Recently Lufthansa Technik and BASF have succeeded in making a breakthrough in reducing aerodynamic drag on aircrafts as part of a joint project. “AeroSHARK”, a surface film that mimics the fine structure of a shark’s skin, is to be rolled out on Lufthansa Cargo’s entire freighter fleet from the beginning [...]
The aerospace company Turkish Aerospace is currently building one of the most high-tech production facilities in the aerospace industry. Sixteen robots from will coat more than 50 different components in two highly automated paint facilities. Dürr developed a new solution for this which, for the first time, enables both water-based [...]
Maas Aviation has opened a new purpose-built paint shop at Kaunas Airport (KUN). The facility grows the company`s global footprint to eleven paint shops and increases their overall MRO capacity in Europe by 40%. Designed to achieve the highest industry quality standards, the facility features the latest technologies, including systems [...]
Gamma Aerospace has completed a more than 8.2 Million Euro expansion of service offerings at its Mansfield, Texas operation and its Rapid Anodizing located in Los Angeles, California. The company is a specialized, end-to-end provider of engineered airframe and flight components for leading original equipment manufacturers and Tier I suppliers [...]
Representatives from the companies Safran, the Oerlikon Group, the CNRS and the University of Limoges recently signed a memorandum of understanding announcing the establishment of a joint research laboratory called PROTHEIS in Limoges and a technology platform called SAFIR. The two newly created facilities will specialize in surface treatment for [...]
René Lang is now responsible for Mankiewicz's global aviation. He follows in the footsteps of Andreas Ossenkopf. Michael Grau, CEO and owner of Mankiewicz, regrets the loss of Ossenkopf: "We are grateful for his particularly motivating optimism, inventive spirit and strength of implementation. He and his team have made aviation [...]
As idw-online reports researchers of TU Graz have recently applied a shark-skin similar coating on engine blades and tracked the course of the cooling air in the engine. That way, they make aircraft more fuel-efficient, less expensive and quieter. Emil Göttlich, a researcher at the Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and [...]
The Israeli subsidiary of Bodo Möller Chemie has successfully passed the certification according to the ISO:9001 standard with the AS9120 extension for the aerospace industry. The quality management system meets strict international requirements for company processes and is applicable to consulting, marketing and sales of chemicals and non-metals for the [...]
Southwest Research Institute and XYREC have recently developed at robot-guided laser for the stripping of paints and other coatings from full-body aircrafts. This laser coating removal (LCR) robot was recognized by R&D World magazine as one of the 100 most significant innovations of 2020. The LCR is the only robotic [...]
Miba's sputtering technology was recently awarded the jury prize for radical innovation at the State Prize for Innovation in recognition of particularly outstanding achievements. The developed coating process leads to 15% less fuel consumption, 20% less noise and 15% less CO2 emissions in aircraft turbines. Thereby Miba`s sputter technology makes [...]
