Aircraft Wire Management System

Aerospace Platforms

Your aircraft wiring design, maintenance, and associated costs may range from a minor to a major factor. Lectromec has seen the wiring failure rate reduced by a factor of eight by thoughtful review and changes in procedures for your Electrical Wire Interconnect System (EWIS) activities. Various studies indicate unscheduled maintenance can be as high as two hours for every flight hour since wiring is spread everywhere without any obvious identity as a single item - as compared to an LRU for which it is easy to identify and assign responsibility to a specific department or person.

Some groups that may see benefit in the implementation of an Aircraft Wire Maintenance Program include:

  • MRO facilities who affect safety
  • OEMs
  • DERs: Freelance supporting all others on this list
  • DARs: For Manufacturing conformance
  • LRU developers
  • Inspectors of used A/C being sold or transferring ownership
  • Leasers of aircraft to ensure that the rights of the leaser are being properly maintained by the leaseholders such
  • as to not jeopardize the equity in the lease
  • Operators of aircraft to protect against EWIS based difficulties leading to:
    • Loss of availability of equipment from unscheduled defects leading to loss of revenue
    • Similarly, loss of equipment from EWIS failure induced physical damage or loss of aircraft
    • Need for overly extensive maintenance job force or maintenance contract with an outsource company

The aircraft wire maintenance solutions are customer specific and are designed by Lectromechanical Design Company to ensure the maximum effectiveness to the maintenance program. Contact Lectromec for more information. Click here to see a case study.

Non-Aerospace Platforms

Though originally deigned by Lectromec for application to aerospace platforms, this same methodology can be applied to any platform that requires knowledge of the current wire status and, if necessary, a targeted replacement plan.

Evaluations handle the needs for the development of a replacement schedule for the wires, cables, and connectors in the system based on the degradation, cost, and system criticality. Each system needs to be recognized as unique, with different consequences of system failure. Additionally, older platforms that have been modified numerous times may have different wire constructions; thus, different wire constructions failure conditions must be considered. Lastly, the environmental conditions within each system are sometimes not uniform and must be properly partitioned and considered in investigations.

Lectromec has developed the skills and tools necessary to addressing the needs and special requirements of both aerospace and non-aerospace wiring systems.