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Appendix B: Turbine-Engine Industry Workshop
Pages 91-96

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... Although the aircraft turbine business is closely regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration, engine producers and the regulatory agency enjoy a productive relationship because they share goals with respect to flight safety. At first glance, the jet engines industry appears to be a conventional materials supply chain involving raw materials suppliers, value-added distributors, parts 91
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From page 92...
... Strategies to Reduce Cycle Times and Hit Opportunity Windows, Gernant Maurer, Special Metals Corporation 2:40 p.m. Discussion 5:20 p.m.
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From page 93...
... This rather conventional structure belies many unique features of the jet engines business that can only be seen by examining the links and interactions among supply chain participants. At one end of the chain are the raw materials suppliers, mainly mining and metal-refining companies involved in the production of nickel, titanium, and a host of alloying elements ranging from aluminum to zirconium.
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From page 94...
... Thus, even though engine manufacturers have proprietary road maps, there is no agreement on industry-wide development goals. The Department of Energy' s Advanced Turbine Systems and National Aeronautics and Space Administration's High Speed Civil Transport programs have come closest to developing program road maps, probably because they were designed as precompetitive technology development programs.
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From page 95...
... Establish collaborative precompetitive programs, with suppliers and engine manufacturers working in teams on critical materials technologies for more directed explorations of the transition from research to development. · Maintain significant industry involvement in university research programs, and target specific gaps in knowledge with regard to new materials and processes.
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From page 96...
... Make greater use of computer modeling (e.g., process models, thermodynamic and kinetic models of structural development, life prediction models) to reduce the cost, risk, and time involved in materials development.
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