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飞行世界 AerospaceWorld 开放｜共享｜价值 英国发动机制造商罗罗公司在其总部所在地德比的发动机试验台项目已经开工建设，新试验台将于2020年投入使用，以提高民用航空发动机的测试能力。该试验台将用于罗罗公司现有的Trent XWB和Trent 1000等发动机，未来还将为新型UltraFan发动机提供测试服务。该试验台建造计划于2017年6月公布，是英国1.5亿英镑(约1.72亿欧元)航空设施建设投资的一部分。
据罗罗透露，这将是目前全球最大的室内发动机试验台，面积将达到7500平米，与足球场大小相当，并被厚达1.7米的混凝土墙围绕。试验台除了最新的数字技术外，还使用了例如X射线设备等最新的测试设备。
目前，罗罗公司的Trent XWB(空客A350 XWB飞机)、Trent 700(空客A330飞机)、Trent 900(空客A380飞机)和Trent1000(波音787飞机)等发动机总装也是在在建试验台的所在地英国德比完成的。 Rolls-Royce has started work on its new testbed facility (artist's impression above). The plans for the testbed were announced in June 2017 as part of a wider $213.4 million investment in UK aerospace facilities. The new testbed, which is expected to be commissioned in 2020, will support Rolls-Royce’s ongoing industrial transformation and will provide important additional capacity as the civil aerospace business continues to ramp-up engine production and deliver on a record order book. Capable of testing a range of today’s engines, including the Trent XWB and the Trent 1000, the facility will also serve as a base for testing Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan engine for the next generation of aircraft. The new testbed, which will be the largest indoor facility of its type in the world, will harness the latest digital technology to set conditions and obtain evidence from a wide variety of test activities, such as water ingestion and endurance testing. It will also benefit from the latest advancements in test equipment including new X-ray capabilities. The testbed itself will have an internal area of 7,500m2 and will be surrounded by two concrete walls which measure up to 1.7m thick. The decision to invest in Derby, the home of Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division, was underpinned by a constructive dialogue with senior union representatives in the UK and will help to sustain more than 7,000 Rolls-Royce jobs across the East Midlands. In addition to the Trent XWB engine, which powers the Airbus A350, Rolls-Royce assembles the Trent 700, Trent 900, and Trent 1000 engines in Derby, UK, powering the Airbus A330, Airbus A380, and Boeing 787 Dreamliner respectively. Derby has also been home to the design and development of the Trent 1000 TEN which powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family and entered service in November 2017; the Trent XWB-97 which powers the Airbus A350-1000 and entered service in February; and the Trent 7000 which will power the Airbus A330neo when it enters service later this year. The new testbed supports the IntelligentEngine vision recently outlined by Rolls-Royce by bringing together the latest in digital and physical testing technology to ensure Rolls-Royce is best placed to deliver passengers more reliably and more efficiently than ever before. In addition to designing, testing, and maintaining engines in the digital realm, the IntelligentEngine vision sets out a future where an engine will be increasingly connected, contextually aware, and comprehending, starting from its time on the testbed. Rolls-Royce today also welcomed the UK Government’s announcement of support for research projects that will help Rolls-Royce and its partners develop more efficient, technologically sophisticated aircraft engines such as the UltraFan. Rolls-Royce will also be investing more than $48.4 million in these new technologies, which include developing advanced control systems for the engine. 素材 素材来源：综合自网络公开报道 |
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