Imagine the calm of the center of the cyclone. There are sitting in David Hoyce, President and CEO of GE Aviation and Vice President GE, the future of technology, new materials, and developing countries through flashing digital flash numbers. Ceramic-based composites, additive manufacturing, titanium-aluminum compounds, digital twins and artificial intelligence are hot new opportunities.
Joyce said: "Before considering the future disruption, we must digest everything we have on the board." "We are experiencing the fastest growth in the introduction of new products in history."
GE and its partner Snecma will supply nearly 500 Leap engines to the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX this year, and will climb to more than 2,000 by 2020 (the engine also powers the Comac C919). Joyce's team is committed to preparing the supply chain for a significant increase in the supply chain and ensuring that it can handle any potential problems anywhere in the supply base through redundancy. Joyce said: “We have carried out the most comprehensive failure mode and effect analysis of the supply chain. This preparation was demonstrated earlier this year. A batch of incorrect castings in France caused serious panic, only a short time in the oil well machinery. fluctuation.
“The GE90 doesn't seem old enough, we are talking about replacing it, but in essence this is what we are using with the GE9X. The opposite is this small and advanced turboprop. What do the two have in common? There are a lot of technology inside the machine, As a result, ATP has so far completed the highest possible additive production for any engine. This will lay the foundation for the next generation of additive utilization in GE's portfolio. "-David Joyce
However, attention to execution does not prevent Joyce from thinking about the future.
“We have been very busy in the past eight to ten years. In order to make Leap, GE9X (Boeing 777X) and Passport commercial jet engines (for the world's 7,000), I may have spent $8.5 billion on commercial research and development.
“So when people say,” Kyrgyz, disappointingly, there aren’t too many commercial engine plans, “I’m thinking,” are you kidding? I am very happy, we must start to provide what we promise, and we can reload our technology portfolio to understand what we will do in the past few years. It is not a bad idea to take a deep breath now. Just look at where we have been.
"But please continue to pay attention. I am more excited now in material technology development than I am now at any time for 37 years.
“I looked at titanium aluminide, I looked at all the metal powder additives, I look at ceramic matrix composites, it is a full range of material systems, and what our ideas will be. This is the company's future 20-30 The beginning of the year of the new material system journey.
"Then, architecture, you know, we used to have a lot of different engine architectures, and when these other enabled technologies, they can easily get access. So, although I don't think I want to revisit, I hope that I am one of them. A 35-year-old senior engineer at a company. The prospects for innovation and application are very exciting. Super exciting
When asked about the technology of the next generation of narrow passenger aircraft around 2030, Joyce replied: "The last thing I want to talk about is when I barely get this generation," he added, anticipating The timetable "will give us time to mature some of the very exciting technologies we are looking for."
With the slow development of new products for commercial engines, GE has transferred 760 engineers from commercial to military, which will use the advanced helicopter engine (ITEP) and adaptive cycle engine for the sixth generation in the next few years. Fighter aircraft.
GE Additives Business
GE is so passionate about the additive manufacturing industry that it launched GE Additive, led by David Joyce, as a company that attracts third-party businesses. The goal is to generate $1 billion in revenue by 2020. Last year, Sweden's Arcam Holdings and Germany's Concept Laser's two leading additive equipment and materials suppliers jointly acquired $1 billion. Joyce said that by 2025, additive technology is expected to save $3 to $5 billion in overall GE costs.
