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engine will offer an improvement in fuel also reduces the no of individual parts achieved advances in compressor
efficiency, 10-15 percent better than that are required for an item. The fuel- architecture and performance, turbine
the previous generation Arriel engine. injector nozzle which was earlier made up operation at higher temperatures and
Company officials have confirmed to of a dozen individual parts is now only a breakthroughs in noise attenuation,
Asian Airlines & Airports that testing single piece. The fuel injector nozzles are weight and control systems. Turbomeca
on the Arrano is delivering on its produced using Selective Laser Melting has also announced that ground tests of
promised fuel efficiency claims. One of (SLM) techniques. The combustor swirlers the TECH3000, full-scale technological
the innovations on the Arrano that help for the Ardiden 3 will also be made by demonstrator will commence before
improve fuel efficiency is the Inlet Guide the new process. An extensive additive the end of this year. The demonstrator
Vanes (IGV) system, which increases manufacturing capability is being setup will help in the development of a new
efficiency during cruise flight as a result at Turbomeca’s Bordes facility in France, 3,000 shp engine family to meet the
of small variable-pitch blades above which has already commenced serial requirements of helicopters in the 10
the compressor. Reduced maintenance production of additive components for tonne class. TECH3000 will enable
and life-cycle costs are a key offering of aerospace propulsion industry in France. Turbomeca to validate the design and
the Arrano and inspection intervals have Arrano incorporates numerous basic performance figures for next
been significantly reduced. Turbomeca technical innovations, including a generation high performance engines that
will also offer its new online maintenance revolutionary thermodynamic core will be capable of delivering 25 percent
program, BOOST (Bank of Online Services developed for the Tech 800 technological better fuel economy as compared to the
& Technologies) for Arrano customers. demonstrator (which ran on a test bench present generation engines available in
BOOST is an integrated highly secure in May 2013). The TECH800 demonstrator that class.
online service that will be offered by was developed in cooperation with 34
Turbomeca for its recent engines. The partners from ten European countries,
maintenance offering aims to help owners as part of a research study financed by
and operators in management and their the European Commission’s Clean Sky
engine maintenance. The power of BOOST program, a public-private partnership
lies in the tight interaction between the with the European aerospace industry.
Electronic Engine Logbook, the Interactive The Tech 800 demonstrator was one of TOP LEFT: Airbus Helicopters
Electronic Technical Publications and the the six engine demonstrators dedicated H160 will benefit from the
mature technologies on the
engine configuration management which to propulsion in Clean Sky. It was intended Arrano that will deliver an
Turbomeca controls as the OEM. The to demonstrate new technology bricks engine that is reliable, powerful
offering is still in the testing phase at via full size core engine tests, whereas and maintenance friendly right
present and is expected to be operational Arrano is a new engine program. from entry into service
next year. Turbomeca continues testing on the Tech TOP RIGhT: The Arrano will
The Arrano incorporates a number of 800 for research purposes. Designed and introduce new manufacturing
technical innovations and Turbomeca is manufactured by Turbomeca, the Tech methods such as additive
working hard to ensure that the engine 800 demonstrator delivered double digit manufacturing using laser
fusion on a metal powder bed.
attains a high level of maturity from improvements in fuel consumption and The Arrano’s fuel-injector
entry into service. The new Turbomeca CO2 emissions during tests, as compared nozzle (pictured) has seem the
engine will also see the use of a number to engines that were considered as state- number of parts reduced from a
of additive manufactured parts. This has of-the-art in the year 2000. Seeking to dozen to one, thanks to additive
manufacturing which delivers a
led to substantial savings because of this develop a future helicopter turboshaft one-piece, complex-shaped part
improved manufacturing process which engine in the 800kW power class, it in record time
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