Routine vibration analysis and engine balancing is required to maximize engine health, minimize cabin noise and protect an airframe from undue mechanical stress. The best of the analysis and balancing tools can be broken down into two categories—those that require engines to be analyzed and balanced in a single vibration survey to address the vibration issues and those that require the engine to be cycled recursively (3-5 vibration surveys) to meet standard performance parameters. These processes are commonly referred to as “One shot computerized solutions” versus “Three shot approximations”.
Presentation Outline: This presentation will address how regional and business jet aircraft and facility owners can now leverage a one-shot systems to save fuel and labor costs, to minimize down-time/labor costs. We will discuss the ROI benefits of a one-shot system.
The presentation will be divided into two parts:
One: Solutions for Large Aircraft: An overview of how and why the prevailing one-shot technology has evolved over the last 20 years and why it has been long deployed by major airline MROs and military plane depots around the world.
It will cover: -which of the most popular large jet engines are usable with the prevailing two shot systems. -the jet engine, planes and airlines who recognize and/or endorse the system -what differentiates one-shot and many-shot vibration analysis and balancing systems.
-how the one-shot systems use advanced learning algorithms identify the engine spools that are out of balance and where on those spools balance trimming is required.
-how the advanced, computer-generated one-shot system can achieve optimized solutions to reduce vibration during a service visit or following an exceptional event such as a blade remap or bird strike/blade blend.
This section will be concluded with an ROI comparison using prevailing fuel costs, maintenance cost avoidance, and comfort to show how fewer engine vibration runs translates into an improving ROI over operating life.
Two: Solutions for business/corporate/small frame jet engines and turboprop: In this section an overview will be given of how the one-shot, algorithm-based technology proven for large jets has recently been modified for regional and business jet engines. It will cover:
- How the technology used in the commercial and military world can be leveraged to solve vibration and diagnostics problems in the light aircraft world; thus reducing expenses
- The technology, as applied in the MRO (overhaul) world versus the on-wing, flight-line maintenance domain -The economy of application of the technology used in the military and large jet to benefit the smaller airframe and propulsion vibration testing and balancing products.
Ken Ameika, Ken Ameika, Vice President of Sales, Vitrek
