Aircelle

Aircelle is a manufacturer of nacelles for the engines of planes, pertaining to the group Safran. The nacelle is the structure which surrounds the engine and which has several functions:

Aerodynamic: To ensure the flow of primary education flows (flow entering the compressor of the engine), and secondaries (flow running out around the engine)

Acoustic: to attenuate the noise of the engine

Braking: to contribute to the braking of the apparatus to the landing through a system of thrust reversing. The thrust reverser system is useful for the landing on wet, or contaminated tracks (snow, remains, ice…)

Safety of the flights: the nacelle has the role to ensure the application of the engine fires or the remains at the time of driving incidents.

Aircelle is the contracted name of Airbus - Nacelles. This joint-venture was creates in 1999 per Airbus and the Snecma to break the monopoly of manufacturing nacelles American Goodrich which up to that point equipped all the projects with the airframe manufacturer Européen (A300; A3210; A320; A319; A321).

Having gained the market of A340-500/600, Aircelle is seen entrusting the design of the nacelle of then the promising A3XX, which was going to become A380.

In 2001, the head office and the Research department of Aircelle are transferred of Le Havre has Toulouse.

Aircelle is originator, integrating, and manufacturing nacelles of the Airbus A318.

Aircelle also present on is gone of the nacelles of regional planes or businesses such as the Embraer 170-190, F7X.

Aircelle conceives and manufactures also thrust reverser systems for the Airbus A320, A330, and A340-200/300.

The last achievements of Aircelle in the field of the nacelles constitute many " premières" technological aiming improving the performance of braking during the thrust reversing, or at increasing the acoustic attenuation to allow the planes such as A380 to reach the necessary noise levels by the new regulations.

History

1896 : The industrial complex of factories Schneider Brothers & Co, specialized in the production of armament is established with the Havre
1947: Creation of the Company of the planes Hurel-Dubois
1963: The arsenal of Le Havre is attached to Snecma Normandy.
1977: Fastening of the activities of Le Havre with Hispano-Suiza (subsidiary company of Snecma)
1979: The creation of SLCA (Lorraine Company of Aeronautical Engineering) mark the beginning of the *constitution of the Hurel-Dubois group.
1997: The establishment of Le Havre is filialisé and becomes Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures.
1998: Creation of Aircelle, joint venture to 50/50 between Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures and Airbus.
2000: Hurel-Dubois is repurchased by Snecma
2001: Hurel-Hispano born of the bringing together of Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures and Hurel-Dubois - Removal of Aircelle has Toulouse
2002: Hurel-Hispano repurchases the shares of Airbus in Aircelle, then simplifies legal structures of the group and sets up an operational organization founded on 4 great divisions by programs
2004: Hurel-Hispano inaugurates with Pont-Audemer the new building built to answer the strong growth of the activities of HHES (Hurel-Hispano Europe Services), subsidiary company created in 2002 and specialized in the lines of business, repair and maintenance.
2005: Hurel-Hispano changes name and becomes Aircelle.
2006: Closing of the site of Meudon, historic site of Hurel-Dubois.

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