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chip detector
A component in a lubrication system that attracts and holds ferrous metal chips that may be circulating with the engine oil.
Some chip detectors are part of an electrical circuit. When a metal particle shorts across the two contacts in the detector, the circuit is completed, and a warning light is turned on to inform the flight crew that metal particles are loose in the lubrication system.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Aviation
- Category: Aeronautics
- Company: Aviation Supplies & Academics
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