AgustaWestland Sets New Safety Benchmark For Helicopter Gearboxes With A 50 Minute “Run Dry” Capability

In what Giuseppe Gasparini, AgustaWestland’s Head of Transmission Systems Design & Development describes as a “outstanding result”, the AW189 main gearbox was subsequently disassembled and the components checked. “Although they had sustained some damage due to lack of lubrication, overall they were in very good shape and this showed that our design approach and the way we engineered the distribution of residual oil made it possible to extend the run dry period to 50 minutes.”

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