Innovative approaches for world-class aircraft coating presented by experts Including a visit to the Airbus painting facilities in Hamburg on May 13th From 14-15 May 2019, the aircraft coating industry meets in Hamburg to discuss the latest innovations, techniques, materials and strategies. For the first time there will also be [...]
Recently a demonstration of the advanced capabilities of an A5 robotic system took place at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The system is the first multi-purpose robot designed for the use on the aerospace factory floor. The robot is anticipated to cut maintenance times for aircraft coating removal [...]
Recently PPG announced the appointment of Daniel G. Korte as global vice president-elect, aerospace products. Korte succeeds Barry N. Gillespie, current vice president, PPG aerospace products, who has announced his intent to retire, effective since Aug. 1, 2018. Korte joins PPG from LMI Aerospace, Inc., where he was chief executive [...]
Six month after the opening announcement of their third paint shop, Sabena technics have been selected by Airbus for the construction and operation of a fourth painting facility dedicated to Airbus wide body aircraft in Toulouse Blagnac airport. This new facility reinforces Sabena technics’ footprint in Toulouse and comes in [...]
There are further videos from the last IntAIRCOAT conference available for you: Direct printing application on aircraft fuselages Airbus Operations GmbH New developments in efficient industrial athmospheric plasma activation: The plasma dose approach for coatings adhesion IRT Saint-Exupéry High power, High energy industrial lasers: The solution to Aerospace coating removal? [...]
Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO business has commenced work fulfilling a long-term paint contract with MHI Canada Aerospace Inc., (MHICA), which is anticipated to last five years. Under the terms of the partnership, Flying Colours will paint over 40 center fuselage sections of the Bombardier Global 5000/6000 aircraft [...]
’LumiLor’ is the world`s first and only patented electroluminescent paint. The product allows manufacturers to design with light in ways previously impossible. It produces a single-color light that is visible at long distances and shines through many types of atmospheric conditions such as fog, snow and smoke. Unlike many light [...]
PPG and Air Tractor announce the first electrocoat primer system for full-scale original-equipment aircraft parts manufacturing in the aerospace industry. The two companies recently hosted aerospace industry representatives, elected officials, Air Tractor dealers, and PPG executives to celebrate the launch and showcase a first look at the system at the [...]
The health complete solution GmbH has developed an electrostatic spraying process that allows to cover all sorts of surfaces with special inorganic substances to inhibit germ settling. The substances are harmless to human beings while germs, mould and bacteria die of contact. Dr. Ralph Brückner, Head of Research and Development, [...]
There are further videos from the IntAIRCOAT conference 2017 available for you: Progress in development of chromate free paint systems Airbus Operations GmbH Impact of surface preparation on the corrosion performance of exterior decorative coating systems The Boeing Company Development of icephobic materials – Progress, testing, and challenges Fraunhofer Institute [...]
