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Albany International and Safran signed the original\nframework agreement in 2006 resulting in the creation of their joint venture\nfor the development of high technology composite parts (3D woven and Resin\nTransfer Molded technologies) designed for aircraft engines, landing gears and\nnacelles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 3D-woven composite technology designed and developed by\nSafran in partnership with Albany Engineered Composites, is a major innovation\nthat plays a key role in improving the performance of the new generation LEAP\nengine of CFM International (1), which powers the Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737\nMAX and Comac C919 aircraft families. This advanced material is used to\nmanufacture the fan blades, fan case and spacers of the LEAP engine, leading to\nsignificant weight savings and contributing to reduced fuel consumption and CO2\nemissions of 15 percent. Safran and Albany have also teamed-up to work on the\ndevelopment and production of the GE9X 3D composite fan case for the Boeing\n777X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to address unprecedented LEAP production ramp-up,\nthe partners have built three state-of-the-art production plants in Rochester\n(New Hampshire, United States), in Commercy (France) and in Quer\u00e9taro (Mexico).\nThese three sites are dedicated to 3D composite parts and delivered to date\nmore than 130 000 parts of the LEAP engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201d We are pleased to extend our partnership with Safran,\nbuilding on the success of Albany\u2019s proprietary 3D weaving technology and our\njoint efforts on critical components of the LEAP and GE9X engine programs,\u201d\nsaid Bill Higgins, Albany International President and CEO. \u201cThe goals set for\nthe next-generation of aircraft engines are multi-faceted and technically\ndemanding. Our AEC team is looking forward to further collaboration with our\nSafran partners to apply our advanced composite technologies to the next\ngeneration of aircraft engines that meaningfully raise the bar for fuel-efficiency\nand contribute to a more sustainable future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBased on the successful partnership we have developed with\nAlbany on the LEAP program, we are looking forward to starting a new chapter of\nour strategic cooperation, said Jean-Paul Alary, Chief Executive Officer of\nSafran Aircraft Engines. Combining Albany\u2019s recognized expertise in weaving with\nour innovative composites represents a fantastic asset to address our ambitious\nsustainable goals through next-generation engine programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CFM will keep exploring composite applications through the\nRISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) technology and\ndemonstration program launched in 2021 as a manifestation of its deep\ncommitment for achieving aggressive goals for a sustainable future, including\nreducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by more than 20 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(1) CFM International is a 50\/50 joint-company between GE\nAviation and Safran Aircraft Engines <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Safran Aircraft Engines, a world leading engine manufacturer, and Albany International Corp. (NYSE: AIN), a leading developer and manufacturer of engineered composite components, today announced an agreement extending their partnership to the year 2046. Through this new agreement, the two companies declare their intent to work together on the next generation engines and thus contribute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-new-hampshire"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20164"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20169,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164\/revisions\/20169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}