As being the first Asian airline to use high-thrust CF6-50 engines and also the launch customer for the A300-600 with CF6-80C2 engines, THAI Technical Department is maintaining its capabilities to perform CF6-50 and CF6-80C2 engines overhaul.

      With more than 20 years of experience, we are confident of being leading in GE CF6-50 and CF6-80C2 engines overhaul. As we are also operating PW4158/4164/4168 engines and RR Trent 500/700/800/900 engines, we are in a progress of increasing more and more capabilities to the maintenance of such engine models

      In our CF6 engine repair shop, we strip an engine to its smallest components. We then utilize the latest Digital Electronic Automation three-dimensional measuring equipment to conduct diagnostic tests. We also employ more traditional non-destructive testing methods including ultrasonic, eddy current, dyepenetrant, X-ray, and magnetic particle equipment.

      In our workshops, we chemically and mechanically clean, repair, and/or create all parts, or replace them from our inventory of 200,000 line items. We can plasma coat metals using an advanced model molten spray robot. We use a Macromet II to test hardness of metal component surfaces. Among our precision equipment is the biggest Vertical Turret Lathe ever made. The one-storey tall lathe can cut and trim metal pieces to a maximum diameter of 2.6 metres.

      On site is a test cell capable of generating a maximum thrust of 150,000 pounds. This modern facility enables us to run General Electric and Pratt & Whitney and RR (Rolls-Royce) engines to full power while executing computer control checks using programmes developed by engine manufacturers. We do test FADEC engines and replace their components.

      There is also a small shaft cell to test gas turbine engines using computerised test equipment.