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This “e-Form” can also be used by parts distributors and suppliers as Certificates of Conformance or Transfer Documents. This specification has been referred to by some regulatory authorities such as FAA, EASA, Transport Canada as an approved method for exchanging Form 8130-3, Form 1, etc. With RFID high memory tags, users are also able to add comments about a part, such as notes from a mechanic who worked on the component.ATA Spec 2000 Chapter 16 provides an industry standard for the electronic exchange of the Authorized Release Certificate (e.g., FAA Form 8130-3, EASA Form 1, etc) that declares that an aircraft part has passed certain quality inspections and is approved for service. Low memory tags are better suited for parts that aren’t expected to have extensive maintenance histories, such as oxygen generators.

In addition to containing the birth record, RFID high memory tags can accommodate additional information, such as a part’s maintenance history. Both types of tags are designed to record a component’s ATA Spec 2000 RFID Birth Record. RFID tags have already evolved into high-memory and low-memory varieties. The tags contain at minimum the ATA Spec 2000 RFID Birth Record for the component: Details on when and where it was manufactured and its identifying information.Īs the use of RFID tags becomes more widespread in the aerospace industry, the demand for RFID equipment will increase, and new and improved applications are likely to be developed. For example, rather than checking hundreds of life jackets and seats individually and entering data by hand, under the new system, one person armed with an RFID reader will be able to check the parts within minutes - rather than hours. The move will result in a substantial increase in efficiency, Airbus officials said. With the addition of the other three aircraft families, Airbus will become the first aircraft manufacturer to employ RFID tagging throughout its entire fleet. Airbus is already marking parts with RFID labels on its A350 WXB aircraft.

This will increase the manufacturer’s use of RFID tags by about 160,000 a year.

In a recent indication of the strong growth of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) marking of flyable parts in the aerospace industry, Airbus has announced it will begin using RFID tags to label certain components in all its aircraft.Īll seats and life vests will be marked with RFID tags on Airbus A320, A330 and A380 aircraft starting in 2013.

Ata spec. 2000