Measurement of Manufacturing Readiness Level for the Tartaric Sulphur Acid Anodizing Method in Aircraft Component Production

摘要

The trend of green industry is currently developing in every sector of industry, including in the aerospace industry. Airbus as a leading company in the industry has developed a program that aims to eliminate the use of chromate in any aircraft component manufacturing. As such, Indonesian Aerospace of Indonesia, a supplier of Airbus, must also reorganize their manufacturing capabilities to achieve that goal, especially in the anodizing process with the Tartaric Sulphur Acid Anodizing (TSAA) Program. This research aims to measure the level of manufacturing readiness of the TSAA technology using the adjusted Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) Model. The development of the model was done using the expert judgment from among practitioners and academicians, validated by using the Content Validity Ratio (CVR). The MRL developed for this study consists of 10 levels, 9 criteria and 22 sub-criteria. Measurement results show that the current level of the technology is at MRL2, while the goal of the project is at MRL8. This shows a huge gap that must be addressed before Indonesian Aerospace can reach the level that is permissible by Airbus.