An Example in Aluminum Casting The
Corvette Brake Pedal
Quality
Assurance
The brake pedal is a safety-critical component with a
high standard for material performance and quality.
The drawing
indicates the sections of the brake where stresses are high and casting soundness is
imperative.
To insure quality,
Eck Industries uses X-ray radiography to insure the soundness of the brake pedal castings.
In the first
production run, each brake pedal was checked with X-ray radiography. The X-ray evaluation
showed that the castings met or exceeded the casting quality standards.
With four years of brake
pedal production experience, radiography is now done on a statistical basis, evaluating
10% of each production run.
