#final assembly

Supply Chain Resources Group (SCRG) Inc. Expands Its US-Based Supply Chain & Manufacturing Consulting Staff

Press Release – updated: Jul 9, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Supply Chain Resources Group, a global supplier of offshore managed supply chain services and manufacturing and supply chain consulting, today announces the addition of new Principal Consultants to its team of senior operations executives. Ron Tarter is a global operations executive that has led Supply Chain…

Airbus resumes work on modernised A320 Family FAL in Toulouse

Airbus has resumed work on the modernisation of its A320 Family industrial capabilities in Toulouse. This will provide Airbus with increased flexibility throughout its global industrial production system to respond to market recovery and future demand.  The modernised, digitally-enabled A320/A321 final assembly line (FAL) will replace one of the original Toulouse A320 FALs. It will be installed…

Boeing joins the first flight test 777X, making it the longest passenger jet

American air framer has joint the major fuselage sections of the first 777X aircraft which will make its first flight in 2019.

The ‘final body join’ saw Boeing engineers connecting the airplane’s nose, mid and aft sections. The aircraft now measures 252 feet long (77 meters) from nose to tail, making it the longest passenger aircraft the manufacturer has ever produced.

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Boeing begins final assembly of the 787-10

American airframer, Boeing has begun final assembly of the 787-10 at it’s North Charleston plant.

The 787-10 is a 18 foot stretch of the 787-9. The -10 will maintain a 95% commonality with it’s smaller sibling and will carry 40 more passengers to a maximum listed range of 6430 nm, as against 8500 nm of the 787-9. The first 787-10 is expected to fly in 2017 and first delivery is scheduled for 2018.

First A330neo enters final assembly

European airframer Airbus has begun final assembly of its first A330neo at its final assembly line in Toulouse, France with the joining of the aircraft’s wings to the centre fuselage at station 40.

According to Airbus, both the A330-800 and -900 feature A350-inspired wing with Sharklet wingtips, the new AirSpace by Airbus cabin and will reduce fuel consumption by 14 per cent per seat over the…

Hello, whoever is out there.

It’s been quite a while, right? I’ve never had time (and wifi) to come online and update this blog, although I’ve really wanted to be an active blogger. Not for an audience (not like I have one) but more for my personal documentation of thought processes and events.

Anywho, I am now typing a post.. which indicates I have time. Free time. Or, Freizeit, as Frau Lina would call it. I am finally on my summer holidays and I have mixed feelings. 

Summer holidays are supposed to be fun. If I were to search #summer2k16 on instagram.. I’m bound to find beach photos, pretty sunset shots, colorful ootds and landscapes, and other fun festivities. I am not exactly going out there and having the time of my life as the instagram hashtag portrays it. Instead, I am reminiscing (and of course, also celebrating the holy month of Ramadan). 

I keep on going back to the 10th of June, 2016. If you are part of Sampoerna Academy Boarding School a.k.a. SABS, you’d remember this was when the Final Assembly was held. 

I’ve only attended two Final Assemblies but at each of them, tears were shed by both teachers/staffs and students. It is an official end of the academic year for students and an official farewell for some teachers who will no longer teach at the school. For us in SABS, saying good-bye is really hard. Almost heart-breaking. We practically are family. That’s the perks of a boarding school, if I might add. The people you meet there, they literally change your lives and open up your perspective. We create stronger bonds and know each other like none before.

At the first Final Assembly, I remember shedding lots of tears. My favorite biology teacher and dorm parent were no longer be part of the school and I was surprised. Out of all the teachers, they were the ones who had to go. Before them went 3 other amazing teachers, and so I thought I was supposed to already be used to the coming and going of teachers, but I was always taken by surprise.

At the second Final Assembly (which I keep going back to), I did not shed one tear nor did I feel any sadness. It was so weird. With this Final Assembly being my last and with 14 teachers calling it quits, it was just extraordinary that I did not feel any sadness. Even the guy behind me was crying and he was the kind of guy who never expressed feelings. I kind of thought that was heartless of me...

Until the holidays started. 

I started feeling empty and just depressed all of a sudden. It felt so alien to be at home again, you know? And even that feeling for me was alien. Because I’m 100% sure I love my family and I’ve always missed the freedom of being at home when in school. But I’ve also come to realize.. I’ve become so close and so used to being around my friends that it just feels abnormal doing things alone at home.

Sometimes my hands just betray me and plays the 2015-2016 SABS Journey video in facebook, and it confirms the emptiness in my heart. The video just paralyzes my body and takes my mind down memory lane, lol.

I’ve met some memorable beings in SABS. This might be my Final Assembly but it certainly won’t be my final goodbye. I pray our paths cross one another, InshaAllah. I also hope we all can cherish the given time with our current surroundings and loved ones. Life is a roller-coaster, don’t forget that.

This A350-1000, the first of three flight test aircraft to be built, is scheduled for its maiden flight before the end of 2016. A350-1000 deliveries are to start in mid-2017.

To ensure the smooth integration of the A350-1000 into the FAL while A350-900 production is ramping-up, Airbus has added three additional final assembly stations. For maximum flexibility, all stations in the A350 XWB FAL can be used for both models.

The aircraft is currently in “Station 50” for where it’s fuselage will be joined-up and nose landing gear installed. It will then move to “Station 40” where the wings, main landing gear, pylons and tail planes will be installed. To optimise the A350 assembly process, Airbus begins the cabin furnishing and first electrical power-on in parallel to the structural assembly work. When this stage is completed, the aircraft will continue through the FAL process, with final structural activities, ground tests, painting, cabin & cockpit completion and engines installation before being transferred to the flight test centre.

Airbus has secured a 181 orders for the A350-1000 from 10 customers. Qatar Airways will be the launch customer of the A350-1000.