K & Y Engineering - Aircraft Interior Certification and Structural Analysis

K & Y Engineering is a well established consultancy firm in the aircraft interior industry which provides a wide range of services, including: aircraft seating, galley and storage products certification, windmilling justification for aircraft interior products, structural analysis and design optimisation, corrosion assessment and prevention, material selection and processing help desk.

AIRCRAFT SEATING, GALLEY AND STORAGE PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

Product certification has always been a major operation. Whether it is a new product that requires a complete certification or a change in design that has to be substantiated, our certification department can help you to overcome the overwhelming difficulty of the certification requirements.

We offer a wide range of services, including:

• Static test plan and report
• Dynamic test plan and report
• Hic test and report
• Flammability test plan and report
• Static and dynamic analysis and substantiation report
• Flammability substantiation report

Our certification engineers will be happy to work closely with your designers and engineers to ensure that the required certification is met and approved on time and in line with product schedule.

WINDMILLING JUSTIFICATION FOR AIRCRAFT INTERIOR

From 2001, when the first ever windmilling justification report was prepared for Virgin Atlantic Airways A340-600, to the present, we have successfully justified over ten seating products, from tourist to premium first-class seats, for all Airbus aircrafts.

Our windmilling group offers windmilling justification that:

• Is quick and flexible, so fits well with the product certification schedule
• Is reliable and approved by Airbus
• Is simple and economical, since testing is non-destructive and the test article can be used for other certification testing

Alternatively, the justification can be performed by analysis with substantial time and cost saving benefits.

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OPTIMISATION

Design optimisation often faces tough challenges from the regulatory restrictions and structural requirements. Our expert structural engineers offer a comprehensive and reliable analysis of the product that can help you to adopt the required design changes without compromising on the product reliability and structural integrity.

Our structural analysis department would be happy to coordinate its work with your designers. Whether it is a small challenge requiring simple hand calculations, or a comprehensive analysis by means of finite element analysis, our resources will be available to help you face new challenges.

CORROSION DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION

It is a surprising fact that aircraft interior parts often sustain corrosion damage during their warranty life. A corrosion problem, when it happens, is a widespread problem and often incurs great financial consequences. Avoiding this kind of problem is often a big challenge for designers.

Our corrosion experts can help you to prevent the occurrence of such defects and help you to define the root cause of any undesirable damage detected. Our reports address the problem comprehensively and in defining the root cause look into the abuse issues as design shortcomings. For the latter, we will offer a simple and effective remedy, at the lowest extra manufacturing cost, that prevents future repeat of such a problem.

MATERIAL SELECTION AND PROCESSING – HELP DESK

We run a help desk for our clients so they can contact us with their material enquiries. Our experts provide quick, reliable and detailed answer to all enquiries in relation to material selection and processing.

To provide ultimate convenience to our clients the help desk is available from 8am to 8pm, five days per week, so our clients, where ever in the world, can contact us during their working hours.