Aerospace Market's Big Challenges

In a fast moving aerospace market, Cetim is your i4.0 engineering partner to succeed in your transformation to Net Zero Carbon and meet your production ramp-up challenge

Reduce your emissions

Reduce your emissions

Optimize your manufacturing & operating costs

Optimize your manufacturing & operating costs

Succeed your production ramp up

Succeed your production ramp up

Accelerate your 4.0 technologies integration

Accelerate your 4.0 technologies integration

Design of a Krueger flap in TP composite

Learn more on the design of a Krueger flap in TP composite with Cetim’s SPIDE TP process, within the framework of the European R&D project SWING, part of the european Clean Sky2 program, for more efficient wings and more efficient aircraft.

  • In-situ consolidation with the award wining SPIDE TP fully automated process
  • Repeatability and reliability of the process
  • Reduction of production costs
  • Optimised product quality with improved impact resistance
  • Recyclability on waste during production or at end of life.

Our Solutions

Delivering a complete suite of solutions, trusted by +850 aerospace customers in all the supply chain

New Generation Aircraft

Design & redesign commercial & freight aircrafts more customized, lighter and integrating more & more recycled parts

How?

  • Mastery of new composite materials, innovative metallic materials & multi-materials assembly
  • Materials Testing:
    • Metallic, polymer and composites tests :  +40 Nadcap accreditations for non metallic material testing
  • Engineering testing:
    • Development of customized multi-physical tests & benches : high speed/high power
    • Simulation-test correlation
    • Smart Testing (IIoT, test data exploitation)
  • 3D Scanning
  • Additive manufacturing
  • “Reach” compliance
  • Recycled materials validation (performance, durability)
  • LCA, eco-design
  • CETINNOV, a disruptive innovation methodology to enable companies to design or redesign their products on an entirely new basis

Testimonials and case studies

Aircraft industry - Reducing vehicle weight for new production run > Gauthier Connectique - Surface treatment under scrutiny > Goodrich - Airbus A380 Program : High level test benches > IMS Group - Materials tested & immediately certified > Safran Seats - Qualify the performance of the seat coverings > Sherloc QSP® is put to test in the aeronautics sector >

New alternative propulsion systems

Towards Net Zero Carbon 2050

How?

  • Sustainable Air Fuels
  • Materials compatibility, sealing…
  • Hydrogen tank :
    • Design and validation
    • Disover our HyMEET project (Hydrogen Material and Equipment Engineering and Tesing Center), which aims to guarantee  industry the technological mastery required for hydrogen in its gaseous ad liquid state.
  • Electrification:
    • Propulsion systems and components validation: electric motor, rotor, stator, gearbox, reducer, power electronics…
  • Noise reduction

Testimonials and case studies

ArianeGroup Acceptance of a key Vulcain 2.1 engine component > Universal Hydrogen Scanning an ATR airplane to convert it to hydrogen >

Factory and Hangar of the future

Exploit the Industry 4.0 technologies to improve Industrial efficiency - Ensure reliability, availability & reduce operating costs

How?

Innovative manufacturing processes industrialization and optimization

  • Metal additive manufacturing
    • Material / process combination choice
    • Design engineering
    • Proof of concept
    • Post treatments (TTh, TS, finitions)
    • Controls, qualification and caracterization testing
  • Innovative thermoplastic composite processes (QSP…)
  • Machining
    • Cryogenic assistance,
    • Assisted vibratory drilling,
    • Self adaptative machining (Usitronic),
  • Efficient assemblies
  • Automation, Robotics : machining, finish, assembly, NDT…
  • Connected tools

IIoT and predictive maintenance

Non destructive testing (NDT) and 3D scanning

Failure analysis, as a support to master the risks

Testimonials and case studies

Airbus helicopters - Transmission housings always getting cleaner > CEA CESTA - Characterisation of critical threaded connections > Eaton - Control the cleanliness of the parts > Kalistrut - Productivity on small series thanks to robotics > Safran - Assessment & validation of tightening procedures > TACT project Automated non-destructive testing of composite parts > JPB Systeme IIoT in tightening solutions > MOB Enhancing productivity on a 5 axes machining center > ArianeGroup Support in selecting & validating machining equipment > Aeroconseil 3D Scanning for aircraft transformation >

Consulting and Cetim Academy training courses

Support the Industry 4.0 transformation and the development of associated industrial skills

How?

  • +500 Cetim Academy® training programs to develop talents
  • Strategic transformation, Manufacturing optimization:
    • Strategic consulting
    • Technological expertise
    • Operational performance
    • Data management
    • New business model development,
    • Diversification

Testimonials and case studies

Duqueine Group - Guarantee the quality of the composites used in a test cowl for an aircraft engine > Thales - Guarantee the conformity of specific parts delivered by a subcontractor > Airbus DS - A "turnkey" workshop in Kazakhstan >

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