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Re: flying_trader post# 2651

Tuesday, 11/17/2015 9:19:24 AM

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 9:19:24 AM

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OK, Who will take the football and run with it?

I was trying to tidy up some details and hit a bump. Page 11 of the 2015 CFM Leap brochure confirms that Snecma designs and builds the low-pressure section, including the fan, the low-pressure compressor and turbine, and the accessory gearbox.



But then there was this detail to put to bed.
Avio joins Snecma (Safran Group) to design and produce key elements of the advanced new generation Leap engine
Rivalta di Torino (Turin - Italy), 7 March 2012 – Avio, Italy’s leading aerospace company, and Snecma, the world-class manufacturer of aircraft and rocket engines (Safran Group), today finalised a commercial agreement to work on the new LEAP aircraft engine family. Avio will be responsible for the design and production of key elements of the low-pressure turbine: stator stages, disc and casing.

The more recent press release by Safran would imply a change in the vendor, Kikuchi Gear over Avio Aero.
Snecma (Safran) has selected Kikuchi Gear for production of titanium aluminide blades on the LEAP •Ashikaga city, Tochigi (Japan) – May 1st, 2015 .

But then I ran into this - Avio Aero CEO: GE Brings New Opportunities - Jun 15, 2015
We are also investing in our manufacturing facility at Bielsko-Biala, preparing a new production line for LEAP nozzles, something that will last for decades. With 1,000 engineers in its engineering center in Warsaw, GE has made Poland one of the company’s key partners.



OK, exactly what nozzles will manufactured at Bielsko-Biala? Looking for a little help here.



I couldn't find much. There is this to start - BIELSKO BIALA, A BLEND OF YOUTH AND EXCELLENCE - News from our Polish plant: we found out about them by talking to the Plant Leader, Roberto Bertaina.
Different Leap engine models can be seen on the display board in the background in the video.

Bielsko Biala, one of the most advanced industrial cities in southern Poland, situated just over 100km from Krakow, is the home of one of Avio Aero's most important sites, employing over 500 people. The core business of this site is the design and development of components and modules for aircraft engines, such as stator and rotor blades for low-pressure turbines for civil and military engines (the best known of which are the GE90, the GEnx 1 and 2b, the CFM56, the T700, the PW308 and the LEAP).






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