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Farrell, Maureen

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Forbes Asia vol. 5 no. 16 (Oct. 2009), page 32-34.
Topik: Product Testing; Business; Components; Jet-engines; Aviation Industry

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: FF5.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Vextec can predict with scary accuracy how and when products will fail-before they're made. Spare parts are to jet-engine makers what razor blades are to Gillette. Pratt & Whitney, General Electric and Rolls-Royce garner juicy 40% margins (before interest and taxes) making replacement engine blades and other components that have mandated life spans set by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. FAA certification requires up to a dozen tests during which the physical part is put through its paces until it breaks. Those tests can take up to a few years and gobble millions of dollars, crowding out little contract manufacturers, like FB Airfoils, in Palm City, Florida

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