P&W aims for new Asheville site to begin producing airfoils in 2022
By Jon Hemmerdinger2021-05-21T20:05:00+01:00 Pratt & Whitney intends to begin producing high-pressure turbine airfoils for commercial and military aircraft engines at its new North Carolina facility by the second half of 2022. Work at the Asheville site, now under construction, will initially include processing of metal casting used to produce airfoils. But that work will expand one or two years later to include the actual casting process, says P&W chief operations officer Shane Eddy. Source: Pratt & Whitney A Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan in a test stand at the company’s West P...
Source: flightglobal.com