New technology extremely facilitates aircraft decorating Dutch robot manufacturer XYREC has developed a new robot-based printing technology for aircrafts. In February, the technology was successfully demonstrated in Hamburg by printing a large digital image on an Airbus A320 fuselage. Peter Boeijink, CEO of XYREC is certain: “The demonstration marks the [...]
Lufthansa Technik Intercoat GmbH has recently started automatic coating applying the "Advanced Epoxy Coating" process. Currently, the workpieces have to be rotationally symmetrical. These include, for example, parts of engines or valves - "components from everywhere" as Andreas Sauer, Managing Director of Lufthansa Technik Intercoat, says. For automatic coating, high [...]
From 14th – 15th May, the aircraft coating industry meets in Hamburg, Germany to discuss the latest innovations, techniques, materials and strategies. One higlight of the conference is the Guided Tour through the AIRBUS painting facilities on 13th May. The program is out now and features 23 technical presentations about [...]
West Star Aviation recently opened a new paint and maintenance hangar at the Chattanooga facility. With the completion of the new facilities, West Star now occupies over 162.000 m2 of space at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. The completed expansion includes a new 60.000 m2 maintenance facility with 37.000 m2 of [...]
AkzoNobel’s Aerospace Coatings business supplied products for a new long-distance tanker aircraft commissioned by the French Air Force. It is the French Air Force`s first A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) to be finished with an external water-based topcoat, namely Aerowave 5001. “We’re extremely proud of this substantial achievement, which [...]
e. Luterbach installs new aircraft paint shop in the United Arab Emirates Dr. Astrid Günther Hot - more than 45°C are not uncommon here - and sandy these are oftentimes the first associations coming up in connection with Abu Dhabi. Economically, it is probably the oil industry that most people [...]
MIT -Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a completely passive, solar-powered way of combating ice buildup. Preventing the buildup, for instance on aircraft wings, usually requires energy-intensive heating systems or chemical sprays that are environmentally harmful. The new system offers another solution. It is remarkably simple, based on a [...]
From 14th – 15th May, the aircraft coating industry meets in Hamburg, Germany to discuss the latest innovations, techniques, materials and strategies. One higlight of the conference is the Guided Tour through the AIRBUS painting facilities on 13th May. Right now, we are working on the conference programme, that will [...]
Earlier this year GKN Aerospace announced the development of an hydrophobic coating for cockpit windows. The revolutionary coating was flight-triallied by Airbus and is currently assed by a major USA airline. The permanent surface treatment delivers in-flight/ground operation rain shedding and significantly enhances resistance to surface abrasion. Test results indicate [...]
Hardide Coatings has been awarded funding for two projects from the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Program (“NATEP”), a 16,3 million Euro aerospace initiative program. The first project is the development of a grinding and super-finish technology for the Hardide-A coating. This project is supported by Airbus, Perfect Bore Manufacturing Ltd. [...]
