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Airbus A380 flies – with a little help from SHG! By Rod Scott, CEO, Satair Hardware Group The A380 superjumbo successfully performed its maiden flight from Toulouse on 28 April. This huge doubledecker passenger aircraft is seen as a major engineering triumph between the European partners in France, the UK, Germany and Spain, as well as hundreds of globally-based subcontactors. It is expected to enter service with Singapore Airlines towards the end of next year. ‘Satair Hardware is pleased to have played its small part in helping the Airbus A380 get off the ground’, says Rod Scott, CEO, ‘we wish Airbus every success with this magnificent aircraft’. The Value Stream Mapping (VSM) tool came into its own for the Goods Receipt/Inspection Department at Satair Hardware UK, reducing the backlog of goods waiting to be booked into the warehouse from up to six weeks to less than one. Angela Goldberg, Continuous Improvement Specialist was seconded to the department to perform the Value Stream Mapping exercise and then implement the newly designed process and provide training for the new Priority Administrator, Goods Receipt Processor and Inspectors. Angela mapped the process from goods receipt to placing the parts on the stores bench to them being put away. ‘The exercise involved actually ’working’ the process to uncover all of the tasks that the Goods Receipt Processor and the Inspectors were required to do’ Angela explains. Angela then identified the different tasks as ‘value added’ and ‘non-value added’ which highlighted the areas for improvement. The proposed changes were supported at Director level, through the Goods Inward Improvement Team (Arnie Sivertsen - Warehouse Manager, Tim Williams - Quality Manager, Brian Mullen - Inspection Team Leader and Nigel Thomas - Managing Director) who reviewed, authorised changes and took actions in order for the new Goods Inward Process to be a success. The entire Goods Receipt/Inspection Department required repositioning to reduce the distance staff had to walk in order to process parts through the system. Analysis also showed that the Inspectors were spending less than 20% of their available N O : 2 7 : J U N E : 0 5 SHG has supplied a wide range of products which include ■ Textron Aerospace Fasteners and other hardware on airframe and engine nacelle structure, including composite applications ■ Avibank Hook and Pressure relief latches on engine cowlings ■ Clickbond composite fasteners onto IFS/Thrust reverser blanket attachment Efficiency improvements in Satair Hardware UK By Angela Goldberg, Continuous Improvement Specialist time inspecting parts, with the rest of their time spent unpacking parts and looking for priority parts for customers. The Goods receipt process has now been re-engineered allowing the Goods Receipt Processor to unpack deliveries without involving the Inspection staff. ‘We now have a Priority Administrator to locate priority deliveries and assist with unpacking when necessary’ Angela said. ‘Certificate scanning is now undertaken by an existing resource, which frees the Inspectors to inspect product’. TOTAL TIME SAVED PER TRANSACTION (MINUTES) Before changes After changes Time saved 2005 © F. Espinasse ■ LISI MONADNOCK spacers and stand off on airframe fuselage ■ MONOGRAM fasteners on airframe and nacelle structures ■ Mortorq and other hardware products on Goodrich power generators ■ Hardware products from SHG’s manufacturing facility ■ Hardware on fluid control systems for the Rolls Royce Trent 900 Avibank Hook and Pressure relief latches on engine cowlings ‘This means that the Inspectors are now spending 80% of available time inspecting parts, and in just one month have seen these changes result in the backlog of goods waiting to be booked into the warehouse being reduced to just one week - a great demonstration of continuous improvement’ Angela concluded. CHANGE IN NUMBER OF PARTS PROCESSED DAILY Unpack Book-in Total
Mecachrome Daniel Poiret devotes 25 years service to Satair By Paula McEnaney, Communications Co-ordinator ■ AURORA Bearings Daniel Poiret, Managing Director France, completed 25 years service with Satair on 25 June 2005. He cast his mind back to 1979 when he started as an internal Sales Engineer for CoMET, supporting customer services. A year later he joined TECNIMATIC as Sales Manager, which involved Daniel Poiret visiting customers. Daniel took the post of Director of Sales in 1992 and when TECNIMATIC merged in 1998 with Satair he became Managing Director for Satair Hardware based in Senelis, France. He is also Vice President for the Satair Group. TFS introduces new blind bolt By Rod Scott, CEO, Satair Hardware Group TEXTRON FASTENING SYSTEMS (TFS) have introduced a new blind bolt fastener called ’MAXIBOLT PLUS’. This new product enhances the proven reliability and performance of MS 21140/21141 MAXIBOLTTM by providing a more simple installation process. A tool equipped with the same pulling head can install three different diameters, a feature that reduces the tooling cost and facilitates robotic applications. MAXIBOLT PLUS provides greater spindle flushness once installed, with the blind side of the fastener enhanced to provide additional grip overlap and improved performance on sloped surfaces. The bulbing concept is suitable for both metallic and non-metallic applications. Daniel, aged 48, has been married for 27 years and has a son of 25 years old and a daughter of 20. Daniel must have seen some major changes over the 25 years with Satair? ‘I started to work for a company that covered only the French market and now SHG deals with all major companies in the aerospace industry worldwide. The French aerospace operation included four employees back in 1991 and in 2005 now employs 30 staff. The fastest communication tool was the telex, and compared to current technology, the gap is absolutely huge!’ So what has kept Daniel motivated for the last 25 years? ‘I still have faith in what I accomplish and I learn new things every single day’ he replied. Satelite asked Daniel what he would like to see for Satair in 25 years time if he could see into the future. ‘SHG becoming the largest distributor of products and services to aerospace OEMs’ he said simply. SHG wins 5-year DLF contract with Mecachrome By Olivier Bourgine, Regional Sales Manager, Satair Hardware SAS SHG is delighted to have secured a major Direct Line Feed (DLF) contract with Mecachrome in France. Founded in 1937, the Mecachrome Group today employs around 1700 people across seven facilities in Europe and Canada. Historically specialising in the manufacture of parts and engines for the motor sports industry, the two French sites have increasingly taken on assembly work for aerospace customers. The Aubigny site carries out assembly work for Rolls Royce, Eurocopter and Hurel Hispano, while the Amboise site is entirely dedicated to Airbus. MAXIBOLT PLUS is available in Cres Steel and Titanium materials and with different head styles. It is covered by EN 6122/6127/6128/6129 standards. TFS and SHG have teamed up to ensure that there are a number of MAXIBOLT PLUS applications on the Airbus A380. TFS addition to European team Textron Fastening Systems have strengthened their European technical sales team with the addition of Claude Couillandeau who is based in France. Mecachrome was very keen to have a lean DLF solution for its standard hardware requirements, and after a careful benchmarking exercise, SHG was selected as the ideal single source partner. ‘This is a significant contract which, together with EADS Socata, strengthens SHG’s position as a leading European supplier for this type of service’, says Daniel Poiret, VP sales. SHG delegates at the annual sales conference, Chantilly, France ‘In Brief’ Satair Hardware Group is proud to announce that it became the exclusive distributor in Europe for AURORA Bearings on 22 March 2005. AURORA Bearings manufacture journal bushings, rod ends and spherical bearings for the aerospace industry and their product range includes parts covered by MS/BAC and ABS specifications. ‘We now have the right to distribute their products to both OEM and after-market segments’ said Daniel Poiret, Managing Director France. ‘This range of products will definitively complete our package for direct line feed requirements’. SHG will develop technical sales supported by Branko De Blauw, the AURORA technical representative located in Belgium. ■ SH UK finalists for Westland Transmissions awards Satair Hardware UK could feel very proud of their efforts for July to December 2004 when they were finalists for two prestigious awards at Westland Transmissions’ annual Supplier of the Year conference in February. The two categories - Emerging Supplier of the Year, and Most Innovative Supplier of the Year show that Westland really appreciated the difference made by SH UK and the value they have added to the management of the supply base since winning the contract in Q3 last year. It is the second DLF on the Yeovil site, the other is for Westland Helicopters. Congratulations to everyone involved in supporting this key contract, continued success next year should see SH UK winning awards. ■ Korean Air Rod Scott receives DLF appreciation award from K. H. Kwon, Vice President of Korean Air commercial aircraft plant. ■ New agent in Spain No stranger to the aerospace industry is Felix Gonzalez, aged 58, who was appointed Representative Agent for Spain in September 2004. With his vast experience within the industry he is well qualified to fulfil his responsibilities in this region. In addition to representing Lentern Aircraft for ten years, Felix has been involved with a number of other organisations including Indra, Acutronic, Ampex and Summit. Most of Felix’s customers are based around Madrid, where he lives with his wife. Satair Hardware currently has two main contracts running in Spain, a DLF contract with Cesa, and also one with Airbus. N O : 2 7 : J U N E : 0 5 7
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