BFGoodrich Aerospace captures majority of European aircraft ordered for Next Generation B737 program.TROY, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1997--BFGoodrich Aerospace, Aircraft Wheel and Brake Division announced that 58 percent of the European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. airlines have specified its products on the next generation of B737 aircraft. Wheel and brake orders for Boeing's Next Generation 737 fleet have been received from Air Berlin, Germania, Maersk Air, SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. , Transavia, and TEA Switzerland. The BFGoodrich 737-600/-700/-800 wheel and brake was designed based on customers input. Features include improved service and reliability; lower total cost of operation; and improved maintainability. "We believe the process of obtaining airline input during the design phase will provide the most cost effective wheel and brake package for our airline customers," said Michael J. Piscatella, vice president-general manager, BFGoodrich Commercial Wheel & Brake Division. The BFGoodrich product includes a new friction material developed for the improved 737 performance environment which dictates shorter gate turnarounds. This new friction material adds up to a 30 percent increase in brake life over the classic B737's. To meet the aggressive gate turnarounds of 737 aircraft, improvements were made in the thermal performance of the brake which features a new spoked wheel design and torque tube A torque tube system is an automobile driveshaft technology, used in cars with a front engine and rear drive. It is not as widespread as the Hotchkiss drive, but is still occasionally used to this day. barrel slots. For ease of maintenance, several new custom-designed features for wheels and brakes were added, including lock plates, through hole wheel drive key fasteners fasteners In construction, connectors between structural members. Bolted connections are used when it is necessary to fasten two elements tightly together, especially to resist shear and bending, as in column and beam connections. and segmented immersible im·mers·i·ble adj. Capable of being completely immersed in water without suffering damage: an immersible hot plate. wheel heat shields. For more than 50 years, BFGoodrich Aircraft Wheels & Brakes has been a world leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of commercial, military, regional and business aircraft wheels and brakes, creating braking systems for more than 200 types of aircraft. Headquartered in Troy, Ohio Troy is a city in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 21,999 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Miami CountyGR6 Troy was one of the cities impacted by severe flooding in the Great Dayton Flood of 1913. , the Commercial Wheel and Brake Division is a unit of BFGoodrich Aerospace, Akron, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of . CONTACT: BFGoodrich Aerospace Aircraft Wheels & Brakes Valerie Francis, 937/339-3811 |
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