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[ INTERVIEW - AXIS CADES ]

Seeking Opportunities For example, if an aircraft is damaged
on tarmac or incurs any other issue,
we immediately assess whether the
aircraft needs to be grounded or it can
AXIS CADES is an Indian end-to-end take-off. Within the MRO segment, 40
engineering services firm, that pro- per cent is engine service, 29 per cent
vides services across verticals such as is components while rest is all avionics,
aerospace, defence, automotive, heavy etc.
engineering and medical technology
with aerospace alone generating What are the other aerospace-
40 per cent of its overall revenues. related activities that
Sharadhi Babu, CEO, AXISCADES AXISCADES is involved in?
speaking in an interview with Atul
Chandra, says that the company has At AXISCADES, we work on the com-
worked with a number of European mercial and military design aspects
Original Equipment Manufacturers for aircraft. As mentioned earlier, we
(OEMs). “We work on the concept have been able to deliver a complete
design of an aircraft using 3D model, design, production and maintenance
drawings and stress analysis reports,” and have provided support on elec-
he says. Edited Excerpts from the tronics, avionics and ground systems
interview: in all these aspects of engineering. We,
being a pioneer in flight simulators,
Please elaborate on the kind have offered many computer-based
simulators and static simulators to
of work done by AXISCADES help critical platforms provide realis-
in the aerospace domain? tic feeling, either to the trainees or in
We primarily offer services on aircraft the understanding of the services. The
development, maintenance, repair, training or application of the equipment
overhaul and operations management manufacturing is completed and the always comes with a strong application
and aircraft upgrade. Our expertise aircraft goes into the assembly, we of a simulator, which becomes highly
spans across sectors like commercial, provide them with various other engi- imperative as some of the defence and
business, military and multi-purpose neering services that expedite the aviation systems are very complex and
aircrafts in addition to Unmanned assembly of the aircraft including tools involve high cost. We have been able
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The whole and tool designs. to offer many such simulators to the
process from fixed wing to rotary air- Indian defence and global OEMs. We
craft segments, we have established AXISCADES is in a very strong and also provide the same as add-ons for
a long term strategic relationship with unique position of delivering this entire full-fledged simulators to the aircraft
Tier-1 suppliers and Aerospace OEMs life cycle of the aircraft, including trainers. We have been working on
to offer integrated solutions for sys- detailed design, drawings, production both military and civil aircraft, transport
tems and sub-systems. These include support and maintenance of the air- and fighter aircrafts.
primary and secondary structures, craft. AXISCADES, being a specialist
electrical wiring harness design, air- in Fuselage engineering services, has This year, we had also signed an
craft interiors, avionics, manufacturing been a part of a number of jetliner MoU with Virtual Reality Media(VRM)
engineering, technical publication, fuselage designs. We build designs for the production of flight simulator
life extension and daily repairs. In all for the front, centre and aft fuselage to design and produce their upcom-
these aspects, we have extended our and deliver it to the OEMs. ing Level D full-flight simulator. This
services to include the digitization, opportunity was specific for a military
which begins from applying IoT into What is your role in aircraft transport aircraft and the data of the
the scheme of things, deliver a lot of MRO? aircraft is owned by a few European
automation and simulation into the India is one of the fastest growing avia- OEMs. Hence, it was very important
services. tion and MRO markets in the world and for us to tie up with VRM technolo-
provides the most cost-optimised man- gies, which possess a good amount
Specifically in the aerospace domain, power compared to any other location of data on the aircraft and we also have
we work on the concept design of around the globe. This ushers in a lot an opportunity to fly the aircraft with
an aircraft using 3D model, drawings of opportunities in the maintenance instrumentation and add-ons to collect
and stress analysis reports. Further domain of these aircraft. AXISCADES additional data and actually build a full
to this, we provide the drawing of the is well placed to offer MRO services level-D simulator.
part, which then goes into production. as we have the experience of over 2
Once the part enters the production decades in working with the OEMs We have received various awards for
phase, we support the OEM to monitor on aircraft design and development. consistently providing high-quality
its production, which in aircraft terms We are also a primary part of the air- solutions and designs. We have also
is called as ‘concession’. This helps craft maintenance life cycle and repair, been able to adapt to new programmes
in ensuring the design to get faithfully though repair is predominantly handled and ramp up our capabilities and
converted into the actual part. Once by the OEM and their partners like us. deliver projects on time to the OEMs.

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