Sentences with phrase «g.e. aircraft engines»

GE, a leader in 3D - printed aircraft engine parts, said it had produced 50 % of the parts needed for a helicopter engine, slashing the number of parts required from 900 to just 16, reducing the weight by around 60 % and cutting the related costs by 40 %.

Shares of the maker of Otis Elevators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and Carrier air conditioners rose as much as 3 percent to $ 125.50.

On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration and European airline regulators ordered emergency inspections within 20 days of nearly 700 aircraft engines similar to the one involved in a fatal Southwest engine blowout earlier this week.

The engine was manufactured by a joint venture of General Electric and France's Safran Aircraft Engines.

Aircraft engines have gone from an unreliable Achilles heel on planes in the 1950s to devices that can operate for millions of hours without so much as a hiccup, said Steven Wallace, the former head of accident investigation at the Federal Aviation Administration.

And the ability to offer almost anything — from a drill press to a car to an aircraft engine — as a service can transform the very nature of what is bought and sold.

Virgin Atlantic recorded a time - lapse video which showed how a team of engineers replaced a five - tonne aircraft engine in the space of just 24 hours.

All recent Boeing 737s are powered by engines from CFM International, a joint venture of General Electric and France's Safran Aircraft Engines.

To keep ice from accumulating on an aircraft engine's sensor, GE turned to additive manufacturing to redesign the part.

«The primitive maintenance prediction of these aircraft engines and the data on these engines is an incredible intellectual property,» Mishra said.

On Friday, Cramer turned to Honeywell, the massive industrial conglomerate manufacturing aircraft engines, climate control systems, security equipment and other specialty products.

Debi Mishra, partner director of engineering and machine learning at Microsoft Corporation, pointed to the example of GE's aircraft engine business, which shifted its business model from selling machinery to selling engines as a service.

The engine in question, the CFM56 - 7B turbofan, is the product of a 40 - year - old joint venture between GE Aviation and France's Safran Aircraft Engines called CFM International.

The company purchased aircraft engines and spare parts for the airline's fleet, which included Airbus 320s, Boeing 737s and Gulfstream jets.

In December of 2014, her husband — an Air Force F - 16 aircraft engine mechanic — returned from a year - long tour of duty to discover he was being relocated from Arizona to Utah.

Blankenship, who had announced his intention to step down as head of General Electric's appliance division at the end of this year, previously ran GE's commercial aircraft engine business.

Mazda just won the Edison Gold Award, beating an aircraft engine made with woven carbon fiber composites, ceramic matrix composites, and 3D printed parts.

The alternative engine for the joint strike fighter is something the military does not want, but it's a lucrative deal for G.E. Aircraft Engines and is supported by the local (Republican) politicians.

One place I worked at (unionized aircraft engines plant), a guy was caught sleeping at his desk.

Nobody got killed and the boats, most of them powered by aircraft engines, flew so low that Bill Sterett (above) won with his Chryslers

As part of a close collaboration between Empa, SR Technics and FOCA experts have spent years developing a standard test setup and method that can be used to measure fine particulate emissions from aircraft engines.

Since the 1980s, large aircraft engines have been required to meet emission limits that have been gradually tightened over time.

The Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently approved a preliminary standard governing the emission of particulates by aircraft engines.

Instead, they are used by industry to develop parts for devices such as aircraft engines, spaceships and hearing aids.

Two of their labs gave me an offer: the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory [now Glenn Research Center] in Cleveland and Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California.

Such a 20 percent mix would not require any modifications to existing aircraft engines or infrastructure, Green Flight International's Rodante says.

«EPA has already set effective GHG standards for cars and trucks and any future aircraft engine standards will also provide important climate and public health benefits.»

Beatrice «Tilly» Shilling (1909 - 1990) A prize - winning motorcycle racer and aeronautical engineer, she designed a small metal ring that fit onto the fuel line of an aircraft engine to keep the flow of fuel constant.

Because the process makes a blend of hydrocarbons, it does not lack the aromatic compounds that seal aircraft engines, like the biojet fuel produced from camelina oil by UOP.

That compares with 28 mW / m2 trapped by all of the CO2 released by aircraft engines since the start of aviation.

We need to know if it could cause an aircraft engine to explode in what is known as an «uncontained failure», with hot, fast - spinning engine parts being shed in all directions, potentially piercing wings, fuel tanks and even the cabin.

All the bio-version lacks are the aromatics — specific volatile hydrocarbon rings that are necessary to swell shut seals within current aircraft engines, hence the need to blend it with conventional fuel.

The project is in close collaboration with world - leading aircraft engine provider GE, who are providing technical support and will play an integral part in the analysis of the data.

Gas turbines are used for the production of electricity and in aircraft engines.

Even in an era of advanced computer modeling, the decade - old test is deemed essential for producing aircraft engines that can withstand the impact (pdf) of collisions with birds, which cause more than a billion dollars» worth of damage worldwide to civil aircraft every year, according to the Bird Strike Committee USA.

Airlines are prudently cautious, because volcanic ash is especially dangerous to airplanes, as ash can melt within an operating aircraft engine, resulting in possible engine failure.

Their goal is to create significantly quieter aircraft engines.

By IAN BAKER Syrup does not spring instantly to mind as the inspiration for designing aircraft engines.

«Nanoparticle - based coating for aircraft engines may triple service life and reduce fuel consumption.»

The idea is that the new layer will be used in both aircraft engines and gas turbines within two years.

Researchers at University West in Sweden have started using nanoparticles in the heat - insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat.

Dr Curry and his colleagues have since tested the new layer thousands of times in what are known as «thermal shock tests» to simulate the temperature changes in an aircraft engine.

Research at University West is conducted in close collaboration with aircraft engine manufacturer GKN Aerospace (formerly Volvo Aero) and Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, which makes gas turbines.

NITROUS - OXIDE INJECTION During World War II, the German Luftwaffe injected nitrous oxide into its aircraft engines to boost power.

For this reason, aircraft engines are often fitted with turbochargers, to offset the lack of atmospheric pressure.

Because of this, turbos have long been recognized by auto manufacturers such as Saab for their value, and have been applied in aircraft engines and even 1000 - hp Formula One cars.

Aircraft engine emissions are roughly composed of about 70 percent CO2, a little less than 30 percent H2O, and less than 1 percent each of NOx, CO, SOx, VOC, particulates, and other trace components.

A natural use of the turbocharger — and its earliest known use for any internal combustion engine, starting with experimental installations in the 1920s — is with aircraft engines.

That's why a drag race engine would make a poor choice for an aircraft engine.

Ettore Bugatti designed several multi-valve aircraft engines.