Advanced Equipments for Aircraft Maintenance and Assembly
| Company | REEL SAS |
|---|---|
| Date | 19.11.2012 |
Air France Industries inaugurated today its new engine test cell, at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.
The outcome of a 43 million euro investment program, the new facility, called ZEPHYR, will serve to test some 300 engines each year, including over 100 Very Big Engines (VBE), delivering an optimized service to clients in terms of processes and costs alike.
MC Levage-REEL a fully owned subsidiary of REEL SAS has designed, manufactured and commissioned the complete engine handling systems package which consist on six flexible preparation stands, one 40Tons overhead transfer crane, one monorail system as well as one lifting table.
The test cell will enable Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) to cover the entire maintenance process for engines such as the GE90-94/115 equipping Boeing 777s, and the CFM56 power plants equipping Airbus aircraft in the A320 family, and the A340. The new test cell is also ready to test the GP7200 engines equipping the Airbus A380, and has been designed to adapt to the engines that will equip future generations of aircraft.
Certified by authorities in Europe (EASA: European Aviation Safety Agency), the United States (Federal Aviation Administration, FAA) and China (Civil Aviation Administration of China, CAAC), the ZEPHYR test cell will help AFI KLM E&M to position itself as the main alternative to the engine manufacturer.
