GKN Aerospace Pioneers Composite Fan Containment Casing
Britain’s GKN Aerospace has been selected by General Electric Co. to develop and manufacture the front fan containment case for the new GEnx Engine that will power Boeing’s new 787 transport. This will be the first fan containment case for a commercial aircraft program to be manufactured entirely from composite materials, and represents a further advance by GKN into the aero-engine sector. It will benefit from GKN’s intensive composite technology development program, which has led to new material and process development.
