Cyclean® 

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A clean engine pays off

Sometimes it's as easy as this: a clean engine works better and needs less fuel and less maintenance. Washing a PW1100 regularly with Cyclean® saves up to 80t CO₂ emissions per year. Thanks to the integrated wastewater system, water is safely collected and disposed of without harming the environment. Conventional engine washing methods often entail a lengthy, complex process. We developed Cyclean® to solve this drawback.

Cyclean® washing stations are available at various airports around the world. In order to be even closer to your operations, we are constantly adding new locations to our worldwide network. Looking into the future, our state-of-the-art engine core cleaning system is now available for the next generations of engines such as PW1100G/1500G and LEAP-1A/-1B. What's more, our design engineers are putting in a lot of research and development effort to further increase the customer benefit of engine washes with new technological approaches.  

From 6 hours to 45 minutes  

For the PW110G and the LEAP 1A, we have developed an optimized Cyclean® Engine Wash procedure, which allows washing the engine in just under 45 minutes, even directly at the gate. Your engines' fan cowl doors remain closed and the Cyclean® tooling is attached directly to the fan without any further treatment of your engine. Benefit from an increased EGT margin and the highest operating flexibility as a run-up after a Cyclean® Engine Wash is no longer required.

Cyclean® Engine Wash is available at more than 60 fixed and mobile locations worldwide. 

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At any location

The revolutionary technical features of the Cyclean® system enable highly efficient engine cleaning. By injecting vaporized hot water directly into the core engine, a Cyclean® engine wash can be performed in less than one hour at any location at an airport. Since an engine run after the wash is no longer required, the aircraft is ready to return into service directly after the wash. The short service time leads to enormous time savings and makes scheduling a lot easier. Our latest generation of Cyclean® wash units is additionally equipped with an integrated glycolmixing system. In this way, we can add antifreeze, which enables engine washes down to minus ten degrees Celsius. 

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New ​generation of Cyclean®

By introducing this new generation of devices featuring digital technology, the Cyclean® wash equipment is connected to the internet. Our specialists now have remote access and they are able to perform troubleshooting or maintenance tasks at any location worldwide. This feature allows to maximize the reliability of the equipment, to minimize downtimes and to provide spares much quicker in case of any defect. 

When we look at engine condition monitoring data of various engine types, we see significant and long-lasting benefits from Cyclean® washes. In addition to an increased EGT margin and a reduction in fuel flow, customers can also benefit from an increased average on-wing time.

Florian Prinz

Head of Engine Life Cycle Services

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Florian Prinz

Head of Engine Life Cycle Services

Lufthansa Technik AG | Frankfurt, Germany

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