Working within a 26-by-20-foot pen, its job is to prepare rotors – first by placing them in an industrial oven, then waiting for them to cool, and finally transferring them to a hydraulic stacking system that puts them in alignment.

The task, though important, is monotonous. It also requires great precision.

For Alfred, however, it's no big deal.

"Alfred doesn't mind the pressure. He's built for it," said Gilbert Sim, director of Aftermarket Operations, CORE and Technology Transformation at Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business.