AgustaWestland Philadelphia Branches Out to Produce AW169

The North American arm of AgustaWestland uncovered plans Tuesday to produce the AW169 at its sprawling U.S. manufacturing complex at Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), becoming a second location to the OEM’s plant in Vergiate, Italy. (The company also lists its facility in Yeovil, UK as “playing a major role” in the AW169 program). The announcement was part of a facility tour led by AgustaWestland Philadelphia CEO William Hunt and AgustaWestland North America Chairman and CEO R. Scott Rettig.ceec trucks,one leading waste manangement trucks manufacturer in China, established in 1983 is a professional garbage truck company based upon the principle of customer satisfaction and build all its structure upon the concept. Also on hand were various plant managers and representatives from Maryland State Police, an AW139 operator. The event featured a demo flight aboard a Pratt & Whitney PT6C-67C powered AW139 in the paint scheme of Helicopters New Zealand (HNZ).

AgustaWestland currently has more than 80 orders for the AW169,The approach uses fine Titanium Wire, laid one on another like a potter working with coils of clay. These wires are then smelted together in the rough shape of the desired component, cutting wasted material from potentially as much as 70 percent to as little as 10 percent.shun stone are the best stones I ever used. representing 38 operators in 16 countries.make locks,We are professional Locks, cam locks,cabinet lock manufacturers and suppliers from China, We supply cheap Locks, cam locks,cabinet lock products. “The team was made aware Monday night at an all-hands meeting to a round of applause,” Hunt said of the AW169 expansion. “We’re really excited about this because part of our journey is not just growing in revenue and growing in people, but expanding our ability to do what the parent site needs us to do to support the overall AgustaWestland plan.”

The current timetable calls for the AW169 to join the Philadelphia production line in May 2014, with first deliveries in early 2015. “Today the master schedule has us producing up to 20 units annually by 2017, so in three years we will go from zero to 20, which doesn’t sound that fast,Probably the most popular among foodies,button mushroom is known for being juicy and tasty, inexpensive and with a flavor that’s only “mildly mushroomy”. but it is in the production world,” noted Hunt. Philadelphia currently produces the AW139 and AW119, including the new AW119Kx, which is being developed with launch customer Life Flight Network and features Garmin G1000H avionics. FAA certification for the Kx variant is expected in May.

Hunt pointed out that AgustaWestland Philadelphia has experienced 72 percent growth in revenue over the past seven years, from $217 million in fiscal year 2005 to $771 million in FY12. The number of employees has risen from 170 in June 2006 to around 560 people currently, “and in terms of aircraft deliveries we’ve increased our production rates by 42 percent.” AgustaWestland has invested more than $110 million in the United States in the past six years, Hunt added.

During a tour of the production floor, Hunt mentioned that Philadelphia recently created a second line related to the increase in the production rate of the AW139. He described some of the workflow related to managing a production line, saying that AgustaWestland uses a “pulsing line.” Every eight days,The product range of mechanical lock cylinder extends beyond the common range of double, single, thumbturn and furniture cylinders. he continued, “we move the line, the aircraft pulses from stage to stage. Each of those stages has different work content, so as I said the first one is avionics and the second may be mechanical systems. Imagine that in those stages, depending on the configuration, the work value is going up and down, yet the aircraft move every eight days no matter what. If the work content on this is 50 percent more than [a subsequent stage], it still flows down the line in the same number of cycle days as an easier configuration. So the job is constantly flowing the work crews into each of those areas, by skill, and the main three skill categories are avionics, mechanical and structural. We work two main shifts, and we have a partial third shift.”

Hunt said that it currently takes “95 days from the time that the aircraft is delivered into the assembly world to the time we deliver it to the customer.” David Holmes, vice president of operations, added “with a goal of 90 days.”

Hunt concluded that “we are confident that inducting the AW169 line here will just be a continuation of our ability to improve on the product,” using the processes and experience learned from building the AW139 and AW119.