1 Billion Flight Hours: “World-class experience” builds 15,000th CFM56-7B engine
Meet the employees assembling the historic CFM56 engine, which crossed new milestones in April for production and flight hours.
Training Skills: New Internship and Apprenticeship Programs Build Welder Pipeline
With the amount of work growing at Unison Industries in Dayton for LEAP engines, new internship and apprenticeship programs were started to train more welders.
GE Aviation Madness: Here’s How Our Bracket Turned Out
Additive manufacturing enabled engineers to design and “grow” a bracket for the GEnx, reducing production waste by 90 percent.
Welders Wanted: Record Commercial Engine Sales Means Thousands of New Jobs
GE Aviation has approximately 2,000 U.S. job openings as it reaches record engine production rates. New educational partners, training programs help develop skilled talent.
Ready for the long run: Lynn’s new T408 engine assembly opens
GE Aviation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Lynn, Mass., plant on Dec. 11 to mark the opening of the new T408 engine general assembly and prep-to-ship area.
Celebrating 25 years of unique culture, growth in Durham, NC
The Durham facility started with 20 employees and focused on one engine model. Over the last 25 years, the site has supported more than 10 engine models. Today, GE Aviation Durham has grown to more than 380 employees who focus on the GE9X, GE90, GEnx and LEAP engines, delivering more than 1,700 engine units a year.
So you want to build jet engines? Specialized training is here
With more than 1,000 entry-level and professional-level job openings currently at GE Aviation sites in just the U.S., specialized employee training programs are one of the ways GE Aviation is addressing the need for more qualified job applicants by preparing its workforce on needed skills.
Think Additive: Uniquely Shaped Geometric Products Soon to be Printed Inside Italy’s New Center
Engineering-Manufacturing collaboration enhanced by additive brings unique shapes for new products that will be soon printed inside the second Italian specialized center.
3 Keys to Meeting Record Engine Demand
The LEAP engine program of CFM International isn’t just a history-maker in commercial aviation because of its record sales. Additive manufacturing and digital tools that make factories smarter are helping GE Aviation meet record orders placed for the LEAP engine.
Manufacturing Milestone: 30,000 Additive Fuel Nozzles
GE Aviation’s manufacturing plant in Auburn, Alabama, celebrates its 30,000th 3D-printed fuel nozzle tip for the LEAP engine.
3D Dreamers: Meet the Aviation Design Engineers Who are Thinking Differently
Additive technology has radically changed the way the world thinks about design, materials, processes and manufacturing — and GE is leading the way. GE Additive’s machines build parts layer-by-layer, enabling geometric freedom and previously unheard-of design possibilities.
Blade Runner 4.0
Additive repair techniques on aircraft engines are going down an extremely exciting path of development and application on...
Aviation’s First High-Volume Additive Manufacturing Plant Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Like the unique parts produced within its walls, GE Aviation’s Auburn facility is steadily growing as the plant celebrates...
Christening the LM2500-powered USS Cincinnati
GE Marine Solutions’ LM2500 marine engines now power the United States Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS...
Factory floor to classroom: GE Aviation managers in growing Auburn plant share teaching duties with Alabama State Training program
Joseph Moore works days on the shop floor at GE Aviation’s fast-growing jet engine factory in Auburn – then teaches his experiences at night in the classroom. He’s one of several operations managers at GE’s Auburn site with a teaching role during the month-long vocational training sessions at Southern Union State Community College near Auburn to prepare GE’s growing foster of hourly workers.
New GE plant seeks to narrow manufacturing skills gap
After creating eight factories across the U.S. over the past decade, GE Aviation is working to narrow the “skills gap” facing many young Americans seeking jobs in today’s advanced manufacturing plants.
Linking the GE9X supply chain
Where in the world are parts coming for the GE9X engine? Find out about all the links in the GE9X Supply Chain.
School is in session: Avio Aero and the Polytechnic of Turin partner on additive technology research
Avio Aero, a GE Aviation business, and the Polytechnic of Turin have partnered on an additive technology research lab located within the university’s campus in Turin, Italy. Together, Avio Aero and the university will work to optimize existing additive components for jet engines.
Scan and fix: GE Aviation uses additive technology to fast track engine component repairs
Avio Aero, a GE Aviation business, is testing unique processes to manufacture and repair jet engine components. The processes, a form of additive technology, enable fast testing of new design practices and approaches for engine components.
A silent revolution: Avio Aero and Arcam’s relationship is built on additive manufacturing
Less complexity, costs, waste and noise: additive manufacturing is the industry of the future and its already making history today.
