EADS Sogerma, that is a 100% subsidiary of the EADS has a
wide experience of over 80 years manufacturing seats and aerostructures.
Originally founded in Rochefort – France, currently there are subsidiaries in
France, Morocco, and Canada.
As Tear 1
supplier, EADS Sogerma designs & manufactures the MLGB for all the A350 XWB
versions and the contract represents around 500 million dollars for 800 aircraft
to be delivered.
This workpackage represents around 300.000 hours of engineering (mainly in the office at Rochefort) and 130 people in the manufacturing (mainly in the assembly line at Bordeaux)
This workpackage represents around 300.000 hours of engineering (mainly in the office at Rochefort) and 130 people in the manufacturing (mainly in the assembly line at Bordeaux)
The MLGB is a complex product of 6.2m x 6.0m and a weight of 1.3 tons, with both metallic structures (Aluminium, Aluminium-Lithium, Titanium) and CFRP composite structure.
The pressure bulkhead
is manufactured at Spanish supplier Aernnova in CFRP composite by ATL.
In this video
dated on August/2011, it is shown the assembly process and delivery to
St.Nazaire of the MSN001 (in French). As shown in
the video, EADS Sogerma participates in other Airbus programs with metallic
assembly and cabin seats manufacturing. It is striking the special transport by
truck from Bordeaux to St.Nazaire that stops the traffic in some small villages;
don´t want to think when the delivery rate will increase till 13 aircraft per
month. It could possibly ship in the future by the barges used in A380 sections, which carry 95km up the Garonne river from Pauillac to Langon in their voyage to Toulouse.
EADS Sogerma also
manufactures in the A350 XWB the Equinox passenger seat, for the business class
section of the aircraft. Proposed in a 6 passenger side-by-side
configuration, the seating has been specially optimised for the wide fuselage
of the A350 XWB, allowing for the possibility of a bed setup without
compromising the number of normal seat passengers.
Creuzet Aéronautique a été retenu par EADS Sogerma pour la fabrication de
ReplyDeletedeux pièces de structures de l'A350, la 'canted beam' et le T longitudinal, des
éléments structuraux de la case de train principal. Les premières livraisons sont
attendues sur le site Sogerma de Rochefort au quatrième trimestre. La «
canted beam » sera d’un seul tenant, issu d’une ébauche forgée ensuite
usinée. Quant au T longitudinal, il sera constitué d’une seule pièce en
aluminium lithium issue d’une ébauche filée
La « Canted Beam » (en orange) et le T Longitudinal (en rouge)
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