This year’s Robert L. Pinckney Award recognizes the Airbus Helicopters Rotor Blade Team for industrializing a breakthrough infusion-based manufacturing process for the H145 five-bladed rotor system. Transitioning from traditional prepreg methods to a more automated approach, the team improved production reliability and scalability, bringing the innovation from prototype to full-rate production in just two years and achieving output exceeding 1,000 blades annually—setting a new benchmark for rotor blade manufacturing.
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This year’s Robert L. Pinckney Award recognizes the Airbus Helicopters Rotor Blade Team for industrializing a breakthrough infusion-based manufacturing process for the H145 five-bladed rotor system. Transitioning from traditional prepreg methods to a more automated approach, the team improved production reliability and scalability, bringing the innovation from prototype to full-rate production in just two years and achieving output exceeding 1,000 blades annually—setting a new benchmark for rotor blade manufacturing.

 

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