Shipping frame for fan section of aircraft engine

A shipping frame for transporting an object such as a fan section of a jet aircraft engine loaded thereon, said shipping frame comprising:

• a template for releasably securing the fan section thereto;
• a telescoping template support cooperating with said template for selectively raising or lowering said template to a desired vertical height;
• and
• means for selective deployment of the fan section while secured to said template to a desired position.

A shipping frame for transporting an object such as a jet aircraft engine fan section loaded thereon, said shipping frame comprising:

• a frame for supporting the object thereon;
• a template for releasably securing an end of the object thereto, said template having a first end pivotally attached to said frame and a second end extending away from said frame;
• a rotatable platform member having a first end pivotally attached to said frame adjacent said first end of said template, and a second end extending away from said frame, said platform member being selectively and independently deployable with respect to said template when tipping the object to either a horizontal or vertical position such that said second ends are separated from one another during tipping, and are adjacent to one another before and after tipping;
• and
• at least one vertically displaceable member attached to said template enabling said template to be selectively raised or lowered to a desired height.

A method of preparing a jet aircraft engine component for transport, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a shipping device including a vertically displaceable template;
• adjusting the height of the template;
• mounting the component onto the shipping device;
• and
• selectively tipping the component to a desired horizontal or vertical position in order to transport the component in either the horizontal or vertical position.

A method of preparing a component of a jet aircraft engine for transport, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a shipping device including a template;
• providing a vertically displaceable member on the shipping device enabling the template to be raised or lowered;
• selectively raising or lowering the template to a desired height;
• and
• mounting the component onto the shipping device.