Extreme Wind Tunnel Puts NextGen Jet Engines and Industrial Internet Through Paces
by Txchnologist Staff
With the wind chill, it felt like -16 degrees Fahrenheit this morning in Winnipeg, Canada. By most assessments, that’s chilly.
But in a test facility located at the city’s James A. Richardson International Airport, it’s not frigid, it’s just right. Within this cavernous 122,500-square-foot space, GE is putting its next-generation jet engines through some of the most extreme conditions the state-of-the-art equipment will ever face.
(With temperatures in the -20s at night, steam from the heated platform arises after a night of ice testing at GE and StandardAero’s jet engine test facility in Winnipeg, Canada. Employee Michael Duguay ensures the facility is ready to go for the next day.)
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NextGen Aircraft Engine Boom Drives New Plant Openings
by Txchnologist Staff
Analysts say the global aircraft fleet will double in the next two decades to 40,000 planes. Next-generation aircraft need the most advanced engines on the market. That projected growth has spurred GE Aviation to open two new advanced manufacturing plants this week—a composite factory in Ellisville, Miss., and a “super-alloy” plant in Auburn, Ala.
The facilities, which are expected to employ some 550 workers by 2017, will make parts for the LEAP, the GEnx and other advanced engines. Read the full story here.
Top Image: Steam rises from the heated pad below a GEnx engine following a nighttime ice test at GE Aviation in Winnipeg, Canada. Temperatures were around -20 degrees Fahrenheit.
