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Simpson Aerospace Services Completes 5 sets of B1-B Wing Stands at Tinker AFB

January 26, 2021/in Uncategorized/by SAS-INC

SAS-INC recently completed delivery of 5 sets of wing stands for the B1-B maintenance program at Tinker AFB.  SAS-INC secured the project in May of 2020 in the heart of Covid-19 outbreak.

Wind Stand

A partial group of wing stands.

This project was a large windfall during such bleak times in the industry.  As everyone is aware the commercial aircraft industry screeched to a halt in April 2020.  Several airlines instituted no spend mandates on equipment, tools anything deemed no essential.  This DOD USAF contract was deemed essential by the US Government and SAS-INC.

SAS-INC worked with Tinker AFB personnel to develop a solution that satisfied everyone’s needs from mechanics to safety personnel.

Please reach out to us for any of your needs today.  Call 812-969-2766, or email: [email protected]

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Roll With The Punches

March 28, 2020/in Uncategorized/by SAS-INC

 

SAS-INC is rolling with punches when it comes to the covid-19 pandemic.  Today we have finished preparations, loaded and cleaned the truck and are ready to roll out Monday morning(3/30/20).  Even though the airline industry has been hit hard by the crisis, airline companies must continue to maintain their fleet per FAA mandates.  We will be onsite this week providing crucial maintenance for a customer.  This job is essential because we will be replacing key safety equipment on a large tail dock.  Without this maintenance this tail dock will become unsafe and therefore usable.

We are providing all possible safe guards for our team members as they travel during these uncertain times.  The guys will be carrying all essential food items and equipment when they leave the shop for the week.

We even bumped up to a VBRO home in lieu of a hotel to help eliminate any contact.  STAY SAFE!

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Airline WIFI Satellite Maintenance Stand

January 31, 2020/in Uncategorized/by SAS-INC

WIFI Maintenance Stand

New Product Launch!

We at SAS-INC are excited to launch our latest product! We haven’t put a man on the moon, but we have safely placed a man on top of a wide/narrow body aircraft! This product allows for safe, efficient and ergonomic access to the crown of an aircraft and/or WIFI components. As everyone knows WIFI connectivity during flight is very important to travelers and this will allow airlines safe access to make sure that service is continually provided. Please contact us to place an order today! #travel #transportation #gse #mro #launch #wifi #aviationmaintenance #patentpending

Model 7017 – B777, A350, A330, A767      Model 7028 – B757, A319, A320,A321, B737, A220

Check out this press release about WIFI connectivity:

Air Carriers move toward 100% Wi-Fi enabled

LOUISVILLE, KY  –  Flying the friendly skies is becoming more and more an issue of being connected to the worldwide web.   Whether a business traveler on a long domestic flight, or an energy-filled young person on the family vacation, airlines are learning and responding to the need for fast, reliable internet connection.

In fact, a recent survey revealed 74% of business travelers say Wi-Fi connection is “crucial” for their travel needs.    Across the U.S. last year, 65% of air traveling customers who had in-flight Wi-Fi opportunities used that connection to work, play games and stay in contact with friends and family.

Those results were reported in an annual survey by Inmarsat Marketing Research, a company which has polled air travelers on the subject of internet connections for the past 4 years.    The poll reinforces what  most U.S. Air Carriers have known for some time because those same companies have scrambled to equip their planes with Wi-Fi capability.    But customers may place more importance on connectivity than the airlines even imagined.    According to Inmarsat’s study, two-thirds of air passengers said they are more likely to re-book with an airline that offers high quality Wi-Fi.

Toward that end, domestic and international airlines are now focused on equipping their planes with Wi-Fi and upping the speed and reliability of that service.     Several U.S. fleets already have Wi-Fi on 100% of their flights, among them Jet Blue and Virgin American (at 100%) and Delta and Southwest Airlines (at 98% and 90% respectively).

Customers not only want the service; they also want it to respond with the same speed and reliability they have when sitting in their homes or offices on the ground.   Just having the opportunity to connect is not enough.   The service has to work quickly and well.   That translates to airlines updating old connection speeds (9.8 Mbps) to faster speeds of 15 Mbps or more.    That is good news for the 9 out of 10 business travelers who are wanting to use time in the air to get work done.

For industry leading carriers like Delta,  Wi-Fi connectivity has become a key component of the “overall customer experience” which Delta views as the way to keep and grow business.   Recently, Delta cited strong growth at its now 5-year old Seattle-Tacoma Hub being a result of creating a positive customer experience, and it noted that Delta now offers Wi-Fi on all flights from Seattle.

Of course, connection comes at a price.   Some airlines (JetBlue) bury the cost of Wi-Fi connection in their ticket prices, but a larger majority price Wi-Fi connection as a separate service, charging from as little as $5 for 15 minutes of connection, or about $16 for all-day service.  Some even price monthly or annual connection packages for the frequent traveler.    Those could run $49 a month, and $599 for a year.

As airline companies race to get 100% connectivity at faster and faster speeds, that creates a practical need on the ground for their maintenance crews.   Airliners cannot afford idle moments, so , maintaining the necessary satellite connection equipment has to happen quickly, between flights or during longer connection and layover times.

An Indiana company is one of the firms working to solve that problem, said Coy Stepro, general manager of Simpson Aerospace Services (SAS)  at nearby Elizabeth, IN, across the Ohio River from Louisville.   SAS recently received 5 orders for Wi-Fi Satellite maintenance stands from a major U.S. airline.   A Wi-Fi maintenance stand gives mechanics ready access to the various positions on planes where the Wi-Fi equipment is installed.

Stepro said special stands are needed because there aren’t many pieces of existing equipment that can access so many different locations on both Wide Body and Narrow Body aircraft.

“Flexibility is the key.  Mechanics must work quickly and safely on many different airplanes.   There’s really no time to dock a plane for what’s usually a pretty quick fix.  But the trick is you have to be able to access the right spot,” he said.   For Stepro and his still-young aircraft maintenance firm, the Wi-Fi demand is giving SAS new opportunities to grow.   “We’re a small company, but this is a good example of how a niche demand gives you an opportunity to build expertise and beat others to the market.  We’re excited about it.”

For travelers 30,000 feet up, they won’t know or care about how it all happens, only that their emails reach the persons intended, and that work gets done.  Or, that Wi-Fi connection makes it possible to keep a teenager engaged on a long trip.

 

For more information

Contact Coy Stepro

[email protected]

812-969-2766

7017 Highway 111 SE
Elizabeth, IN 47117

 

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Designing On Tulsa Time

July 11, 2019/in Uncategorized/by SAS-INC

Each project SAS handles doesn’t mean we are always involved in final manufacturing and installation.   Or, putting it in the words of familiar TV ad campaign a few years back, “we didn’t make the stand, we made it better.”

That was the case on a recent design job in Tulsa, OK.  Our end user needed their existing 737 wing stand to work with new 737 MAX aircraft.  Changes had to be made to accommodate the aircraft’s new winglet design.

The challenge was the new design involved a split scimitar winglet that turns both up and down.    The downward portion of the winglet presented an interference problem with the existing wing stand.   After a sight visit, we determined the needed changes would include:

  1. Modifying the outboard access stairs and creating a design which allowed the inboard handrails of the stairs to be folded down by removing a single fastener.
  2. Creating a new design which allows a portion of the existing guardrails to be slid to the side. This solved the problem of the aft guardrails getting in the way.
  3. Finally, the 2nd level working platform needed to be notched, and our design gave the customer a way to complete this modification.

The designs were prepared promptly.  Our drawings were given to a pleased customer, allowing the company’s local workers to make the modifications themselves.   That resulted in time and money saved.   “We didn’t make the stand, we made it better”.

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Pushing through Pittsburgh

May 6, 2019/in Uncategorized/by SAS-INC

The SAS team recently completed  a major project in Pittsburgh that involved a Tail Stand modification, allowing an older version tail dock to be used safely and effectively with an Airbus A320.  The issues were:

  1. Levels 2 and 3 of the stand were too short, preventing workers from safely accessing the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer.
  2. Additionally, there was no APU access platform; all work had to be completed from mobile stands and ladders.

To correct these deficiencies our team:

  1. Added four feet of forward access platform, along with sliders and guardrail to levels 2 and 3.  This allowed the aircraft mechanics to surround the vertical stabilizer on levels 2 and 3 for complete and safe access.  It also allowed workers to pass from side to side, forward of the vertical stabilizer, instead of just the back side of the vertical stabilizer.  That provided efficiency and safety.
  2. A custom APU platform was added to the main level of the tail stand. Working closely with end users, a working height of the APU platform was determined.  The APU platform included 10 rolling sliders that locked into an in-use position and an open position.  The open position allowed for ground access to the APU in case the APU needed to be removed.

The Pittsburgh project was great example of our communication and coordination with existing ground support teams.   The entire tail stand modification was complete in-dock, and total down-time for the end user was only 3 days.

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Press Release March 2018

March 25, 2019/in Simpson Aerospace Services, Simpson Alloy Services/by SAS-INC

Click the chain-link image to the left to view a press release about SAS-INC and the Simpson-Services website!  Right now is an exciting time as we continue to expand our relationships with our current customers while reaching out to new ones as well.

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Safety Awareness

March 1, 2019/in Simpson Alloy Services/by SAS-INC

When you are involved in any business that requires manufacturing, heavy material, and dangerous equipment, as much as it should be, your daily thought isn’t necessarily “Okay, let’s everyone go home safe and sound today”.

Today as part of an entry procedure to North American Stainless, in Ghent, Kentucky our crew had to set through site specific safety training. These safety training sessions serve a good reminder of how important safety is, not just to our company but to our children, our spouses, our co-workers, everyone that depends our us everyday to come home the way we left, SAFE. Safe work starts with the individual awareness of what you are doing at work or at home.

We all face multiple uncertainties in life and unavoidable accidents will happen. It is our responsibility to limit the exposure to accidents that can be avoided by using safe work practices at all times, not just when it is convenient. As I can often times be an impatient crew leader, this was a good refresher message for me because now, it’s the end of the day and I can go home, the way I left this morning! -CS

#safetytraining #manufacturing

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Welcome – September 2018

September 5, 2018/in Uncategorized/by SAS-INC

Welcome to our new website!

We having been working diligently with our partners at Honeywick in Louisville, Ky to get this website created.  They have been a real asset to get this done.

We will post on this page often regarding current events within our company and the industries we serve.  Please feel free to contact us or look us up on Facebook as we also post current event information there as well.

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