ACR is in top gear after officials at the airshow announced the award of two multi-year contracts from General Electric worth more than $37million.
GE has chosen ACR gearboxes for military and commercial aircraft engines.
The military contract, worth $13million, is for accessory and power takeoff gearboxes for GE's F414 and F110 turbine engines.
These will be used on the engines for the US Navy's new F/A-18E/F and US Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft.
The commercial contract, worth more than $24million, is to produce inlet gearboxes for CFM56 turbofan engines.
These gearboxes will be used on commercial aircraft including the Boeing 737, DC-10 and Airbus A340.
A wide selection of gear boxes are on display at the stand in Hall 3/ D13b.
New flap system
MPC has announced a contract worth $6milllion with Raytheon and Beech to supply a new flap system for the Premier Business Jet.
The new system replaces the traditional power drive units, torque tubes and gear boxes with a flap with eight individual actuators electrically linked.
The American firm is also showing a new integrated aisle stand assembly on its stand in Hall 3/F13.
This has electrically controlled auto-throttle system flap and speed brake handles, is lighter and more reliable and replaces cable and pully controlled assemblies.
Noises off
American firm Blast Deflectors (Hall 3/F16a) is promoting a new Airport Noise Protection unit which can be designed, manufactured and installed in less than six months.
"During aircraft maintenance a run-up engine procedure is often required which can be very noisy," explains vice-president Christopher Lynn.
Many American airports, cities and states are suffering from noise pollution and are looking for a solution.
"Our noise enclosure is of aerodynamic design with louvred, sloped walls and rounded tops," adds Lynn.
"It can also, unlike previous models, be used under varied wind directions, which makes it a more consistent solution."
"The new design is three-sided and has noise absorbent panels within a galvanised steel cassette and achieves almost 20db reduction."
Source: Flight Daily News
