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 [...]
Southwest Airlines Co. recently opened a new maintenance facility at William P. Hobby International Airport. The 22.000 m2 maintenance complex, now the largest in the airline's network, includes offices, training facilities, warehouse space, and a 13.000 m² hangar. This allows for the nearly 400 Houston based Technical Operations Employees to [...]
Cr(VI)-free coatings and pretreatments for the aerospace industry Dr. Stefanie Wunder, Dr. Ulrich Christ: Fraunhofer IPA Mark Seibold: Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH As part of the Clean Sky 2 project of the Horizon 2020 research program, various commercial pretreatments, primers and top coats were analyzed at Fraunhofer IPA with regard to [...]
Shannon Group plc is on target to complete a new €18 million, more than 8500 m2 specialist aircraft painting hangar at Shannon Airport capable of accommodating some of the world’s largest aircraft at the end of 2019. The construction of the wide-body hangar is Shannon Group’s largest construction project to-date [...]
