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TAXIBOT - BETA OPERATIONS PRESENTATIONS
Gerhard Baumgarten, Director Of Sales & Marketing, TLD
& LUFTHANSA ENGINEERING & OPERATIONAL
SERVICES
More mobility for the world
Engineering Innovations –
Start of TaxiBot Beta-Operation
Ground Support
From the ground up
Gerhard Baumgarten
Director Sales & Marketing
Dubai AirportShow May 2013
Agenda
Lufthansa LEOS
Engineering and Innovation
TaxiBot
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Lufthansa
Engineering and
Operational
Services
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Lufthansa LEOS
Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Lufthansa
Technik
Lufthansa
LH Technik
Lufthansa
Engineering and
Operational Services
LH Cargo
LH Systems
LH Catering
LH Passage
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Lufthansa
LEOS
Lufthansa
Technical Training
SAEMS HAM
Lufthansa Technik
Logistik
STARS HAM
Lufthansa Technik
Maintenance International
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Lufthansa LEOS
Business Units with affiliates FRA, MUC, DUS, HAM
Transportation
• Crew
transportation
• Special transport
• Limousine
Services
Apron service
GSE Maintenance
• A/C Towing
• Repair of GSE
• Maintenance
towing
• Overhaul of GSE
• Push Back
• Tool Calibration
Engineering
• Product
development
• MRO-Tools and
EQPT up to CCheck
• Service worldwide
• Ground Support
Equipment, GSE
Trade
• Tools and
Equipment for
Aircraft
Maintenance
• New and used
GSE
• Marketing
• Consulting
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Engineering Services
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Engineering Department
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Developing
Engine Change Sling
Consulting
Saves 30% of time compared to
Bootstrap technique!
Designing
Calibrating
Modification
 Certification etc.
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Engineering Department
Fall Protection System
Optimal safety of worker by
cleaning, repair and inspection
of aircraft wings
For A320 Family, A330, A340
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Engineering Department
A/C Brake Handling Tool
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easy and secured handling of
A/C breaks during different
operation
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can be used for different types of
breaks
P/N 2-1577, 2610132, 2613772
For all A330 / A340
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Engineering Department
Aircraft Maintenance Vehicle
For a quick, thorough and efficient
A/C repair and maintenance in
shortest time on the ramp.
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power on board (230 V)
workbench on board
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systematically packed tools
tailor made
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Consulting Services
Hangar
GSE
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Consulting Services
Consulting on layout planning of Hanger and workshops
Heavy Maintenance
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Tool Crib
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Base Maintenance
al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Enginering and Innovations
Consulting Services
Consulting on layout planning of the GSE workshops
15 GSE-Workshops
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot and LEOS
A long lasting Teamwork
 2007:
 2009:
LEOS and IAI partnership began
former LEOS tow tractor converted as first TaxiBot demonstrator
 2010/11:
Operational test at FRA with DLH B747-400
 2011:
TaxiBot received Interairport InnovationAward
 2012:
IAI and created formal contractual settings with partnersAirbus,
TLD, LEOS and first prototypes were tested at chateroux
 2013:
Beta-Operation with 3 narrow-body TaxiBot and B737 in Frankfurt
Prototype
Demonstrator
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
System descripton
Pilot in Command
 Steering with aircraft Nose Landing Gear
 Braking with aircraft Main Landing Gear
Equivalent processing time
 Push back by TaxiBot truck driver
 Pilot takes TaxiBot (TB) control to drive to the uncoupling area
 TB driver uncouples aircraft and is repositioning TB for next event
 Aircraft engine warm up
Basic operative and economic benefits
 Savings of kerosin, emissions, foreign object damages
 Savings of push back cost and increase gate utilization
 Continous and standardized movements of airplanes on ground
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
Steering and acceleration
Steering from the cockpit with
“Tiller”
 NLG movements create signals and
control TB steering system
 Same feel and touch as without TB
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Acceleration principle as automatic
drive
 Minor forward suspension when
brakes set
 Acceleration after aircraft brake
release
 Speed adaption by pilot braking or TB
 Platform puffers load changes
al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
Limited Nose Landing Gear loads during dispatch towing
The Main Landing Gear braking system
is used to stop the airplane momentum.
The towing TaxiBot is not braking the airplane momentum only its own
vehicle mass. Energy absorption mechanism is damping braking energy,
while the vehicle is adapting its speed to the airplane braking.
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Weights:
Aircraft - 560 t
Towtractor - 50 t
al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
Fuel Savings during taxiing and Airline Sector Targets
DLR)* expects punctuality improvements driven
by TaxiBot pulsing operation.
DLR)* Deutsches Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
TaxiBot: Present Status
 TaxiBot became a SCORE Project
at Lufthansa German Airlines
 Support from Fraport ground handling
and environmental department agreed
 Testing of prototype vehicle at
Chateauroux succesful concluded
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Start of Beta-Operation: June 2013
*Beta-Test is the title of the Frankfurt operation in 2013
Pilots from several airlines confirm
readiness of the system
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 Concept pilot training at LH established
(B737-Pilots for the Beta-Test*)
 Build up environment for operation of
three TaxiBots during Beta-Test*
 First TaxiBot delivery at FRAApril 2013
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
TaxiBot: Present Status
Beta-Operation 2013 in Frankfurt
 April:
 Arrival of first narrow-body TaxiBot at Frankfurt International
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May:
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June:
Airport
Tests with Lufthansa Boeing B737
 Certification
 Soft-Start of the Beta-Operation with one TaxiBot
 Arrival of the second TaxiBot at Frankfurt and start of its
Operation
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July:
 Arrival of the third TaxiBot
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2014: First wide-body TaxiBot
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
Major technical, operational and economical variables
Technical, operational variables
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Technical reliability
Little modification on some Airbus aircraft
Operational Risc Evaluation (ORE) through flight safety department
Taxiing time and procedures on airport
Availability of uncoupling areas
Economical variables
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Vehicle utilization
Processing time, particular time of aircraft engine start
Vehicle price, maintenance/operational cost
Airlines savings (taxitime, fuelprice, push back cost)
Overhead cost and airport specific comissions
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot and LEOS
LEOS TaxiBot calculation Sheet and report
Airport
Aircraft category/
type
Number of
considered aircraft
Expected TaxiOut
sequence
(flightschedule)
Processing time
Nbr of TaxiBot
Vehicles
Nbr of taxibotted
aircraft
Cost of Diesel,
Kerosin, Push Back,
CO² Emission
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot and LEOS
Implementation Concept & Project Management
Boeing
Airbus
Lufthansa
IAI
LEOS
German
Project
FAA
Managment
Fraport
TLD
LEOS
Operation
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ATC
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot and LEOS
Expertise and experience as serviceprovider on ground
 Aircraft towing and operations control
 GSE maintenance
 Quality/Safety management
 Customer satisfaction
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
TaxiBot will move the industry a quantum leap forward
 „Dispatch Towing with TaxiBot will become the most important airport
ground operations innovation of the 21th century“
 Technology
 Economy
 Environmental protection
 The TaxiBot implementation will be primarily driven by 3 factors
 Airlines and airports willingness to establish frame conditions
 Apron specific dimensions and traffic load
 On site capability of reliabel technical and operational support
 TaxiBot creates opportunities for new business concepts
 New and additional work package including push back
 Share of risc and opportunities of high capital expenditures
 Necessity of cooperation along an optimized process
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Thank you for your attention!
For more information visit us at www.lufthansa-leos.com
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Lufthansa LEOS
Back Up
 Lufthansa LEOS
 Engineering and Innovations
 TaxiBot
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Lufthansa LEOS
Facts and Figures
 Turnover:
40 mio. € p.a.
 Investments:
4 mio € p.a.
 Employees:
320
 Locations:
Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, München
 Key Performance
40.000 mhrs p.a. engineering
Indicators:
60.000 mhrs p.a. workshop maintenance
800 - 1000 bussing events p.d.
350 - 450 aircraft towing/push back events p.d.
 LEOS Vehicle Fleet:
15 mio. € replacement value
35 heavy tow tractos
30 crewbusses
30 other vehicles
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Consulting Services on Hangar and GSE workshops
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Wheels & Brake shop
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Structural, Composite repair, welding
shop
 Avionic Tools
Mechanical Tools
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Engine on wing tools
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GSE repair
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NDT shop
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Paint shop
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Carpet & Upholstery shop
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Iridize, Anodizing, Cadmium plating
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Manufacturing of fabrics
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IFE- Maintenance / headset, harness
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Galley installations Oven, Heaters
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Hot bonding / Autoclave
 Coffeemakers, Chillers
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Plasma spraying
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Slide raft and life raft / Life vest
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Hangar Tool crib
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Bottle shop
Cockpit and passenger seat repair
Paint shop – Interior parts painting
 Aircraft batteries
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Machinery shop
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
Engineering and Innovations
Trading
Maintenance Equipment for special tasks:
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General Maintenance Tooling
daily Service / Night Stop
weekly A-Check
AC-Jacking
Tire and breaks-, APU- and engine
change
C-Check and difficult tasks
And much more other devices
Airbus:
A300 / A310 - 200 - 300
A320- Family
A330- 200 / 300
A340- 200 / 300 / 500 /
600, A380
Boeing:
B737- 200 / Classic / NG
B747- 200 (F) / 400(F)
B777- 200A / 200B / 300
B767 and B757
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group
TaxiBot
Influencing variables on taxitime
Influencing
Variables
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LengthofRouting
DistancefromGate–TakeOffArea
TrafficRouting
Crossings,Curves
TaxiSpeed
AirportLimitations
TakeOffClearance
ATC,WeatherConditions,TrafficSituation
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al LEOS
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Member of the Lufthansa Technik Group