CLEVELAND, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Aerospace has been
selected by Airbus to supply both the fuel and hydraulic systems for its
new A350 extra-widebody (XWB) aircraft.
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Parker fuel package. Parker will provide the entire fuel system
equipment package, including the inerting system, fuel measurement and
management system, fluid mechanical equipment, and engine feed and transfer
fuel pumps.
The contract will generate more than U.S. $1 billion over the life of
the program for Parker.
The fuel tank inerting system uses air separation modules with patented
fibers. The air separation modules generate nitrogen-enriched air by
removing the oxygen molecules from its air source and distributing the
nitrogen to all the aircraft's fuel tanks, thereby reducing the
flammability of fuel vapors in the fuel tank and increasing the aircraft's
safety.
The fuel measurement system gauges the fuel quantity in the tanks
located in an aircraft's wings and fuselage, as well as the fuel management
system, which monitors the distribution of fuel while commanding pumps and
valves in the fuel system to provide fuel transfer and refuel.
The fluid mechanical equipment and the engine feed and transfer fuel
pumps are new product wins for Parker Aerospace on Airbus aircraft. These
products will provide multiple functions for the aircraft, including
refueling and defueling, transfer, engine feed, and fuel tank venting.
During aircraft operation, the pumps transfer fuel from tank to tank and
supply fuel to the engine. The Parker fluid mechanical equipment will
provide the control valves for fuel shutoff, isolation, emergency shutoff,
and venting air in and out of the tanks.
Parker hydraulic package. Parker Aerospace has also won the hydraulic
power generation and distribution system on the new A350 XWB. This complex
bill of material is comprised of seven individual work packages including
pumps, reservoirs, manifolds, accumulators, thermal control, isolation, and
software. Together these products provide the hydraulic system functions
necessary to power and control the aircraft. This system expands Parker's
capability and product offering to the aerospace industry, including a
newly designed engine-driven pump, an electric motor-driven pump with
control and protection functions, an automatic air bleeding bootstrap
reservoir, and hydraulic system control and health monitoring software to
DO-178 Level B.
The contract will also generate over U.S. $1 billion for Parker over
the life of the program.
"These are exciting wins for Parker and reflect three years of
dedicated work from many Parker divisions and team members," said Bob
Barker, president of Parker Aerospace. "We are pleased to be a part of this
technologically advanced aircraft program."
Parker supports many Airbus aircraft platforms, including the A300,
A310, A320, A330, A340, A340-500/600, and A380.
About Parker Hannifin Corporation. Parker Aerospace is an operating
segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation. Parker Aerospace designs,
manufactures, and services hydraulic, fuel, and pneumatic components,
systems, and related electronic controls for aerospace and other
high-technology markets. Based in Irvine, California, its product lines
include flight control actuation systems and components, thrust-reverser
actuation systems, electrohydraulic servovalves, utility hydraulic systems
and components, DC motor pumps, fuel pumps, lubrication and scavenge pumps,
fuel measurement and management systems, cockpit instrumentation, flight
inspection systems, pneumatic subsystems and components, fluid metering
delivery and atomization devices, wheels and brakes, and fluid conveyance
products such as hoses, tubes, disconnects, and fittings.
With annual sales exceeding US$10 billion, Parker Hannifin is the
world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies
and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of
commercial, mobile, industrial, and aerospace markets. The company employs
more than 57,000 people in 43 countries around the world. Parker has
increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 51 consecutive
years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the
S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at
http://www.parker.com, or its investor information site at
http://www.phstock.com.
SOURCE Parker Hannifin Corporation
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