Download - GKN Aerospace · PDF file10 GKN AEROSPACE OVERVIEW GKN Aerospace Filton Customers Airbus Dassault Triumph BAE Systems Programmes: Large Civil: Airbus A320 family, A330, A380, A350XWB,

GKN Aerospace overview The most comprehensive global Tier 1 supplier

2

GKN AEROSPACE OVERVIEW

GKN: A global engineering group

Every day at GKN…

We drive the

wheels of

hundreds of

millions of cars…

We help

thousands

of aircraft to fly…

And we deliver the

power to harvest

crops and move

earth.

In numbers

56,000 employees

Locations in more than 30 countries

£8bn sales

Sales by division

Driveline

(46%) Aerospace

(33%)

Land

Systems

(9%)

Powder Metallurgy

(12%)

3


GKN Aerospace - The leading global Tier 1 aircraft supplier

Mexico

4 locations

China

2 locations

Landing Gear

Electrical and Wiring

Services

Aerostructures

Office locations

USA

26 locations

Netherlands

7 locations 2 2 1 3

2 2

1 1

India

2 locations 1 1

Romania

2 locations 2

Turkey

1 location 1

Belgium

1 location

Canada

1 location

1

Singapore

1 location

Thailand

1 location

United Kingdom

8 locations

1 4 3

Sweden

4 locations 2

Norway

1 location

1

Germany

1 location 1

Engine Systems

Transparencies

and Special Products

13 1 2 7 1 2

2

1

1

1

4


Widest capabilities of any Tier 1

Fuselage, wing,

nacelle & pylon

Inflight opening

doors and

empennage

Static & rotating

structures

Titanium engine

inlet parts

Transparencies

Ice protection

systems

AEROSTRUCTURES ENGINE SYSTEMS SPECIAL PRODUCTS

Helicopter

landing gear

Composite

load carrying

landing gear

components

(drag brace)

Availability

services, MRO,

conversion and

completion for

mature and

legacy aircraft

WIRING INTER-

CONNECT SYSTEMS LANDING GEAR GLOBAL SERVICES

GLOBAL NO. 2 GLOBAL NO. 2 GLOBAL NO. 1 GLOBAL NO. 3 GLOBAL BRAND

Electrical Wiring

Interconnection

Systems (EWIS)

for aircraft and

aircraft engines

GLOBAL BRAND

5


GKN Aerospace’s Growth Story

Sales of around £700m in 2006 – £2.5bn

at the end of 2015

Track record of delivering on acquisitions:

−Volvo Aero (2012)

−Fokker Technologies (2015)

…and organic growth: $3.5bn of new

business wins in 2015

Content on-board 100,000 flights a day

6


GKN Aerospace - structure

CEO

Engine Systems

Mike McCann

Senior Vice President

Special Products Group

Gavin Wesson

CEO Aerostructures

Europe

John Pritchard

CEO Aerostructures

North America

Mike Grunza

CEO Fokker

Technologies

Hans Büthker

CEO

GKN Aerospace

Kevin Cummings

7


Leading the development of strategic technologies

Thermoplastic composites

15% weight saving compared to other

composites on horizontal tailplane of

AW169

Advanced metallic structures

Welding, analysis & material expertise

means 10% weight saving on GTF engine

cases

Transparencies & coatings

CrystalVue II coating offers up to 7 years’

extra window life

Ice protection & detection

Patented technology offers 50% de-ice

power saving GKN Aerospace de-icing slats

8


6 Sites focusing on major assemblies and components

GKN Aerostructures Europe John Pritchard

CEO

Machining, Systems, Major Sub-assemblies and components, Additive

Manufacture, research

Composite Spar manufacture and Fixed Trailing Edge Assembly

Composite components and assemblies, research

Filton

Western Approach

Munich

Mike

Platt

Mike

Platt

Dietmar

Czaia

Sub-Assembly and Fabrication Yeovil Eddie

Jones

Composite and metallic assemblies, winglets, nacelles, research, Cowes Garry

Hernes

Nacelle podding , Engine Integration Phoenix Garry

Hernes

Key Capabilities Site General Manager

GKN Aerospace Proprietary and Confidential

GKN Aerospace Filton

10


GKN Aerospace Filton

Customers

Airbus

Dassault

Triumph

BAE Systems

Programmes: Large Civil: Airbus A320 family, A330, A380, A350XWB, Boeing 787

Military Transport: A400M

Business Jet: Dassault Falcon 5X

Military Fast Jet: Joint Strike Fighter

Investment:

> £40M capital investment since 2009

Approx £25M projected over next 3 yrs

Filton Engineering Centre established

− Over 200 design and engineering specialists

People:

Safety

Employee engagement

Education and Community support

Apprenticeship programmes

11


GKN Aerospace - Filton Overview

>1,500 employees > £300M Sales

10 Value Streams

Wing Assembly Wing Systems Components

• Major structural assembly

• Metallic and Composite

• Automated and robotic assembly

• Full system capability – hydraulic,

pneumatic, fuel, anti-ice

• Electron beam welding, automated

robotic welding and assembly

• Large structural and complex parts –

max 6m x 2m

• Hard and soft metal capability

Business Support Capability

• Design - build capability

• Filton Engineering Centre

• Independent quality approvals

• Metrology and conformance engineering

• Additional capabilities through GKN network

12


Components

Value Streams

Ribs

− 5-axis machining of wing ribs for all major Airbus Aircraft

− A320, A330, A380, A400M

Hard Metal

− Titanium machining 4/5 axis

− Small to medium sized parts

− Civil and Military customers

Prismatics

− Small aluminium 4-axis machining

Gear Rib

− A380 and A330 Gear rib machining

Shared Services

− Chemical and heat treatments

− Paint shop

− Penetrant Flaw Detect

− Investment for REACH compliance

13


Wing Assembly

Value Streams

A380

− A380 Fixed Trailing Edge Assembly

A400M

− A400M Composite Fixed Trailing Edge Assembly

Single Aisle

− Single Aisle Shroud Box Assembly

− Single Aisle Electrics

Long Range Leading Edge

− Major sub-assemblies

− D-nose, Leading Edge

Long Range Wingbox and Trailing Edge

− A330 Outer Wingbox assembly

− A330 Trailing Edge assembly

14


Wing Systems

Value Streams

Hydraulics

− Small bore pipe bending and assembly

− Press Shop

− Electron Beam Welding

Pneumatics

− Large bore ducts – up to 8” diameter

− Naca Ducts

− Track Cans

− Fuel

− Bleed Air

− Pneumatics

15


Investment in New Technologies

Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence

Powder Bed

− Electron Beam Melting

− Laser Melting

Research and Operational Development Cells

Primary Objectives

− Industrialisation of EBM – certification and series manufacture

− Mature laser process and industrialise

Advanced Assembly & Automation

Advanced Joining, Forming & Fabrication

Linear Friction Welding

16


Site Tour

Integrated Machining Facility

A380 Fixed Trailing Edge

Additive Manufacturing Centre

GKN Aerospace Proprietary and Confidential

GKN Aerospace Western Approach

18


GKN Aerospace - Western Approach Overview

GKN’s Centre of Excellence for major

composite primary structure components

Approx £235M invested in new state-of-the-art

composite structures manufacturing and assembly facility

Over 30,000m2 of floor space

First Advanced Fibre Placement spar manufacture

– largest composite part in GKN

First Fixed Trailing Edge automated moving assembly

system

Fully integrated product teams working closely with

customer and supply chain

Programmes

A350 XWB Spar manufacture and Fixed Trailing Edge

Assembly

A400M Spar manufacture

19


Outer Spar

Mid Spar Inner Spar

A350 Fixed Trailing Edge Design

3 Spars total over 27m in length with an accuracy of +/- 0.3mm

Total weight of spar carbon is 1230kg/aircraft

FTE assembly weighs 1800kg

The FTE is 7% of total wing weight and supports 10x its own weight

First “large Scale” assembly operation undertaken by GKN