to keep an aircraft
flying. Aircraft maintenance takes place during the
operational phase of the aircraft's life cycle and is critical
because it forms a substantial part of airlines’ operational
cost (Stadnicka et al., 2017). As indicated in Fig. 2, various
aircraft life cycle costs are dependent on aircraft design,
complexity of operation, human factors, maintainability, and
reliability. Aircraft system effectiveness is dependent on
maintenance planning, availability of spares, personnel
training, and logistics support. Aircraft system becomes
effective if it provides high performance, safety, and
availability. In order to minimize costs, improve safety and
enhance performance, maintenance process during
operational phase of the aircraft are essential. Aircraft
maintenance is required to keep the aircraft in a serviceable
and reliable condition in order to generate revenue, to
minimize its physical deterioration so as to reduce operating
cost due to failure, and to abide with regulatory authorities’
requirements (Ackert, 2010). Aircraft maintenance services
include A-checks, C-checks, D-checks, and daily maintenance
checks. A-check consists of visual inspection of aircraft
interior and exterior, and is performed biweekly to monthly
(Ackert, 2010). A-check tasks involve checking and servicing
oil, filter replacement, lubrication, operational tests, and
inspection. A-check maintenance is performed in the hangar
overnight for approximately 10 h per aircraft (Transport
Studies Group 2008). C-check tasks include functional and
operational systems checks, cleaning and servicing of aircraft
systems and minor structural inspections (Ackert, 2010). C-
checks are performed in the hangar every 12 to 20 months
and depend on aircraft type, flight cycles, flight hours, and
calendar months. C-checks are performed in 3 days to 1
week for a single aircraft (Transport Studies Group 2008). D-
check tasks include aircraft exterior paint stripping, removal

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 of panels, inspection of airframe structure, wings, landing
gears, engines, and most structurally significant items
(Ackert, 2010). During D-check, many of the aircraft's internal
components are checked, overhauled, and repaired (Ackert,
2010). D-checks are performed in the hangar every 6 to 12
years and also depend on aircraft type, fight cycles, flight
hours, and calendar months (Ackert, 2010). D-checks are
performed for typically one month (Transport Studies Group
2008). In addition to the above checks, daily maintenance
checks involve routine maintenance which includes
inspection, minor repairs, and servicing (Ayeni et al., 2011).
Daily maintenance checks are performed at gate before first
flight or at each stop when the aircraft is in transit. The
maintenance time is typically 1 h (Transport Studies Group
2008). Aircraft maintenance activities are divided into
scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. Scheduled
maintenance is planned according to flight hours, flight
cycles, and calendar period (Hölzel and Gollnick, 2015).
Unscheduled maintenance is initiated by technical failures,
reported defects, and faults identified during inspection
(Ayeni et al., 2011). Flight hours (FH) refer to the actual
number of hours flown by the aircraft over a specific period
from the time it lifts the wheels from the ground during take-
off to the time the wheels touch the ground during landing.
While Flight Cycles (FC) includes take-off and landing runs
(Guzhva et al., 2018). It includes the total time from engine
start through any condition of flight and ending at engine
shutdown.

The next video lecture is about the airbus Boeing 787. This
airbus has an estimated amount of 30 billion dollars. This
airbus will be the future of air travels. The 787 revolutionized
not only how the airline industry operates, but how future
planes will be designed and built. By weight, 55 percent of
the 787 is made from composite materials, like carbon fiber
reinforced plastics, making it the first commercial airliner
made primarily from this new age material. The 787 is
rivalled only by the airbus A350XWB, which is introduced 4
years after the 787 in 2015. In this generation, composite
materials are made up of two or more materials. For
example, carbon reinforced plastics which is composed of
extremely strong carbon fibers bound together by a plastic

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 resin. Carbon fiber, which is made up of thousands of tiny
thin fibers of carbon, is incredibly strong in terms of tension
where it is 5 times stronger than steel and one-fifth of its
weight. The 787’s fuselage is created by a wrapping a carbon
fiber tape impregnated with a plastic resin around a rotating
mold of the fuselage. This machine precisely controls the
overlaps of the tap and the orientation of the fibers to
ensure to get the most out of the carbon’s tensile strength to
resist the internal pressure loads and the longitudinal
bending loads the fuselage will experience. One of the
problems with this manufacturing method is that this part
needs to be placed inside an oven to cure the resin. This
hardens the plastic and creates a solid composite structure.
Ovens the size of a wide body jet airliner fuselage are not
exactly common, and this is often the limiting factor on parts
made this way and requires massive upfront investment to
build a customized oven large enough to fit the part. But the
benefits of this process is worth it. Carbon fiber reinforced
plastics (CFRP) allow to redesign well established metallic
structures like manipulators in order to decrease their weight
and to increase their level of performance. This task can only
be successful, when the CFRP-design process does not copy
the metallic structure, but solves the underlying functions in
a new way. The present study shows, how an I-beam steel
manipulator was transferred to a braided design with hollow
cross sections and locally adapted material properties. Step
by step we show, how to define the manipulator’s functions
and mechanics and how they can be considered with a
braided CFRP-structure. This includes analytical pre-design as
well as detailed finite element method (FEM) design. A
mechanical testing program was performed in order to
measure input-values for the numerical calculations on
coupon-level and validate the simulation on system level.
Static and dynamic tests of the CFRP-manipulator showed
that it fulfils all requirements to be certified for sale.
Therefore, the braiding process for commercial production
was investigated for two machine setups and the state of
serial production was reached. The braided CFRP-
manipulator is 70% lighter than the steel reference and has
increased handling properties because of locally adapted
material properties.

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