Engineers at Rolls-Royce in Derby, UK, have successfully tested a key component of the UltraFan engine design. For the first time, all composite elements of the Advanced Low Pressure system (ALPS), including fan blades, a fan case and annulus fillers, were tested together on a donor engine. Rolls-Royce promises that the UltraFan will redefine the world of jet engines, delivering significant weight, noise and fuel burn reductions, and will be 25% more efficient than a first-generation Trent engine. The engine parts are manufactured using fully automated construction methods at Rolls-Royce’s Composites Technology Facility. Each fan blade is made robotically, building

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