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Aimplas studied a coating for aircraft to avoid the adherence of ice
14/01/2011
on January 14, 2011
The technological Institute of plastics (Aimplas) has begun the study of the development of a new material of nonstick coating for aircraft, intended to avoid ice and snow to adhere to the surface, allowing improve security and reduce costs to the airlines.
The principal investigator of the project, Amador Garcia, awarded one of the 2010 Plástico+Innovación awards for this initiative, explains that "the occurrence of ice on the aircraft is a major problem, which affects the safety of travellers and causes delays in flights", with considerable economic losses. "Therefore in Aimplas we ourselves develop highly abrasion-resistant non-stick materials, which does not leave that snow and ice are attached to the surface of the aircraft, would also dispense systems antihielo, lightening the weight of the aircraft".
"It is true that these techniques to solve the problem, but have indirect effects not desired as the substantial increase of the weight of the aircraft, which causes an increase in fuel consumption and a higher cost per flight, as well as the consequent emission of CO2 into the atmosphere." "New material that we are developing, being lightweight, avoids all these problems," says Garcia.
The project, now being developed in the laboratories of Aimplas.
