Patent ID: 7735363

Claim:
A pre-dressing unit for preparing an aircraft turbofan engine for testing in a test cell, the pre-dressing unit comprising: a support frame including an engine mount; an intake duct supported by the support frame and configured to mount to an intake end of the turbofan engine; an exhaust duct supported by the support frame and configured to mount to an exhaust end of the turbofan engine; an engine-side data connector mounted to the support frame and having a functional data interface comprising a plurality of engine-side data connections; and equipment carried by the support frame and associated with the operation and testing of the engine, said equipment including test instruments mounted to the exhaust duct and functionally connected to a corresponding engine-side connection on the engine-side data connector for data communication therewith, the engine-side data connector providing a common output connection interface for the equipment on the support frame.