Business Jets

Business Jet Companies Seek Continuous Improvement with Vistagy Tools

Business jet manufacturers face unprecedented competition, making it critical for them to continuously find ways to reduce costs, shorten cycle times, and raise quality and performance. This has led many business jet manufacturers to employ advanced strategies for designing and manufacturing novel composite structures and airframe assemblies so they can produce an aircraft that is as fuel efficient, comfortable, and cost effective to maintain as possible.

To reach these goals, manufacturers must recognize that the composite parts and assemblies that make up an airframe—like fuselage sections, wings, empennage components, etc.—are directly linked in myriad, complex ways. Changing one part of the design can significantly change another. Considering the airframe as an interconnected system and having a clear view into the entire design-to-manufacturing process enables engineers to understand the consequences of their decisions and ultimately speed time to market.

Vistagy addresses these concerns with its Aerosuite™ solution, which is comprised of Fibersim™, Syncrofit™, and Quality Planning Environment™ software as well as custom consulting services.

Fibersim composites engineering software is the only software that spans the entire composites engineering process, from conception, laminate definition, and ply creation through simulation, performance optimization, flat pattern generation, documentation, and manufacturing.

Using Fibersim, business jet manufacturers are able to:

• Assure that designs meet specification;
• Lower the amount of time necessary for ply creation and lamination;
• Use more efficient manufacturing processes;
• Reduce errors by decreasing the number of menial design tasks, making the overall process more lean and economical.

Syncrofit is a suite of aerospace-specific engineering software solutions for designing and manufacturing airframes and large aerostructures. The airframe design-to-manufacturing process is made up of successive phases, from design to manufacturing to quality inspection. Vistagy offers the only airframe development software for each of these phases and provides complete functionality for capturing all types of data, materials, and methodologies specific to airframe development.

Syncrofit reduces the time for business jet manufacturers to develop airframe assemblies by as much as 70 percent compared to non-automated methods. It allows CAD users to completely designate and manage fasteners, joints, and interfaces between parts within complex assemblies, greatly increasing accuracy and efficiency. Syncrofit provides the functionality necessary to avoid engineering change notices and facilitates communication within the development team and between the manufacturer and its suppliers, ultimately enhancing productivity.

To ensure that airframe components are manufactured to specification, Vistagy offers the Quality Planning Environment, which generates first article inspection (FAI) plans based on design and manufacturing data created by Fibersim and Syncrofit and saved in the CAD model.

And to help you implement an optimized process for developing business jets, Vistagy provides comprehensive consulting services born from over 15 years of experience working in the aerospace industry.