VBV System

Lisbon A320/CFM56-5/5B Focus Team Conference

June 2012

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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

Main on-wing discrepancies reported

Ball screw actuators (master or slave actuators) hard to rotate
Stop mechanism seized
Flex shaft (main or slave) broken
Gear Motor

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 Distribution of removed components
Detail of component removals
5A/B engines
Based on data supplied to CFM since 2009
Gear Motor, Stop Mechanism and Flexshafts are the most removed VBV
components
About 85% of the total removals
VBV components removed since 2009 (Quantity)
180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
Gear motor Flex Shaft Stop mec RVDT Slave Act Master Act Main flexshaft

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VBV system event contributors 2011

Rpartition
Defective par cause
components racine
( 2011 events)
(quantit ; pourcentage)
Quantity; percentage

5; 10%
5; 10% 13; 25% Gear Motor

5; 9% Stop Mechanism
Flexible Shaft
12; 23% Slave Actuator
12; 23%
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
CFM/Honeywell Root Cause analysis on-going
Major observations from investigations:
Nut seized on screw
Fretting damage to screw threads
Bearings difficult to rotate / seized
Significant Lack of grease
Flexible shaft
Typically a secondary damage of ballscrew actuators hard to rotate
Several cases reported without findings on the other VBV components
Gear motor
suffering from the kinematics getting harder to actuate, also from pollution within the fuel.

CFM additional preventive maintenance recommendation:

CFM recommends to apply the SB 75-0043 - regreasing of master and slave
actuators - to relief VBV system.

Re-greasing procedure will improve the VBV system kinematics

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Regreasing procedure of Master and Slave actuators
SB 75-0043

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Ballscrew on-wing regreasing procedure SB 75-0043
On-wing regreasing procedure
Approved & Issued early May 2012
Master and slave ballscrew actuators concerned
Regreasing reduces the actuation torque of the complete VBV system
Full efficiency if 1st regreasing prior to 3000FH then every 3000FH
Appropriate tooling supplied by Honeywell

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Ballscrew on-wing regreasing procedure SB 75-0043

Procedure sequence

Get access to VBV doors (11 slaves & 1 master)

Prepare Mobil 28 grease hand pump
Localize grease fitting hole of each door & clean it
Apply 0,1 Oz (2,8 g) via the grease fitting hole
Actuate VBV system from 2 Oclock door at least 3 times
open / close to distribute grease into ballscrews make
sure system operates smoothly & freely
Perform RVDT rigging & MCDU check

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Ballscrew on-wing regreasing procedure SB 75-0043
Procedure feedback (tested with operators in April 2012)
Doors near 12 oclock position are the most difficult to get access to. If possible thrust
reverser cowls should be fully deployed
Mirror shall be used in this area
Amount of grease shall be measured pending on customer own tooling
4 hours with 2 mechanics
Mirror to help fitting
greasing hole
Greasing gun

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Regreasing experience

TAM Fleet: 184 Engines

2000 FH to 22000 FH
Implemented the regreasing procedure via Engineering
Order 2 years ago into their Fleet ( 2000- 22000FH)
No VBV-ballscrew-event reported since.

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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
Current Operate VBV manually Proposal draft Remove GM/SM assy

Check resistance Hard to rotate? replace Operate SM/ freely?

/ RVDT/J8/HMU N
Y replace Operate GM/ freely?

Remove/Insp/replace flexshafts
damaged Inspec Main flexshaft

Operate each VBV slave doors T/S Gear motor & Operate VBV with tooling at Master
manually/ replace any suspect door position/ mesure the torque
Stop mechanism
Remove GM/SM assy
first Under
Evaluation
Check resistance Torque > CMM
/ RVDT/J8/HMU N limit?
replace Operate GM/ freely?
Y

replace Operate SM/ freely? Remove/Insp/replace flexshafts

damaged
replace Operate master door/ freely?
Operate each VBV slave doors
manually/ replace any suspect
Inspec Main flexshaft

New T/S will reduce the time needed by testing of gear motor and stop
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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

Development of a system torque check

procedure (after removal of GM and SM)
Introduction of a torque key in the Master
ballscrew Socket to measure the actuation
torque of the system
Maintenance Torque limits to be defined
Maintenance limits defined and to be
substantiated

Trouble Shooting procedure update expected 4Q12

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Maintenance proposition to reduce VBV system
related events

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Fleet status, prediction and go forward

Based on above Weibulls, CFM evaluates a soft time for the VBV system
at 15,000hrs, 2nd C-check

No Maintenance

Overhaul at SV

Soft time
implementation
10,000 hrs /15,000 hours

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Fleet status, prediction and go forward

Introduction of soft time scheduled for sept. 2012

Service Bulletin Cat. 7

Pending efficiency of re-greasing procedure, CFM propose implementation of

15,000 hrs threshold for VBV System Preventive Maintenance

Recommendation to be updated with CFM56-5B fleet re-greasing feedback

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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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