AAR has expanded and updated its hydraulic repair and overhaul facility at AAR Aircraft Component Services (ACS)-Amsterdam in response to rising demand. The renovation of the facility entailed a significant investment in testing equipment, a reconfiguration of the space and additional personnel. Together, the updates more than doubled the capacity of the previous facility to handle work on a longer list of parts and systems such as hydraulic pumps; flap, thrust-reverser and landing-gear actuators; and flow control and shutoff valves for various aircraft, including those made by Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and Bombardier.
The project included two new test stands developed by ACS-Amsterdam and equipped with the latest advances in automation, complete with control software. The gearbox test stand is designed to meet aircraft flow and pressure test requirements for all Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, CRJ and other airframes working on Skydrol fluid at 3,000 or 5,000 psi. The facility’s existing universal bench has integrated higher levels of automation, eliminating the transition time required for a worker to activate settings manually. Measurements are taken and fed into an HTML report. A new logistics area and a central warehouse increase capacity and reduce turnaround times.
