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MTU Aero Engines is establishing a new repair facility in Nova Pazova, a municipality located about 25 kilometers north of Serbia\'s International Airport close to Belgrade. The new facility is part of the MTU Maintenance network and will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of MTU under the registered name MTU Maintenance Serbia d.o.o. The plant will be set up for the repair of engine parts with a capacity of around 400,000 repair hours per year. This complements MTU\'s current capacity of around 1.9 million annual repair hours at its existing sites. To this goal, MTU Maintenance Serbia will grow to more than 400 employees in the coming years.<br /><br />The commercial aero engine maintenance business is growing steadily and is a key driver of MTU\'s business success. The additional site in Serbia offers flexibility and strengthens the company\'s global competitiveness. Operations are scheduled to start by the end of 2022.<br /><br />On July 5, 2021, we started construction work on the new repair facility. The commencement took place in the presence of Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia, and Thomas Jarzombek, Aerospace Coordinator of the German government. The ceremony was also attended by Germany\'s ambassador to Serbia, Thomas Schieb, and representatives from local authorities. <br /><br />For more information about MTU Maintenance Serbia visit our website: https://www.mtu.de/company/mtu-worldwide/mtu-maintenance-serbia/mtu-maintenance-serbia/

MTU Maintenance is the global market leader in customized service solutions for aero engines. As engine experts, we provide maximum reliability for operators and owners – always generating the best engine value for them.<br /><br />We offer a wide range of individually tailored solutions encompassing innovative MRO service, integrated leasing, and asset management. <br />Our intelligent solution covers the entire life cycle of the engine like engined trend monitoring, technical asset management, spare engine, spare parts LRU and QEC, parts and accessory repair, on-site and near wing service, LRU and parts management, service investigation, and failure analysis.<br /><br />With almost 30 engine types in its portfolio including the newest engine types like the PW1100G-JM and Leap-1B, MTU Maintenance has performed more than 20,000 shop visits in 40 years with over 5,500 employees worldwide. We combine engineering expertise with in-depth market understanding and robust financial strength to optimize solutions for our customer’s needs.

Three T408 engines provide the power for the CH-53K helicopter to carry a 27,000-pound external load over a mission radius of 110 nautical miles in Navy high/hot weather conditions. This triples the external load-carrying capacity of the predecessor, the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter powered by GE Aviation\'s T64 engines. In addition, the T408 provides 57 percent more power, 18 percent better specific fuel consumption, and 63 percent fewer parts compared with its previous model. The propulsion system has a more rugged compressor design to increase performance as well as durability and resistance to sand erosion and salt water corrosion – features ideal to withstand tough operating environment. <br /><br />Sikorsky, MTU Aero Engines and GE Aviation have been partnering on the CH-53K for the U.S. Marine Corps since its inception. They have built 200 of the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters for them along with 800 T408 engines. We at MTU Aero Engines, Germany’s leading engine manufacturer, are developing and manufacturing the three-stage power turbine producing 7,378-rated shaft horsepower (SLS 59 deg), as well as the exhaust casing and output shaft. But we are not only responsible for the development and production of the power turbine, but also hold licenses for maintenance and testing.<br /> <br />Together with Sikorsky, we are currently still in the bidding process with the CH-53K for a heavy-lift helicopter for the German army.

MTU opens its doors and provides insights into the high-tech test center for engine components. A total of 25 million euros were invested in the hall, which is now located in Munich. A state-of-the-art testing facility and a unique multi-function rotary test rig are able to perform 65 different types of tests on engine components, including spin tests, air flow measurements, structural tests, vibration, wear, ballistic and fatigue tests. <br /><br />The focus is on testing new materials, new designs and larger structures, not only for current engine generations but for entirely new propulsion systems just emerging on the horizon MTU’s ultimate goal is emission-free air traffic, and the company is already pushing the development of innovative green propulsion technologies systematically forward.

Unser Terminkalender auf der Paris Air Show war am dritten Messetag ziemlich vollgepackt. Zu den Highlights zählen der Besuch der serbischen Premierministerin Ana Brinabic sowie die Absichtserklärung des Nachfolgeprogramms Clean Sky 2 als Kommittent für eine emissionsfreie Luftfahrt.

Auf der diesjährigen International Paris Air Show präsentiert die MTU Aero Engines so zukunftsweisende Antworten wie noch nie. Die Zielsetzung: militärische Antriebe noch leistungsfähiger und zivile noch sparsamer und umweltverträglicher zu machen. Dabei hat die MTU nicht nur die nächste zivile Antriebsgeneration im Visier, sondern richtet ihren Blick auch auf die Zeit nach 2050.<br /> _<br /><br />At this year’s International Paris Air Show MTU Aero Engines presents truly pioneering ideas and concepts. The company’s objectives are to make military propulsion systems even more powerful and to improve the fuel consumption and environmental compatibility of commercial engines. MTU not only wants to enhance the next generation of commercial engines, but has set its sights also on the time after 2050.

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, a joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airlines Company Limited, has completed its facility expansion to increase existing capacity by 50 percent to 450 shop visits per year and adding ca. 13,600 square meters as well as employee sport and parking facilities. <br /><br />The Zhuhai shop provides comprehensive services for CFM56, LEAP and V2500 engines, has an advanced machinery and performs 80 percent of parts repairs in-house. Located in Zhuhai\'s free trade zone, the facility benefits from its proximity to Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Macao. Service teams can be dispatched to the customers in the region in no time. In addition to China Southern, MTU Maintenance Zhuhai serves over 70 customers from China, Asia and around the world, including International Aero Engines, Saudia Airlines and All Nippon Airways, as well as Chinese Shenzhen Airlines, Xiamen Airlines and Hainan Airlines. Its first expansion, increasing capacity from 200 to 300 shop visits, was completed in 2012. <br /><br />Check out the video for some impressions of the new site. Some of the highlights include: <br /><br />• Update shop layout in Lean principles<br />• Wireless work station<br />• Digital flowline <br />• New shop floor offices<br />• Extensions to 450 shop visits per year <br />• Improved logistics<br />• Open offices

Over the past 30 years MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg has developed to become a world leader in the maintenance repair and overhaul of narrowbody, regional, business jet and helicopter engines, as well as being a competence center for industrial gas turbine maintenance and testing for the military TP400-D6 engine. <br /><br />In the video we have listed all the milestones that mark the success story of the site to date. So take a look and travel through history with us!<br /><br /><br />Milestones: <br /><br />1991 - MTU Ludwigsfelde is founded<br />1992 - The Pratt and Whitney Customer Service Centre Europe is founded<br />1995 - Start of industrial gas turbine maintenance<br />2000 - Opening of the new main office building / Start of PW200 engine maintenance<br />2001 - The all-new production shop 4 is opend <br />2003 - Start of CF34-3 regional jet engine maintenance<br />2004 - Opening of the TP400-D6 test cell for A400M military airfilter engines<br />2007 - Foundation of Service Center Norway<br />2008 - Start of CF34-8 and -10 regional jet engine maintenance<br />2012 - Foundation of Service Center Brasil <br />2013 - Foundation of Service Center Ayutthaya<br />2013 - Foundation of Service Center Australia <br />2017 - Overhaul of the 1000th CF34 engine <br />2017 - Foundation of Service Center Dallas<br />2017 - Introduction of the facility vision &quot;Excellence Made in Brandenburg&quot;<br />2017 - Certification for PW1100G-JM piece part repairs<br />2017 - Introduction of LPT repair and on-site service for the PW800<br />2018 - Introduction of the &quot;MTU Power&quot; brand for all IGT services<br />2018 - 7,000 engines overhauled<br />2019 - Opening of the new logistics center<br />2020 - MTU Maintenance Coating Services established <br />2020 - Introduction of PW1500G / PW1900G piece parts repairs <br />2021 - Introduciton of hot section repairs for the LM6000PF+<br />2021 - PW307 maintenance certification<br />2021 - 500th CF34-10E engine redelivered<br />2021 - Expansions of the product portfolio to include the CFM56-7B engine

Nach nur einem Jahr Bauzeit wurde am 5. Juni 2019 das neue 6.500 qm große Logistikzentrum der MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg in Ludwigsfelde offiziell eingeweiht. Steigende Mitarbeiterzahlen, steigendes Geschäftsvolumen und die höhere Anzahl von Triebwerksmodellen, die wir als führender Anbieter von Servicedienstleistungen in unser Portfolio aufgenommen haben, machen unser räumliches Wachstum notwendig.

“Driven by visions of tomorrow.”: We’ve been working on innovative and ground-breaking engine technology for over 85 years. Going bravely beyond existing concepts and offering answers to tomorrow’s challenges like never before. Our goal? Emission-free flight! <br /> <br />To this end, our research and development focusses on the further evolution of existing concepts like GTF aero engines, combined with revolutionary engine concepts that significantly improve cycles and reduce all emissions to a large extent: these include concepts such as the water-enhanced turbofan (WET engine) that can be powered with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) or hydrogen, or the hydrogen-powered flying fuel cell as an electric power train.

„Driven by Visions of Tomorrow“: Wir arbeiten seit über 85 Jahren tagtäglich an innovativen und bahnbrechenden Triebwerkstechnologien, die mutig über Bestehendes hinausgehen und bieten so zukunftsweisende Antworten wie noch nie zuvor in unserer Geschichte. Unser Ziel? Emissionsfreies Fliegen! <br /><br />Forschungs- und Entwicklungsschwerpunkte sind in diesem Zusammenhang sowohl evolutionäre Konzepte, wie die Weiterentwicklung der Fluggasturbine auf Basis des GTF, kombiniert mit revolutionären Antriebskonzepten, die den Kreisprozess deutlich verbessern und sämtliche Emissionen weitreichend reduzieren: Hierzu zählen Konzepte wie der Water-Enhanced Turbofan (WET Engine), der mit nachhaltigem Treibstoff (Sustainable Aviation Fuel, SAF) oder auch mit Wasserstoff betrieben werden könnte, oder die ebenfalls mit Wasserstoff betriebene Brennstoffzelle (Flying Fuel Cell) für eine möglichst vollständige Elektrifizierung des Antriebsstrangs.

Each customer, engine and fleet is unique – and they all create individual data patterns. With our Engine Trend Monitoring System (ETM) and our engine experience, we identify these patterns for our customers and, as a result, can detect failures early before secondary damage occurs and prevent AOGs.<br /><br />We introduced ETM in 2006 and continue to optimize the system. It is an independent and proprietary web application that monitors specific data sets from flight operations. We combine these with shop visit data. <br /><br />We recently launched a web userface for all devices, new reporting functions and real-time visibility into the status of engines. The cloud-based web app will help our customers to easily few reports customize them and interact with their data on any device anywhere in the world. The foundation is a full, MTU-developed thermodynamic engine model for each engine type.<br />With this innovation, we are revolutionizing the way we interact with our customers. <br /><br />As an independent service, our ETM system can accommodate a wide range of engine types. For instance, we can monitor a customer’s GE90 and V2500 fleet with the same tool. This is particularly helpful for engineers and technical managers and unusual in the industry.<br /><br />We monitor CF34, CF6-80, CFM56, GE90, LEAP, PW2000 and V2500. Other engine types can be supported on request. Customers rely on high-quality trend analysis and customizable solutions – as part of a larger MRO arrangement, such as PERFORMPlus, or as a stand-alone service.

Air is ingested, compressed, combusted and then expelled. Sounds simple, but it’s actually highly complex: modern aircraft engines are high-performance machines that must withstand extreme conditions. But how do they actually work?

Luft wird angesaugt, verdichtet, verbrannt und wieder ausgestoßen – was einfach klingt, ist hochkomplex: Moderne Luftfahrtantriebe sind Hochleistungsmaschinen, die extremen Anforderungen standhalten müssen. Doch wie funktioniert eigentlich ein Triebwerk?

Auf unserem Kanal dreht sich alles um Triebwerke und Luftfahrt