Lufthansa Technik new workshop in Hamburg
Lufthansa Technik has expanded its composite workshop at its airframe related components (ARC) facility in Hamburg, Germany, to handle repairs of large composite components. The company installed a new autoclave featuring a five-meter (16.3-foot) interior diameter, and this allows curing of the largest jet engine fairings, flaps and radomes using heat and pressure.
Lufthansa Technik employs about 250 at ARC in Hamburg, and it provides similar repairs at facilities in Tulsa, Okla., and Shenzhen, China. Lufthansa Technik has also implemented a new logistics center and streamlined production processes to speed repair turnaround time at the Hamburg ARC.
With facilities in Hamburg as well as in Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA) and Shenzhen (China), Lufthansa Technik is one of the world’s leading providers of airframe-related component (ARC) repairs. In addition to repairs and maintenance at these three sites, Lufthansa Technik offers its customers a large spare parts pool and mobile repair services worldwide.
The quality delivered by Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen has been officially endorsed: In October 2003, it obtained a “Maintenance Organization Certificate“ from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) authorising it to provide maintenance services to EASA requirements. This certification was a major milestone for Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen licensing it to offer repair and other services to international customers.
Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen is the first and only repairer in China of engine cowls made from composite materials. In autumn 2003, the company began operations with an autoclave, a giant-type facility in which aircraft parts made from composites can be bonded at a pressure of up to 10 bar and temperatures rising to 250 degrees Celsius. The autoclave carries out extensive repairs from a central location in Asia on thrust reverses, airframe sections and other related parts made of composites.
Aircraft components made of composite material are in ever greater demand owing to qualities such as strength, low weight, and resistance to corrosion.
