Civil aviation

Thanks to its high capacity for innovation and its high level of excellence in terms of design and manufacture, Aubert & Duval offers acknowledged expertise on the particularly demanding civil aviation market.
Its full range meets all of this field’s technical requirements…

Concrete solutions to the need for new alloys
Regularly developing new alloys and metallurgic solutions, Aubert & Duval offers new grades such as MLX®17 and MLX®19, which now enrich its standard offer…

An integrated Titanium branch
The company also accompanies the entire aeronautics industrial sector in its decarbonization approach by increasing its titanium production capacity.
Aubert & Duval has developed an integrated titanium branch in order to meet the increasing needs of this sector. This branch includes the creation of titanium alloys by way of recycling the offcuts and shavings from our EcoTitanium® factory, the forging of billets and the production of forged or stamped parts in the Aubert & Duval factories.

Critical structure parts
A part is deemed to be critical when no other part of an aircraft can have the same function…

Our offer

• Reactor mast parts
• Aerofoil reinforcement parts
• Fuselage frame
• Leading edge flap rails
• Door frames
• Aerofoil casing parts
• Cowling parts
• …

SQuAD
SQuAD a joint venture between Aequs (India) and Aubert & Duval (France).
SQuAD mainly focused on the aeronautics market by assisting the major equipment manufacturers in their supply chain while contributing to their offset obligations.
Equipped with two presses of 1,500 and 10,000 tonnes, it specializes in forging and stamping small and medium-sized parts, for engine and landing gear applications and braking system components, in aluminium, steel, titanium or nickel alloys.

Landing gear
Landing gear is an element that is as complex as it is vital. Aubert & Duval is a major player in the design and manufacture of stamped parts intended for the landing gear on the main AIRBUS, BOEING and COMAC programmes. With a wide range of high-performance materials, and aeronautic certifications, the company is able to meet its customers’ highest requirement criteria.

Our offer

• Casings
• Compass
• Sliding rods
• Brake bars
• Rocker arms
• Wheels
• Panels

With its customers, Aubert & Duval creates the design for optimized parts in order to procure the best performance/cost balance. We deliver complete solutions that combine our expertise in stamping, forging and design with that in creating high-performance materials.

Engine parts are subject to extremely high stresses, such as temperatures approaching 800°C/1,475°F, the risk of corrosion linked to the humidity and gases, and must therefore overcome multiple challenges:

• resilience and resistance to cracks spreading for several hours,
• optimization of fuel consumption.

Our aim: ensure our customers’ success
Thanks to its innovative materials and its forging expertise, Aubert & Duval plays a role in the technical improvements to its products, particularly in terms of weight reduction, energy yield, thermal resistance and solidity. The company is committed to the long-term success of its customers while promoting the circular economy and supplying the biggest engine manufacturers in the world.

Our offer

• Low and high pressure compressor discs
• Turbine and compressor cones and shafts
• Low pressure turbine discs

Aubert & Duval is developing a wide variety of high-performance materials to meet the most demanding specifications of critical aeronautic applications. Manufactured within certified installations, our products comply strictly with aeronautic standards in terms of grade composition, material integrity, size tolerance and quality control.

Overcoming the challenges of today and tomorrow
Continuously seeking new metallurgic solutions, Aubert & Duval works on its grades in close collaboration with its customers, who benefit from its technical support at every stage of their project. In addition to meeting their needs precisely, this assistance allows them to anticipate their future challenges.
This desire to always make progress allows Aubert & Duval to provide its expertise and its know-how across the entire aeronautic production chain, from the structure to equipment parts, and this always with the same stringency.

Our offer

• Bearings
• Fixings and hardware
• Gears and transmission parts
• Rods and structural elements