Extending sustainable manufacturing and repairability approaches for aeronautic values chains

Summary

GKN Aerospace supplies advanced aerospace systems, components, and technologies. The focus of the production relies on engine components, airframe structures or fuselage structures. GKN Engine Systems designs, develops, manufactures, assembles and maintains engine and rocket components for both commercial and military applications.

 

Critical Materials addressed: Titanium alloys (Ti 6-4)
Product lifecycle addressed stages: Engineering, Manufacturing, Use phase
Enabled Circular Economy Strategies: Reduce, rework/remanufacture and repair/refubrish

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Demonstrator (project outcome type)
Industrial pilot or use case
MiE KPI section - Impacts
Demonstrator showcasing the realisation of new resilient value chains
Demonstrator showcasing the realisation of new innovative circular value chains
Demonstrator showcasing human and technology complementarity
MiE KPI section - Outcomes
Demonstrator showcasing an increased uptake of green manufacturing
Demonstrator showcasing the uptake of de-manufacturing, re-manufacturing and recycling technologies for more efficient manufacturing
Demonstrator showcasing virtual end-to-end life-cycle engineering and manufacturing
Demonstrator targeting supply chain innovations
Demonstrator showcasing reduction of supply chain response-time
Demonstrator addressing smart product's and complex products’ production
Demonstrator showcasing artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics tools’ uptake
C MANUFACTURING
C30 Manufacture of other transport equipment
C30.3 Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
C30.31 Manufacture of civilian air and spacecraft and related machinery