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ENHANCED SPARE PART ENGINEERING SUPPORT - SMART DESIGN OF SPARE PARTS FOR A PART STANDARDISATION
Enhanced spare
part engineering support
Smart spare parts' design for
a part standardisation
The Airbus Material and Logistics Engineering Its approach to engineering solutions for material
team has developed the capability to create and logistics requirements and the services it
efficient engineering solutions for the design of provides to the customers includes the initiation
spare parts, maximizing their standardisation and and drive of standardisation and modular designs
harmonisation. Airbus defines innovative spare of spare parts, for the Airbus spares aftermarket.
part solutions leading to improved part delivery The service also aims to provide new
lead times, based on the combination of standardized part numbers and lead-time
engineering expertise with the material and solutions based on customer requests. This article
logistics business experience. will explain the advantages and future of inter-
changeability between spare parts.
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A typical case
for the Material Figure 1
and Logistics
Engineering
support
When a component fails on an
aircraft, the usual assumption is
that this occurs due to fatigue,
static loading, wear, corrosion or
other influences which aircraft
components are subject to. The
immediate solution to allow the Dado Panel
aircraft to continue its operations is (Lower sidewall panel)
always to replace the part,
particularly when its essentiality
code is 1 or No-Go, meaning
the aircraft is not airworthy without
the part. Airbus has experienced
many cases where the root cause is Some customers use a light grey
not based solely on the part itself, colour, others a sand-colour, information
but on various other external amongst the various other shades
factors such as maintenance available. In this case, we looked Inter-changeability:
handling or on the installation and into the various opportunities to Parts are inter-changeable (INC)
transportation. Once identified, the reduce the replacement lead-time, when they are equal in form, fit
global issues can be solved faster whilst maintaining the integrity of and function. There are three main
and more cost-efficiently, compa- the business, airworthiness and types:
red to the time and cost of a part re- safety to fulfil the customers INC1 One way inter-
design. requirements. changeable: New parts can
A recent customer query regarding The only economically viable replace old; old ones cannot
the lead-time for A340 aircraft solution was to deliver semi- replace new parts.
cabin lower sidewall panels, finished panels, requiring the INC2 Fully inter-changeable:
commonly named Dado Panels, customer to add the coating on-site Old parts can replace the new
highlighted this point (figure 1). but enabling him to operate his parts which can replace old
Due to the fact that cabin lower aircraft quickly. This bypassed the parts
sidewall panels are highly customisation issue and greatly INC3 Not inter-changeable.
customized to the specific improved the lead-time.
requirements of the customers Mixability:
cabin design, the specific The following two prerequisites Parts are mixable when different
production lead times can be are required to be able to add the modification standards can be
relatively high. Lower sidewall lower sidewall panel coatings on- installed at the same time, in
panels are finished by applying a site: different locations, within a given
film rendering the surface with the An autoclave for the curing system.
final colour and pattern for the process,
cabin interior, specific to each The qualification to perform the
customers cabin specifications. curing processes.
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Objectives Approach
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Maximized
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inter-changeability
throughout full aircraft cycle
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customers.
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