FRCE materials engineers assist Coast Guard with parts backlog
Allison Popernack, left, FRCE materials engineer, and Chris Gladson, FRCE Materials and Processes Branch head, examine aircraft parts being processed in a large heated chemical strip tank at the facility. The chemical strippers are used to remove organic coatings from aircraft parts, so that they can go through nondestructive inspection to look for cracks or flaws in the metal that might affect the integrity of the part.