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Low-pressure compressors for engines of medium-haul aircraft

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Low-pressure compressors for engines of medium-haul aircraft

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Low-pressure compressors for engines of medium-haul aircraft

Safran Aero Boosters

Number of stages 3 to 4

Diameter 850 to 1000 mm

Length 450 to 500 mm

Number of blades 600 to 800 blades

Safran Aero Boosters equips the CFM56 – 5A/5B/5C/7B and LEAP 1A/1B/1C engines with tailor-made low-pressure compressor.

Low-pressure compressors for engines of medium-haul aircraft

Safran Aero Boosters

Number of stages 3 to 4

Diameter 850 to 1000 mm

Length 450 to 500 mm

Number of blades 600 to 800 blades

As a trusted partner, Safran Aero Boosters provides groundbreaking technologies in its fields of excellence. The ultimate goal is to create lighter, more compact low-pressure compressors with optimized aerodynamic performance.

Technological maturity for innovative and integrated solutions

Discover our low pressure compressor for the LEAP engine

Booster LEAP : 00 minute and 27 seconds
Inertia friction welding

Safran Aero Boosters, which has been associated with most major aeronautical programs in recent decades, is the world leader in low-pressure compressors for commercial turbofan engines on the medium-haul market (75% market share) and long-haul market.

Through contractual partnerships with Safran Aircraft Engines, General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, Safran Aero Boosters shares both the responsibilities and risks associated with the engine programs of the future with other engine manufacturers. Low-pressure compressors are manufactured on an integrated site bringing together both engineering and manufacturing teams.

 

Blade preparation robot for assembling low-pressure compressors, with Deep Learning functions

Safran Aero Boosters invests in upstream research to develop new engine architectures, working with clients and internationally-renowned universities and research centers. The company also has an ongoing investment program to adapt its workshops to its technological partnership strategy and make the most innovative cutting-edge tools available.

Safran Aero Boosters offers a wide range of expertise from design through to the delivery of complete modules ready to be incorporated into the finished engine. These services include financing, specification, design, development, instrumentation, testing, qualification, supply chain, production and assembly.

 

Key figures
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on the market of medium & long-haul aircraft

11

low-pressure compressors developed in 15 years

People and Sustainable Development as guiding principles

Design office

We employ the very best technology in our products and workshops, while ensuring that people remain at the heart of the company's priorities and seeking to reduce the environmental footprint of our activities as much as possible.

All staff members strive every day to make our products more durable, lighter and more efficient, by imagining tomorrow’s technologies for greener skies.

 

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