A three-day tutorial for forging and shape mill production specialists was held by representatives of Airbus in VSMPO AVISMA. The European aviation company is one of the main customers of the Russian titanium giant.

As the corporation press office reports, the tutorial aims to reduce the number of defects and mismatches in the elements that make up the critical parts of aircrafts to zero. Particularly, the partners verified their defect analysis methods.

"We've learned a lot through this process. For example, to see the full picture a number of documents which were partially disjointed needed to be considered as a whole. We studied the risks related to the geometrical characteristics and the probability of equipment failure. Now we know how to correctly handle ourselves in different situations," Uralinformbureau quotes the words of the Head of VSMPO Flat-Rolled Products Design Bureau Elizaveta Plaksina.

"I'm not just in Verkhnyaya Salda for the first time ever, but in Russia as well. I saw the forging center and was surprised by the capacities there, the largest press. And the top-notch specialists want to go even beyond their already expansive technical knowledge," the Manager of Airbus Supplier Affairs Service Francisco Naranjo stated.

VSMPO-AVISMA is the largest supplier of titanium for Airbus. The corporation provides more than 60% of the European aviation company's needs. Russian titanium is used to produce airplane parts exposed to the largest loads in flight, such as landing gear legs and components of the engine and wing pylons.

The companies started to cooperate in the 90s when the first agreements on the delivery of raw materials were signed. In 2009 we entered into a long-term contract on the delivery of titanium alloy round bars and stamped items for Airbus through 2020.

VSMPO-AVISMA is the world largest manufacturer of titanium, bullions and all types of intermediate titanium alloy products, as well as stamped oversize aluminum items and intermediate products of alloy steel and refractory alloys with a nickel base. About 19 thousand employees work in the company. VSMPO-AVISMA's majority stock holding belongs to the management of largest Russian titanium manufacturer, Rostec State Corporation.