When working in the procurement industry for aircraft it is imperative to know the various condition terms and codes to be able to reference and identify the parts. This allows for clear communication of the quality of parts to be bought and sold to the customers. We will go over the terminology and some codes to better identify the parts.
Air cycle air conditioning systems prepare engine bleed air to provide pressure to the aircraft cabin. Both the temperature and quantity of the air need to be managed to maintain a pleasant cabin environment at all altitudes and on the ground. The air cycle framework is ordinarily called the aerating and cooling pack since it is regularly arranged in the lower half of the fuselage or tail area of turbine controlled flying machine.
Carlisle, which is a division of Carlisle Companies, recently introduced an updated CoreHC interconnection solution along with a new Card Edge Connectors contact system that will be teamed with its integrated line of high performing microwave cables and fast speed digital connectors. This was for Test and Measurement applications at the DesignCon 2018 Expo that recently took place at the beginning of this month in Santa Clara.
TE Connectivity (TE) and Credo had teamed up to demonstrate the future of networking technologies at DesignCon 2018. The companies held demonstrations of 112Gbps over an IO channel and over a backplane channel. Unlike many other attendees of the convention, who focused on discussion and theory, TE and Credo demonstrated performance on actual hardware.
100 G Lambda Group is a worldwide group composed of multiple interconnection companies wishing to enhance their interoperability for optical transceivers. The 100 Lambda MSA is actively looking for members and already has a significant number of members that is a part of their group already. Companies such as:
New purchasing agreement has been released with Conair for six new Q400 aircrafts from Bombardier Specialized Aircraft division. Conair is also one of the largest providers of aerial fight fighting aircrafts around the globe. With the latest purchase of the six Q400, it reissues the fact that Conair continuous to be the world largest owner of privately owned fixed-wing air tankers.
In early December, Pratt & Whitney Canada announced that they would be upping the TBO, or Time Between Overhaul, and HSI, also known as Hot Section Inspection. This change means that PT6A-140, 140A and 140AG engines that are currently in service or that will be bought sometime in the future will not need to be inspected as often as they once did.
Boeing has accused Bombardier of benefitting from government subsidies, allowing the Canadian airplane manufacturer to sell its new C-Series planes to US buyers at below cost. Boeing claims that in 2016, Delta Air Lines bought 75 C-Series jets from Bombardier for $20 million each, discounting $13 million from the list price. Neither Bombardier or Delta have confirmed the claim. According to Boeing, sales of their new 737 have been negatively affected.
A Global Automotive Bearing Market Research Report has provided an analysis of investments for 2017 to 2022, which includes an analysis of the ball bearing market. It also analyzes the Automotive Hub Bearing market which includes areas such as key trends, challenges, deployment models, value chain, market drivers, standardization, regulatory landscape and operator case studies.