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第1楼2008/05/31
Nadcap (formerly NADCAP, the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) is a global cooperative standards-setting program for aerospace engineering, defense and related industries.
Nadcap program as a part of PRI (Performance Review Institute) was created in 1990 by the Society of Automotive Engineers and is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania. Nadcap's membership of "prime contractors" convene to coordinate industry-wide standards for special processes and products. Through the Performance Review Institute, Nadcap provides independent certification of manufacturing processes for the industry. Branch offices of Nadcap are located in London, Beijing, and Nagoya.
Nadcap program give accreditation for such special processes in aerospace and military industry as:
Heat Treating
Chemical Processing
Coatings
Welding
NDT
Composites
Materials Testing
Electronics
Elastomer Seals
Fluid Distribution Systems
Sealants
Nonconventional Machining (including EDM, ECM, ECG, LBM)
Surface Enhancement (including shot peening, peen forming, glass bead peening)
The Nadcap accreditation is required by such companies as
GE-Aviation
Rolls-Royce plc
MTU
Snecma ("SAFRAN group")
Turbomeca ("SAFRAN group")
Boeing
Vought Aircraft Industries
Bombardier
Honeywell
Pratt and Whitney
Hamilton Sundstrand
Sikorsky Aircraft
and the others
Nadcap meetings are held several times a year in different. locations worldwide. For example, the 2007 meetings were held in Redondo Beach (California) in January; Paris (France) in April; Istanbul (Turkey) in July. The October meeting was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Other locations can be in Europe or Asia. In February 2008 the meeting is planned to be held in Rome (Italy). During these meetings there are Task Group discussions and workshops (with participation of primes, suppliers, and PRI staff.
During the periodic meetings. Nadcap performs training for airspace industry suppliers in different fields, such as:
Pyrometry
Root Cause Corrective Action training - RCCA
Special processes, such as coating, NDT, chemical processing, etc.
Internal audits
The Nadcap training takes place in different regions — USA, Europe, Far East, simultaneously there are meetings of Task Groups (with participation of primes and suppliers). At times these trainings are offered at times separate from the full Nadcap meetings.