PRODUCTS & S ER V ICES
HIGH-TECH CABIN PRODUCTS
JCB Aero is producing a wide range of highly engineered
aircraft interiors products from its facilities in France
JCB Aero is
introducing a
manufacturing
execution system
during 2020
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CB Aero is a key player within
the aircraft cabin interior
industry. With over 30 years of
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experience, the French company provides
state-of-the-art products for the aviation
industry, manufactured using the latest
technologies.
Since 2016, when AMAC Aerospace
acquired JCB Aero, the company
has gradually expanded from VIP
manufacturing, to serial production for
companies such as Safran Seats France,
Airbus Helicopters, Dassault, Sabena and
Stelia Aerospace. All these products are
delivered from its facility situated in
Auch near Toulouse, which has over
10,000m² of offices, workshops and
hangar space in one location.
The company’s first serial production
contract was signed with Sicma, known
today as Safran Seats France, for
Emirates Airlines’ A380 front row
monuments (FRMs). Since then, JCB
Aero has widened its range of serial
production to seating for business class
and VIP seating areas for A350s, as well
as passenger cabin and cockpit cabin
linings for H175 and B737 aircraft.
HIGH-OUTPUT PRODUCTION
PROCESSES
Continuing its successful business
with Safran Seats France, the company
has secured various contracts for
monuments and business seats for
A350s, as well as privacy doors for
business class seats in B777-300 and
B777-900 aircraft. JCB Aero’s production
process is efficient, with a production rate
that allows for delivery every month of
1-1.5 shipsets of privacy doors (76 doors
per shipset), a complete shipset of front
row monuments (left, central, right), 18
seat shells, and more than 640 loose
parts. Manufacturing cabin panel linings
is also an important activity at JCB Aero,
company is able to provide full cabin
refurbishment and equipment packages,
as well as specifications to print, using
its own design organisation to complete
a certified package. The company also
provides custom-made composite parts
and equipment for cabin interiors. JCB
Aero is a EN9100 qualified company.
FULL TRACEABILITY
OF PRODUCTS
The company is continuing to invest
in improving its production processes,
including a manufacturing execution
system (MES) which will become
operational during 2020. The system
will digitise the whole production process
at JCB Aero, switching to a paperless
process, with access in real-time allowing
a quicker, smoother process for serial
production. The MES setup even enables
guaranteed product traceability
throughout the full production cycle.
producing cabin and cockpit
linings for Airbus helicopters.
PLUG & PLAY FOR
HELICOPTERS
For more than seven years, JCB Aero
has been producing cabin and cockpit
linings for EC175 search & rescue
helicopters, as well as oil & gas versions.
Today, JCB Aero produces cabin and
cockpit carbon composite lining panels,
totalling more than 21 panels per month,
fully equipped with electrical harnesses.
Each panel is pre-installed and tested in
a mockup before delivery, to be sure the
panels are fully functional when they
are delivered, ready for installation.
JCB Aero offers a standard panel
configuration, including a choice of
different cores and skins, such as
aluminium, phenolic and epoxy glass fibre
skin, with a maximum size of 1,500 x
3,700mm, and A & B design values. The
company also provides curved panels for
commercial and VIP aircraft on a regular
basis. All panels are tested internally,
using A & B design values to ensure
compliance with different client
requirements.
A RANGE OF APPROVALS
JCB Aero holds Part 21J, Part 21G and
Part 145 approvals, meaning the
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SCANNING FOR
FAI IS A NEW
SERVICE BEING
INTRODUCED BY
JCB AERO IN 2020
ABOVE RIGHT:
BUSINESS CLASS
SUITE DOORS
FOR B777S BEING
PRODUCED AT
JCB AERO
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