Background
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Fleet data
VBV issue can lead to operational events including ATB & ATO
9 ATOs & 9 ATBs on the 5B fleet through May 2012
Fleet disruptions related to EGT shift, Compressor Vane E/W or fuel
leak at the gear motor location
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Flex Shaft
Stop mec
RVDT
Slave Act
Master Act
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Main flexshaft
Rpartition
par cause
racine
Defective
components
( 2011
events)
Quantity;
percentage
(quantit
; pourcentage)
5; 10%
5; 10%
13; 25%
Gear Motor
Stop Mechanism
5; 9%
Flexible Shaft
12; 23%
12; 23%
Slave Actuator
Position Sensor
Master Actuator
Gear Motor, Stop Mechanism and Flex shafts contribute to 71% of the VBV
related events
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Analysis
Stop mechanism
Flexible shaft
Gear motor
suffering from the kinematics getting harder to actuate, also from pollution within the fuel.
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Regreasing experience
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Regreasing experience
CFM would like to thank all operators for their
support during the development of this procedure
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Troubleshooting improvements
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Troubleshooting modifications
Objective: Improve the on-wing troubleshooting in case of VBV issue
Proposal draft
Current
Remove GM/SM assy
Operate VBV manually
Check resistance
/ RVDT/J8/HMU
Hard to rotate?
N
Y
replace
replace
Remove/Insp/replace flexshafts
damaged
Operate each VBV slave doors
manually/ replace any suspect
Remove GM/SM assy
replace
replace
replace
Under
Evaluation
Remove/Insp/replace flexshafts
damaged
Operate each VBV slave doors
manually/ replace any suspect
New T/S will reduce the time needed by testing of gear motor and stop
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first.
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Troubleshooting modifications
Perform T/S of Gear Motor and Stop Mechanism as first T/S operations
Main advantage :
First component inspected are the most removed one decreasing the time
spent for T/S
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No Maintenance
Overhaul at SV
Soft time
implementation
10,000 hrs /15,000 hours
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Summary
CFM recommends VBV system overhaul at SV (SB 75-0032, cat 3)
CFM recommends application of re-greasing to the ball screw actuators
using SB 75-0043, cat 7
CFM proposes a modification to the VBV system Trouble shooting.
Available by 4Q12
Based on actual and predicted fleet data, CFM recommends a soft time at
15000 hours, in order to decrease the amount of VBV system related
events
Availability by September 2012
to be updated with CFM56-5B fleet re-greasing feedback
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QUESTIONS / DISCUSSION
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