DC Aviation has expanded the wheel shop at its Stuttgart, Germany airport maintenance center by 828 sq ft (77 sq m) and added new equipment in a move that will allow it to repair and maintain main and nose gear wheels of larger business jets. It builds upon DC Aviation’s C14 approval for repair and maintenance of main and nose gear wheels that it obtained in 2017.

Included in the expansion was the addition of two bead breakers to detach the rubber from rims of various sizes, a rim washing machine, a sandblasting cabin, and a hydraulic lift. “The wheel shop expansion is an ideal complement to our maintenance service portfolio,” said DC Aviation v-p of maintenance and CAMO Jürgen Sehne. “By performing repair and maintenance work on wheels in-house, our customers can optimize aircraft idle times and save costs.”

The company currently services wheels for the Cessna Citation XLS; Bombardier Challenger 300/604/605/850 and Global 5000; and Gulfstream G650.