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0	12840	all right welcome everyone to breakout room three let's give everyone about a minute or two
12840	19400	to to come in i think there's still some people in the main lobby before we get started
30000	47200	perfect i have received the green light so once again a warm welcome we have an action-packed 45
47200	52800	minute session ahead focusing on two distinct challenge statements coming from royce royce
52800	60920	my name is still johannes and i will be moderating the session today and ensure we stay on track
60920	69080	as we explore the opportunities in more detail in this particular room we will cover two challenge
69080	76400	statements royce royce is seeking scalable training solutions that sustain high confidence assembly
76400	81880	skill across multiple engine variants despite high turnover and equipment constraints
81880	90000	and the second challenge focuses on modular mro enabling non-linear engine handling so technicals
90000	97080	technicians sorry can handle specific components as needed rather than follow rigid disassembly lines
97080	104400	our speaker from royce royce will give a high level insight sharing regarding standard engine disassembly
104400	110280	today before diving into specifics of both challenge statements they have launched as part of this
110280	119780	innovation challenge to kick things off for royce royce it is my pleasure to introduce raj he is the
119780	127180	technology strategy lead for engine disassembly and reassembly at royce royce and leads the regional
127180	134280	aftermarket services and repair technology team in singapore he has spent over 11 years with royce royce
134280	140280	in singapore and during this period he has led multiple technology programs with regional ecosystem of
140280	150280	research centers like ntu artc to deploy in global mro basis and industrialize new aftermarket capability raj holds a
150280	157280	bachelor degree in aerospace engineering from singapore's ntu and he'll walk us through the operational needs and the
157280	163280	vision for royce royce's two challenge statements and a gentle reminder we'll have about 10 to 15 minutes
163280	168780	before the sharing before moving on to the q a section but if you do have any questions throughout the
168780	175280	segment please use the q a feature at the bottom and then at the end of raj's sharing i will enable
175280	181280	you to unmute yourselves as well to raise your questions with that raj the floor is yours
181280	193280	the floor is yours thank you so much johannes uh morning afternoon evening everyone um so i think uh
193280	199280	johannes gave a very flattering presentation introduction to me so thank you for that uh
199280	209280	before i dive into yep i think johannes covered quite a bit of this uh i look after a team of technology uh
209280	216400	introduction engineers within the mro world in rolls royce in singapore and i also look after the
216400	224240	technology strategy for engine disassembly and refurbishment i have been in rolls royce since october
224240	233200	2013 uh it's my first job i'm still here uh but it's definitely not my first role uh i have spent some
233200	240560	time in manufacturing i have then spent some time looking at bliss repair and i have also led a
240560	249920	joint program with rolls royce sazel and a star for advanced mro development it brings me great pleasure
249920	256160	to participate in this and uh this is the first time rolls royce is participating in it and we are
256160	264880	genuinely very excited we have uh done quite a bit of uh technology development and this is going to be
264880	273760	another challenge that fits into our long-term technology strategy so the way i will do this
273760	283040	presentation is uh first i will just quickly walk you guys through our standard engine disassembly steps
283040	291200	uh the reason for doing that is because both the problem statements are based on the standard engine
291200	299520	disassembly today so this uh introduction covers both the problem statements and then i will spend five
299520	307200	minutes on each of the problem statements to go into a bit more details uh i will have to apologize
307200	313680	that there are certain details we can't share at this moment a because it's a global audience so
313680	320720	there are some export control ratings and also there are some ip stuff however rest assured that as we
320720	327520	go in further into the program and if there is a proposal that's selected we will then ensure we have the
327520	335200	right agreements and ndas in place that allows us to have a much more detailed sharing so that uh
335200	345200	whoever of you uh selected can have a proper in-depth understanding of the processes okay so standard engine disassembly
345200	352720	today uh i have just put an example of an engine but effectively it can apply to any other engines as
352720	363440	well for rolls-royce our main business is civil aerospace but for those of you are that unfamiliar we also
363440	372480	have uh business aviation so all your private jets we do marine applications we also do land-based gas
372480	381840	turbines this specific one is for aerospace however that means both business jets as well as the very
381840	391280	well-known trend engines so the rolls-royce has some of the core trend engines like trend xwb on the a350s
391280	401840	as well as trend 1000s trend 700s and the brand new trend 7000 and trend 1000 xc regardless of which trend
401840	410720	engine we are talking about when the engines come in for disassembly this is the orientation that is on
410720	417440	the picture that the engine is on the aircraft so this is what we call horizontal orientation
418400	427520	when the engines come in we have to flip it 90 degree through gantry system and ceiling mounted cranes
428480	436960	and then as the engine is vertically placed we do a sequential front to back disassembly
437520	448160	so that means in our engine structure it is structured from module one to module seven uh fives at the bottom we
448160	456320	take out module one from the top first followed by module two module three so on and so forth one of the
456320	464080	the core reasons for doing that is because uh where rolls-royce engines differentiate from uh some of our
464080	473600	competitors is what we have a three shaft engine so we have three systems the low pressure system
473600	481200	which is at the two furthest ends the compressor and the turbine the intermediate pressure system and then
481200	490160	the high pressure system each of these systems consists of a shaft and a compressor stage and a turbine
490160	497520	stage so they are all stacked up accordingly so first we take out the low pressure compressor
497520	505520	then the shaft so that's why we do the vertical way now obviously their vertical way provides us with some
505520	515120	significant advantages for one gravity is working for us because it's easier to stack up if you can imagine
516160	526000	however what that also means is because we are doing it sequentially when we have mro operations
527040	533440	not all the time we need to take a look at each of the seven modules
533440	544800	our module o4 and o5 are our hottest modules number four and number five a lot of the degradation that
544800	553040	happens happens in those modules and there are a lot of mro operations and refurbishments that we need to
553040	563360	do that are in module o4 and module o5 however in order to access o4 and o5 we still have
563360	574720	to take out one two and three and then we get to four and then we get to five the one big disadvantage
574720	583840	for that the very obvious one is time it takes a lot of time to remove that stacking and as i have put
583840	589760	here it takes two to three weeks servicing time and it's just for your info that two to three weeks is
589760	597440	not uh the entire engine is serviced within that time that two to three weeks is just on taking the engine
598240	604880	modules apart then and obviously with a large number of technicians per engine as well
607040	613520	now the problem statements we'll be talking about one of them is this very fact that we are doing it
613520	624000	in this top to bottom stacking fashion the second bit is a lot of the mro processes obviously is
624000	634160	standardized it's very sop standard operating procedure driven however there also is a significant level of
634160	643200	tacit knowledge in the system what that means is because these engines go through significant amount of
643600	652800	wear and tear as in operation the standard operating processes sometimes have to be
653600	661760	uh added on with tacit knowledge of experienced engineers on certain things so if there is a specific
661760	670160	talk that's given sometimes that tacit knowledge lies in how exactly do you place the wrench or the top and
670160	679040	untalkit which might not be there in the sop and in singapore with a pretty evolving workforce
679920	689120	retention of this tacit knowledge in such a complex task becomes quite challenging so this i hope gives you a
689120	699680	very broad introduction to the disassembly process that we have today right uh now i will jump into
700080	709600	the first problem statement which is augmented training and disassembly uh i am assuming all of you have
709600	716640	read these words before because this is on the domain so the whole point of this problem statement
717760	724960	goes back to what i mentioned previously in terms of tacit knowledge retention but also
725600	735680	for expedited training and augmenting now i want you guys to uh keep in mind that i want to be very
735680	746960	emphatic on the word augmenting what we are looking for is not an alternative method to train but an augmented
746960	753360	method method to train which means we will obviously have all the certification requirements that goes
753360	760400	through the training what we are looking for is augmenting that training and the disassembly process
761200	772000	that allows us to a capture this tacit knowledge so that when we have workforce that's uh refreshing we do not
772000	782000	start from base ground zero and the second thing is how can we augment the task of training and retraining
782000	790400	and the actual disassembly task through any form of new technologies right so let's get into it a bit more in
790400	806400	the next slide so this is the challenge for any new technician that joins in rolls royce it takes
806960	814800	between six to nine months of full certification and when i say full certification i mean the entire engine
814800	824560	in front to back of which two to four weeks are very very focused on the external assembly of the training
824560	833840	per engine time so what do i mean by external assembly uh in the picture you can see that external of the
833840	844320	engine is all the things from we have something called line replaceable units so uh units that are mounted
844320	852640	on the external of the engine this includes things like fuel pumps fuel oil heat exchangers and the eec which
852640	861280	is effectively the brain of the engine but on top of these units we also have tons of harnesses
861280	874160	pipings tubings tubings and wirings this entire process is extremely time consuming and more importantly
874880	882160	it is on the critical path because firstly you cannot go inside the engine until you take these out so you
882160	889920	cannot be running this in parallel so it's the first out and also once the engine has been built back up
890560	898400	these are the last operations to happen so they lie on the critical path for each engine it requires roughly
898400	907680	10 to 12 technicians per shift and obviously it is a skilled task knowing exactly which pipe in which
907680	915920	orientation do we place what are the p clips and the bolts that go in and there definitely is a lot of
915920	924880	tacit knowledge in it today's operations we have some level of digitization we do have our instructions
924880	931920	on tablets but at the end of the day it is still a tablet driven instruction where we are the workers
931920	941520	are going up and down the pdf sheet looking for part numbers matching them to the process step and then
941520	947680	matching them to the exact dimensions and then placing it on bolting it on and so on and so forth
949200	960400	there are certain uh nuances to it where even though the process steps say a b c d e so for assembly so for
960400	972400	this assembly it will be reverse e d c b a but in certain cases we know that doing e d c a b might be
972400	978640	better for certain engines because of the way the pipes are placed and this kind of things are tacit
978640	986160	knowledge and a lot of these critical knowledge exists in the muscle memory of experienced technicians
986160	995440	given the variations of not only different engine types so like trend 700 versus trend 1000 but also
995440	1005440	within an engine type there are different uh mods so you have trend 1000 a b c d e f g it is actually
1006080	1015200	quite challenging to codify and standardize this is where this problem statement comes from where we are
1015200	1027680	looking to use next generation digital capabilities to first help in the training element of technicians
1028640	1038240	focusing on the externals and then using some form of digital capability to augment the actual task of
1038240	1047040	this assembly as well as reassembly right so if i go to the next slide that kind of talks about some of the
1047040	1055040	key requirements so in terms of requirements as i mentioned we want to focus on the external engine
1055040	1065280	components harnesses looms fuel pipes hydraulic tubings brackets fasteners we are not looking for internal
1065280	1075760	assembly for this just the externals uh there will be a element of teaching complex routing so there is
1075760	1084080	harnesses have to be routed in a certain orientation and direction in constrained spaces uh the sequencing
1085040	1094720	is critical because there are certain dependencies in some cases the tasking is always sequential but in some
1094720	1102560	tasks the sequential nature is critical because of the dependencies whereas in other tasks it is
1102560	1109200	not critical it's just we need to have a sequence and we have a sequence but they can do can be done in
1109200	1117360	parallel uh one of the other key things is as we are talking about in terms of doing the training when we
1117360	1125200	we want to go into application and assisting actual disassembly real-time error detection
1125200	1133680	is significantly valuable because we focus on something called right first time rft and if you do something
1133680	1142000	wrongly and you only find it out much later you have to undo all the tasks a bit like control z function on excel
1142800	1148880	so we would want to have real-time error detections when something is done out of order as well as
1149920	1155920	the element of simulation of common error modes and this comes from some of the tested knowledge
1155920	1161120	that oh these are some of the common errors that happen because that will give people learning from
1161120	1168480	experience without actually having to make that mistake first uh from our performance metrics we have
1168480	1172800	put certain performance metrics but obviously there's a lot of dependency on the final solution
1173440	1183600	we want to have uh this not a very very complicated process but we want to have trainees complete the
1183600	1192000	onboarding of whatever platform we pick within two weeks and we want to have uh seventy percent
1192000	1199600	uh actively using within six months which means it's scalable and deployable across uh different
1199600	1206560	sites we have in different parts of the world uh for i know we are going to talk about questions later
1206560	1212720	but i'm very sure it's a very relevant question that just popped up so i will touch on it uh as part of
1212720	1220960	this pilot we are not expecting a fully deployable solution as part of this pilot we are and this
1221600	1227440	is applies to both the problem statements as part of this pilot we are looking for a prototype to tell
1227440	1235120	us what is the art of possible what kind of platforms can be used and uh in single demo of how it will
1235120	1244320	work but not a final scalable solution uh and to start off for this we want to just focus on five
1244320	1251360	distinct engine types and not all the different variants within these engine types and we also want
1251360	1258400	to make sure that when we add on as we go into so our engine can have a modification we don't have to do
1258400	1264400	a complete system redevelopment which means we should be able to teach the system any modifications that
1264400	1272160	come in without having to go back to square one okay so that covers the first problem statement uh
1272160	1277520	yoannes do you want to do the questions and then go on to the next one because they are two separate or
1277520	1286560	should i just i think we can continue great so given that all of that i said the second one
1287360	1294160	is a lot more focused on handling the engine so i again go back to my introduction i said
1294160	1301360	we flip the engines 90 degree to make it into a vertical orientation and then we take it out uh
1301360	1312080	step by step from one to seven we want to look into a solution that firstly is modular so i will talk
1312080	1318720	about what modular means but non-linear so what i mean by non-linear is if i want to you tackle module
1318720	1327600	number four can i keep one two three together take it out and then take module four out on its own do
1327600	1333520	everything i need to do in module four and put module four back and then put it back together so very
1333520	1340080	specific in our engine mro so let's go to the next slide that has a bit more details on it
1340080	1349760	so as i mentioned the engines are rotated from 90 degree which you see in the picture to a horizontal
1349760	1356640	vertical orientation and we have fixed engine stands uh there are different kind of stands
1356640	1364400	depending on which part of the mro the engine is at and there are some examples in the pictures itself
1364400	1371440	the right hand side the blue one is a full complete engine transportation stand on the left hand side
1371440	1379600	the yellow one is a full engine static stand and the left most orange one is a module stand so we do
1379600	1386560	have different stands for different parts of the engine but when we do mro we do front to back or
1386560	1395280	top to bottom and we always have to take out each module one by one we definitely need overhead cranes
1396080	1403360	and it is a very fixed process that everything we want to do has to follow that specific order
1403360	1410320	so if there is an issue on one engine like i said it takes about a few weeks to take the engine apart
1410320	1418080	but for some reason if there is one of the joints that has seized bolts so the bolts are stuck because
1418080	1424000	of certain distortions or certain heavy landings then we have to put in extra effort to do that task
1424000	1432000	but it creates a domino effect and delays the tasks lagging behind it and that is due to the rigidity
1432000	1439280	in the system we cannot deviate from this established sequence and i think the limited flexibility
1439280	1446480	is a key point because when we want to specifically work on one module we still have to take out rest
1446480	1455280	of the modules and that means additional time and that also means additional option of finding things
1455280	1460960	it's a bit like if you have a problem i hope none of you do but if you have a problem in your heart or
1460960	1467120	lungs you still end up doing an open heart full body scan and you might find a lot more things that
1467120	1474080	does not need to be fixed at this point in time so we go through undue unnecessary burden on the mro
1474080	1482560	shops so this is a big problem and it has an impact on the time the engine takes to come out of our shops
1482560	1488160	which we call turnaround time and we have another thing which is called work scope creep so if the
1488160	1493360	engine came in to only work on module four but because we have taken the other modules apart we end up
1493360	1499440	spending a lot more time inspecting those things so what are we looking for as in the requirements
1499440	1507440	which is the next slide is that we need a solution and i have just given an example right this is an
1507440	1515680	actual engine stand but if i want to visualize this i have sliced this into four different parts
1516640	1528720	so if we want a modular base so the engine is still horizontal not vertical but the engine rests on a
1528720	1537120	platform that is modular so if the engine is made up of one to seven maybe the base platform is also made
1537120	1546400	up of seven modules and they can have a quick change cradle interface which means we can keep module one
1546400	1553520	two three together four five six together but then split one two three as one half four five six as one
1553520	1561200	half and that means we can switch between a whole engine and a module level configuration with relatively
1561200	1568000	less effort and time uh for this again we are not expecting a full prototype because the full
1568000	1573520	prototype is going to be a few meters long and very very complicated but we are looking at uh
1575040	1581040	some finite element analysis to understand the loadings that will be taken a design concept and
1581040	1584000	overall the conceptual design of how this modular
1584800	1592000	trace dock how do they interface with each other and how do they move we do want to have some
1592000	1598320	ergonomic features so that that allows technicians to access different parts of the module because
1598320	1603120	if we have to take it out and put it back in a vertical orientation that's just additional burden
1604240	1610880	and we want to have non-linear handling which means like i said go to force go to force trade
1610880	1620080	uh some of the safety features have to be very well defined which is it needs to have positional
1620080	1627120	accuracy because that is critical when we align the engine so some form of alignment capability be it
1627120	1635360	optical be it uh digital be it sensors and obviously the safety element needs to be baked in because
1635360	1644240	there will be humans operating in collaboration with this solution so that is all the
1646560	1651200	presentation i have and i think now would be a good time to go through the questions
1653840	1662640	absolutely thank you so much so if anyone wants to unmute themselves um do feel free to directly do so
1663600	1667360	if you're on the move or you prefer to do it in writing instead you may as well
1668000	1674160	use the chat feature uh within zoom does anyone have any questions that they want to start with
1674160	1684080	because i see there's also some in the channel yes ryan hi hi uh hi raj this is ryan um on your second uh
1684080	1691120	second issue so am i right to say that you are looking at building a stand or making modification where
1691120	1696080	you can rotate the the engine 90 degrees
1698800	1704560	yeah so i do not want to rotate the engine 90 degrees
1706080	1713760	i want because but if we we already are able to rotate the engine 90 degrees not understand but using a
1713760	1720080	crane but what we at this for this solution i do not want to rotate it 90 degrees
1720080	1724800	i want to keep it in the horizontal orientation basically the orientation it comes in
1726400	1733920	and i want to split basically break up the engine in the horizontal orientation
1733920	1745440	okay so am i right to say that at a horizontal orientation you are trying to disassemble and make it um
1745440	1750320	extended um from the front to the back correct
1750320	1760880	okay okay i understand so in in this manner can we say that uh if we want to proceed further we need to go
1760880	1769040	in a bit deep dive and maybe on the side and understand uh your problem statement on site uh rather than just
1769040	1778880	through this is because there's a lot of uh mechanical understanding on how currently the the engine is
1778880	1790640	been disassembled so am i right to say that so i did so this definitely will not be the only information
1790640	1798560	you get uh and there will be an element of understanding the current process but i think
1799200	1809200	the focus would be on not the engine itself but the stands which is where the modularity comes in because
1809200	1816320	today it's a long stand that holds the entire engine at certain fixed locations
1816320	1824880	it's about having the understanding of how do we design a modular stand that is able to hold different
1824880	1834000	parts of the engine when we take it apart yeah i understand your point perfect i do have quite a few
1834000	1842480	questions uh raj coming at you very hot in the chat in the chat um first one and i will do this in a random
1842480	1849120	order i think that's a very good question to clarify maybe from your side he's participant isn't sure if
1849120	1854560	is it possible to get to module four without disassembling completely modules one two and three
1856160	1862240	yes uh exactly uh it's a very good question and that is pretty much the challenge here however
1862240	1869040	the challenge i'm not expecting this forum to solve is it's more about how do we keep
1869040	1879680	the more abstance so yes answer to that is we can keep one two and three together because three is
1879680	1891760	connected to four so as long as we do the unbolting of three to four it is separated but we need to find
1891760	1898960	a way to make sure that the balancing of the engine as we take it apart is maintained which is
1898960	1905280	why today we do it in the vertical orientation because it is the most sensible way we do it and
1905280	1914160	that's how we have done since decades but what we are looking for is can we just keep one two and three
1914160	1923040	together on both the interface between three and four and then keep that entire one two and three as
1923040	1928160	one module move it apart so that four is exposed
1931760	1942560	thank you um next question uh from wassoon desmond uh the current process is a rigid front to back top
1942560	1949920	to bottom sequence dictated by the fixed 90 degree engine stand can you confirm if this linear disassembly
1949920	1956560	sequence is an absolute engineering requirement for the engine i.e to access critical structure bolts
1956560	1962160	or is it a procedural rule developed over time to work around the limitations of the existing stands
1963920	1969360	and sorry i lost my yeah it keeps disappearing isn't it
1970800	1976720	yeah because people when people write something i think stands an overhead crane setup in other words if
1976720	1983840	we gave you a tool that could safely present any module in any orientation would the engine's design
1983840	1990000	allow you to for example remove the immediate compressor before the fan or is that technically impossible
1991120	2000000	yeah uh that's a very good question and the answer to that is yes you can you can't remove
2000000	2007200	so i'll go specifically that example that's given we can't remove the intermediate compressor
2007760	2016320	before the fan because the fan is the low pressure compressor system so the low pressure compressor system
2016320	2024800	is connected to the intermediate compressor system but if i want to remove the high pressure turbine system
2024800	2032560	which is number four i do not need to remove the low pressure and the intermediate pressure
2032560	2042640	compression system i just need to remove the high pressure turbine system with the combustor unit but
2042640	2050560	anything up front doesn't need to be except and that's why i say again it's possible remove the shaft which goes
2050560	2054160	all the way through all the way through the engine but the shaft again you can
2054880	2059280	pull it out but the if i'm removing the turbine
2060640	2068640	any bolting between intermediate compressor and low pressure compressor is not does not need to be removed
2070720	2078720	okay uh sophia has a question regarding scale if a pilot proves successful at one facility
2079440	2086160	would royce royce prioritize fleet wise standardization across all mro sites or phased implementation based
2086160	2095600	on engine type and facility constraints uh very good operational question the answer is we will do it
2095600	2104800	in a phased approach for a couple of reasons obviously the phased approach allows us to verify the solution
2105520	2112960	and once we have verified to pull out any challenges and issues that we might face so what we don't want
2112960	2119920	to do is implement globally and then any challenges we face we know that now that same problem is going to affect
2119920	2126080	all the other mro shops because that's going to take a significant hit on the entire operational structure
2126080	2134000	so we will pilot it in one facility and we will then run it for through the operations for a few times
2134000	2141120	and even in that facility we will still have both the traditional method and the new method and when we gain
2141120	2147120	some confidence so we will follow the technology readiness level process and once we have hit
2147120	2155680	trl7 then we start rolling it out in the other factories there will be an element of rolling out
2155680	2162320	per engine type rather than and so for example if the singapore facility does five engine types
2162320	2167840	we will roll it out on one engine type and then we will start rolling it out on the same engine type
2167840	2175600	across before we go move on to the second engine type jonathan has a question regarding the training
2175600	2186640	challenge statement um given the sorry ryan human meeting yourself please thank you uh jonathan was
2186640	2192800	asking given the distributed nature of your mro sites how important is global standardization of training
2192800	2202480	versus allowing for local adaptation so we do need to have global standardization of training because
2202480	2212560	that allows us with the agility to move across sites as and when operational needs require so there needs
2212560	2222560	to be a standard baseline training across all the sites regional adaptations generally do not
2223680	2230560	happen because this region something different is happening there are some level of regional adaptations
2230560	2237680	happen but that is more to do with supply chain so for example if there are certain kind of
2237680	2244240	torque drivers that are found that are cheaper but still the same quality but slightly different design
2244240	2250480	in certain region those mro shops might end up using that torque driver as long as it's approved and
2250480	2257440	validated but the baseline training of how we take an engine apart and how we put it back together
2257440	2264560	is standardized across shops because one uh there is obviously an engineering reason for it which is what i
2264560	2273200	explained that we want to make sure that all the engines have the exact same method but also we all want
2273200	2282400	there's a commercial reason because we want to maintain our turnaround time of the engines for across all the
2282400	2288880	different global sites so there isn't a lot of regional variation there is some level of tacit knowledge
2289440	2296160	that you pick up and we are hoping to embed that in the modern training approach that we are looking for
2296160	2304800	and what that's all in english or how does that work the training uh instructions they are all in english
2305360	2313120	but they could be translated to and we have started to do that in some of our regional sites where english is
2313120	2319520	not the predominant language okay but for the purpose of this is more around the english uh language
2320640	2330960	sorry then yes we do have different languages perfect um back to the engine disassembly challenge
2330960	2336400	statement there's a lot of interest around this are there specific mountings that are placed in
2336960	2341840	each module that allows for a firm grip and hold or manipulation of that module
2345120	2351040	sorry it's the last one from ionl uh this specific mountain will be
2354080	2364400	yes so not only in the modules but also across the engine there are very specific
2364400	2377680	uh points where clamping points where you can add either a overhanging or a ground based engine stand
2378400	2386960	which is standardized to our fixed stock drivers and fixed loading that allows only those points where you
2386960	2389600	can clamp the module or the engine
2394640	2403760	another one from ryan oh it's getting very busy here uh if a local vendor manages to customize the stand to
2403760	2412400	suit the needs will the design and ip be protected for this local vendor specifically back to other mro global sites
2412400	2422800	yes so this is a question which even i had discussed with agrise and esg uh at the end of the day there
2422800	2430400	will be the way we operate the ip will be whatever is rolls-royce ip that's bringing into the program it's
2430400	2438240	rolls-royce and whatever the uh local vendor brings into the program is local vendors for the foreground ip
2438240	2447600	that will depend on the type of ip so the two projects they are slightly different because
2447600	2452400	in one project we are talking more about design whereas in the other project we are talking more
2452400	2460560	about digital so we do have a structure a commercial structure of how we negotiate the ip which will be
2460560	2465280	discussed up front it won't be you know after everything is done then we come up with it we will be
2465280	2472560	discussed up front and based on that model some of it will be either licensed out or some of it will be
2473200	2480080	uh you know with the local vendor with ip will be protected for this local vendor and then the local
2480080	2490640	vendor can license it out to the other mro global sites thank you um another question where do i go next
2490640	2501600	um cover this cover this from another one from watson uh desmond limb hi raj to design a truly flexible
2501600	2506800	system we must understand the human interface at each step could you describe the current manual
2506800	2513040	process for indexing and locking the engine in its fixed 90 degree position specifically what are the
2513040	2520320	physical steps a technician takes to verify the engine is safely mounted and what are the most common
2520320	2528080	ergonomic challenges or points of physical strain they experience during the setup and the subsequent module handling
2528080	2542640	yes so uh this is probably a question that is a much uh bigger discussion uh but uh currently
2543520	2551920	the manual process for indexing and locking uh could you describe the current manual process so it's hard for
2551920	2563600	me to verbally describe it but effectively uh what are the physical steps so in our manuals there are
2563600	2570560	specific items that's written that as we mount the engine there are very specific engine stands that are
2570560	2578160	not the ones i've shown in the picture that allow the engine to be placed vertically in and then we lock it
2578160	2586960	in specific locations to enable that it's always stable vertically on top of that uh in terms of the
2586960	2593920	interface we have raised platforms at different heights of the engine that allows the technician to
2593920	2600160	work on that specific module and then the platform is lower that allows the step technician to work on the
2600160	2609360	next module eventually once we have reached some level of disassembly we can then rotate it back to
2609360	2620480	horizontal again if need to and then we subsequently disassemble it so there is no fix like it must always be
2620480	2626000	vertical or horizontal when it is already in a module but when we are taking the engines out it is always
2626000	2631200	vertical now i know i didn't fully answer the question because like i said it's a basically there are
2631200	2638240	specific steps but i'm happy to kind of have this chat after uh on what are the physical steps
2639360	2647920	perfect maybe i'll do one last one raj before i let you go um given the safety critical and highly
2648480	2655680	standardized nature of engine mro is shirin asking what would be the biggest organizational or
2655680	2660720	regulatory hurdles to shifting away from the established handling sequences
2662880	2671520	fantastic question i will tackle this in the two ways organizational and regulatory so the first one
2671520	2681280	i will tackle is regulatory in the regulatory framework there are very specific things that we look out for
2681280	2693600	things like torque value things like alignment things like gap checks these things do not specifically mention
2693600	2704160	whether it's horizontal or vertical these things are specific measurable outputs of the disassembly and the reassembly process
2704160	2715200	as long as we are not deviating from these specific steps and then eventually the engine will still go for
2715200	2721600	an engine test if there are certain things that have not been done correctly again i'm talking about
2721600	2728480	talking bolting aligning it will have engine vibrations which we will detect at the engine test
2729120	2738400	so for that reason it will not pass off anyways so coming to the regulatory part of it as long as we are doing
2738400	2748560	the actual steps in localized steps correctly and to the established framework whether we are doing it in a
2748560	2755280	horizontal manner or a vertical manner will not make any difference so from a regulatory framework it's
2755280	2761920	perfectly fine because we need to focus on those localized tasks to be done to the standard to the
2761920	2769280	specs and then we will cover all the regulatory requirements from organizational requirement we need
2769280	2775600	to follow a very thorough trl process so those that are unfamiliar is the technology readiness level
2775600	2785120	today this technology is at a trl two three uh we need to mature it through this trl process
2785120	2794560	robustly because if we are able to mature it through the trl process then it automatically gives the
2794560	2803280	organizational confidence of passing off this technology into our operations post trl six so we will
2803280	2809840	definitely be following a trl framework to deliver the solution which will tackle the organizational
2810480	2818320	resistance if you may perfect raj thank you so much for all of your generous sharing and raj is not going
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2830480	2839280	uh but just to quickly uh wrap up and uh as a quick reminder so now it's the end of the q a segment um
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2878640	2886240	again for all of you for joining us and also to raj for very generously answering all the questions thank
2886240	2898240	you so much and have a great rest of your day
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