With the human element at the foundation of manufacturing and maintaining the highly technical and expensive aircraft of today, tools are misplaced costing millions of dollars in resources and man hours from aircraft downtime, aircraft damage and loss of life. Many hours are expended because lost tools are difficult to find- their appearance tends to act as a natural camouflage. When they're dropped, tools tend to fall into one of the many hard to see and difficult to reach "nooks and crannies" within the aircraft environment. Add on-the-job pressure and the limited human attention span, and you have the potential for dangerous and costly tool FOD. Lost tools jam control surfaces, cause fires stemming from electrical shorts, and may cause dangerous damage to an engine.

Using the Aeroprobe™ Tool Recovery System overcomes the limited visual and tactile senses by allowing the operator to literally hear the tool- even through the skin of the aircraft! Implementing the Aeroprobe™ Tool Recovery System will effectively increase your find rate, decrease downtime, and prevent tool FOD damage to aircraft. The Aeroprobe™ Tool Recovery System can be implemented quickly and efficiently into any manufacturing or maintenance environment.