A Trio of Dives to the Depths of PFM

EAA AirVenture 2023 will see Hartzell Engine Tech—formerly Hartzell Engine Technologies—present a number of educational forums for pilots and aircraft owners and maintainers at Booths 257 and 258.

Hartzell Engine Tech president Keith Bagley stated: “Our three free, sixty-minute forums are created to provide aircraft owners, operators, and A&P mechanics with valuable information to help them safely get the best performance and longevity out of our family of products. There is no need to register, just show up and take your firewall-forward knowledge to new heights.”

Mr. Bagley added: “We thank Superior Air Parts for letting us share their space this year during the largest air show in the world.”

Hartzell Engine Tech’s 2023 forum schedule comprises:

Tuesday, 25 July: 13:00 CDT: There’s a Reason It’s Called the “Master Switch.” A comprehensive analysis of aircraft starters, generators, alternators, and assorted electrical system components peculiar to aero-engines’ start-sequences and ignition-cycles. The forum will cover historical and modern, lightweight and heavyweight ignition systems, to include the design, installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting thereof.

Thursday 27 July: 08:00 CDT: Anything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Hartzell Aviation Companies but Were Afraid to Ask. A forum for those harboring questions pertaining to aircraft electrical systems, turbochargers, cabin heating systems, propellers and propeller governors, and/or aero-engine ignition systems. Product experts from each of Hartzell Aviation’s three divisions—Hartzell Propeller, Hartzell Engine Tech, and Hartzell Aerospace Welding—will be in attendance to discuss questions or concerns germane to Hartzell products. Coffee and bagels will be provided.

Thursday 27 July: 13:00 CDT: Cause and Effect / Alternator Drive-Gear Couplings. Based on Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIBs) and written by experts in the employs of Hartzell Engine Tech and Griffith, Indiana’s G&N Aircraft Inc., the presentation reviews the history of the Continental Permold series gear-drive alternator installation and addresses current issues deriving of the gear-coupling installations integral to such. A must-attend for aircraft owners, operators, and mechanics maintaining Permold-style engines with gear-drive alternator installations.

In July 2022, Hartzell, the storied American manufacturer of aircraft propeller systems, was reorganized under the auspices of Tailwind Technologies Inc. The emergent entity, Hartzell Aviation, encompasses Hartzell Propeller, Hartzell Aerospace Welding, and Hartzell Engine Tech.

United under the Hartzell Aviation banner, the trio of historic aerospace concerns plies its collective and considerable expertise and experience to the advancement of the General Aviation industry.

Hartzell Aviation’s flagship company, Hartzell Propeller, is a global leader in advanced aircraft propeller design and manufacturing. The company’s air-screws adorn a gamut of aircraft that stretches from Cessna’s 172 to Lockheed’s C-130. The division is headquartered in Piqua, Ohio.

Egan, Minnesota-based Hartzell Aerospace Welding specializes in general aviation aircraft exhaust systems and engine mount repair. The company’ core competencies include certified welding, precision machining, and sheet-metal fabrication.

Hartzell Engine Tech offers a product portfolio comprising Janitrol Aero, Fuelcraft, Plane-Power, Sky-Tec, and AeroForce Turbocharger Systems. Subject brands provide engine accessories and heating solutions to the general aviation industry. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, Hartzell Engine Tech enjoys a well-earned reputation for precise engineering, manufacturing, inspection, and certification guarantee quality and control.

The creation of Hartzell Aviation synergizes the three organizations’ core competencies and stands to genuinely better the safety, profitability, and pleasures of General Aviation.

FMI: www.HartzellAviation.com