Source: United States Navy
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – A cross-disciplinary team of Fleet Readiness Center East facilities maintenance personnel, production artisans and engineers excelled at problem solving when an automated welding machine for F402 engine combustion chambers – the only one of its kind in the world – started malfunctioning earlier this year. The team worked together for several weeks to implement a workaround, delivering results that produced a cost avoidance for the fleet that could add up to more than $4.9 million.