Aeronautical locking mechanism manufacturerJPB Systèmehas announced that it has produced five million independent flight parts since its inception over two decades ago.
里程碑主要由用于生产JPBSystème高级的组件零件组成LULYLOKB-nut self-locking device and borescope self-locking plug, which are both delivered to aircraft engine manufacturers worldwide likeSafran,Rolls Royce,GE, andPratt & Whitney. Other smaller components, fixtures, and fasteners manufactured throughout the company’s Industry 4.0-enabled production facilities are also included in the figure.
JPBSystème的首席执行官Damien Marc说：“我们的一些行业著名的无限无限设备现在进入了领先的飞机发动机公司的第三个十年，强调了它们的独特性和寿命，以解决简单但至关重要的角色。”“达到这个令人印象深刻的地标数字，突显了它们的持续重要性，这是一种强大，高质量且易于使用的解决方案，以提高飞机发动机的成本效益和安全性。”
How did LULYLOK help the company achieve this milestone?
JPB Système’s LULYLOK solution, a sophisticated B-nut for fittings, boasts an exclusive self-locking device to guarantee the securing of pipes and tubes, avoiding loosening and leaking due to severe vibration and high-temperature conditions.
Importantly, LULYLOK eliminates the necessity of a lock wire or safety cable, tab washers, cotter pins, or another technique of fastening to safeguard the threaded components inside an aircraft’s engine. This minimizes upkeep expenses and implementation time while eliminating foreign object damage.
Similarly, the easy-to-use self-locking borescope plug, which, like LULYLOK, is made up of four independent parts, eliminates the requirement for lock wires while retaining an engine’s connections before the visual inspection. Developed in the 1990s for Pratt & Whitney, the device minimizes human error and associated risks while increasing efficiencies by cutting maintenance time from one hour to just 10 seconds.
JPBSystème声称其自锁设备被许多世界上多种飞机发动机类别的世界最大的航空航天制造商使用，就像多年来一样。来自的CFM56GE/Safran joint developmentCFM Internationalis the “best-selling” engine in commercial aviation history and the conventional engine across theAirbus A320和Boeing 737families, along withCFM’s LEAP-1A, 1B, and 1C engines,Pratt & Whitney’s GTF, andRolls Royce’s Trent 1000为了Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Large-scale aerospace productions
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