Sentences with phrase «producing 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.

The outbreak of World War II found BMW drafted to once again produce aircraft engines — this time for the Nazi regime's Third Reich.

Not exact matches

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 %.

And the European Union, perhaps still smarting from the mothballing of the Anglo - French Concorde in 2003, spent $ 7 million ($ 9.8 million) on the 36 - month Long - Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies (LAPCAT) study, examining the possibilities of producing engines for aircraft that could far exceed the speed of sound.

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.

The importance of the technology is already being seen at a number of large companies such as GE who have made enormous strides in industrial 3D printing by opening a facility to produce the 3D printed fuel nozzles for its advanced LEAP jet engines, and Rolls - Royce announcing they will flight - test what it claims to be the largest 3D printed aerospace component to ever power an aircraft.

In particular, aircraft jet engines produce carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor (H2O), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of sulfur (SOx), unburned or partially combusted hydrocarbons (also known as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs), particulates, and other trace compounds.

Chrysler would produce and experiment with engines for tanks and aircraft during World War II.

The Aerospace Systems segment produces products for aircraft manufacturers, including aircraft subsystems like propellers, engine nacelles, actuation systems and landing gear.

Contrails are produced by hot aircraft engine exhaust mixing with the cold air that is typical at cruise altitudes several miles above Earth's surface, and are composed primarily of water in the form of ice crystals... Researchers are most interested in persistent contrails because they create long - lasting, and sometimes extensive, clouds that would not normally form in the atmosphere, and are believed to be a factor in influencing Earth's environment.

United States Navy • USS Nimitz / USS Carl Vinson 2002 — Present Nuclear Power Student (2002 — 2005) Chief Machinery Operator (2005 — 2011) Work Center Supervisor (2011 — Present) As Chief Machinery Operator supervised 6 personnel in safety operations of Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Engine Room containing 2 Main Engines providing propulsion, 2 Turbine Generators providing electricity, and 2 Distilling Units producing 100K gallons of fresh water per day, with oversight of all support systems for propulsion plant.

Hartford is also home to an extensive list of major high - tech manufacturing firms producing such complex products as aircraft engines, nuclear reactors, space suits and missile components.