American Airlines is upgrading its Clean Commitment by adding the electrostatic spraying solution “SurfaceWise2” from Allied BioScience to its multitiered cleaning and safety program in the coming months. The SurfaceWise2 solution is the first-ever long-lasting product to help fight the spread of the novel coronavirus that is approved by the [...]
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group will cut the carbon footprint of its paint shop by more than 40% by upgrading its burner system at a cost of more than 140.000 Euro. CO2 emissions will be cut from 2100 t/year to 1200 t/year by fitting additional ceramic in its Regenerative Thermal [...]
RUAG MRO International's aircraft paint shop in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich has recently been equipped with a new combined painting and drying plant. After a two-week test phase the addition now started operations. The plant consists of a painting cabin and a directly connected drying cabin and offers sufficient space for [...]
The German start-up Dyphox has developed a coating system that works on both dry and wet surfaces. Its effectiveness in practical use was proven by a field study conducted by the University Hospital of Regensburg. The function of Dyphox is based on the principle of photodynamics: if a doctor's practice [...]
As European Coatings reports, materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues in China have developed a coating that prevents ice from forming. The new coating could be a cost-effective solution to the problem of critical parts on aircraft wings freezing. It function is inspired bay a [...]
As investlithuania.com reports, Maas Aviation is currently setting up an aircraft painting facility at Kaunas Airport. A multi-bay aircraft paint shop is currently constructed at Kaunas Airport. The Project is planned to be finalized late 2020. The paint shop will be located in a hangar where aircraft MRO activities including [...]
PPG recently finalized a $15.5 million investment at its aerospace research and technology center in Burbank, California. Upgrades to the 3.700 m² facility include increased laboratory and testing space with climate-control capabilities, updated equipment to enhance PPG’s resources for the development of aerospace sealants and coatings, as well as an [...]
To make aircrafts more economical, environmentally friendly and robust, Fraunhofer engineers from Dresden have developed a new ceramic heat shield technology. In this process, a powder of yttrium-stabilized zirconium oxide (YSZ) is added to water to form a suspension. Quickly and cost-effectively this liquid powder mixture can be sprayed onto [...]
We released the first videos from the IntAIRCOAT conference in 2019 for you: Anti-microbial coating strategies for aircrafts and airports Hecosol GmbH The topics LED, digitization, automation, prints, seamless cabins are currently on everyone’s minds. Will there still be room for paint in future aircraft? Mankiewicz Gebr. & CO. (GmbH [...]
Invercon Inc. and NEI Corporation announced in January that their newly developed de-icing system was tested successfully at the NASA Glenn Research Center’s Icing Research Tunnel. The test was witnessed by engineers and scientists at the Research Center, as well as from the industry. The Invercon-NEI team met the objective [...]
