Magazin "take off" - Issue 26 - FACC

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takeoff F A C C C U S T O M E R M A G A Z I N E
Developed in Record Time:
Cargo Compartment
for the SSJ100
Time-to-market is a decisive success factor in the
aviation industry. Those who are able to serve their
customers quickly and with innovative added value
can strengthen and expand their market position on a
permanent basis. With the development of the cargo
compartment for the SSJ100 regional jet, FACC has
proven that launching a product speedily is no empty
buzzword. This has enabled FACC to land the airplane
manufacturer Sukhoi as a new customer and to
open Russia as a new market.
A mere three months passed
from the granting of the contract
to the fi rst delivery of the complete
cargo compartment for the Superjet
100, a new Russian passenger
plane designed to carry 70 to 100
passengers. In adherence to the
strict project plan, FACC carried out
the design, engineering, production,
qualifi cation and certifi cation of the
approximately 150 different components
in this short time. In addition,
the production tools had to be
designed and built, numerous tests
and the development and qualifi -
cation of new processes had to be
carried out. “We were able to stick
to the tight schedule due to the fact
that an experienced team worked
according to the principle of concurrent
engineering and prepared many
work steps simultaneously,” said
Erich Pamminger, the FACC chief
engineer responsible for the project.
“The open nature of our Russian
business partner in project management,
which made fast decisions
possible when questions arose, and
the smoothly running corporate cooperation
helped to move the project
along so swiftly.”
At the end of March 2010, an
FACC team travelled to Komsomolsk
in the far east of Russia to carry
out the fi rst installation of the cargo
compartment on site at Sukhoi Civil
Aircraft Company (SCAC). By June
2010, on the basis of the experience
of this fi rst installation individual design
adjustments were carried out,
the development phase of the project
was successfully completed and the
components were handed over for
series production. In 2010 FACC will
deliver a total of 10 cargo compartments
and beginning 2011 the production
rate will reach a volume of up
to 60 per year.
Complex System and Innovative
Processes
The contract covers the deliv-
ery of front (5.5 m long x 2 m wide
x 1 m high) and rear (6.4 m long
x 2 m wide x 1 m high) cargo compartments.
The main components
are the ceiling and sidewall panels,
gap covers and door linings. The
entire cargo compartment is a sophisticated,
complex system that
has to fulfi l the strict requirements
concerning technology, equipment
and safety. “FACC has had years of
experience with the manufacturing of
individual cargo compartment components,”
Pamminger explained.
“This project is the fi rst time we have
taken on the responsibility for the
entire system including the electrical
system, decompression and burnthrough
resistance. This has given us
the opportunity to once again prove