For the first time, a Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) took off on a passenger flight with the AeroSHARK surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The first Boeing 777-300ER with the functional riblet film developed by BASF and Lufthansa Technik. (© SWISS [...]
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 [...]
New primer from Mankiewicz passes Fraunhofer IFAM's characteristic suitability test for aircraft coatings Astrid Günther In the recently completed BMWi project "Low Drag Aircraft in Operation - LDAinOP" the Fraunhofer IFAM from Bremen in cooperation with Airbus and Lufthansa Technik has developed an optimized test method for aircraft coatings. This [...]
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 [...]
