Aerospace Articles
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Paint Booths for Helicopters
Custom paint booths for the Helicopter industry. |
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Global Paint Facility
By: Richard Thelen, PE, Global Finishing Solutions
Published by: Air Maintenance Update, November 2009
"This facility is designed to be a world class painting facility; and it uses the latest Gen-5 paint booth technology for aircraft painting hangars." |
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Filter Changing Procedures
By: Richard Thelen, PE, Global Finishing Solutions
Published by: Metal Finishing magazine, May 2006
"What is the best rule for signaling the time to change filters? This question has been asked of spray booth manufacturers, as well as filter manufacturers. There is not an easy answer. Let’s look at filtration, fans and chamber design..." |
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Organic Finishing- Energy Reduction in Paint Booths
"If you own a paint booth, you know where most of the energy in your plant is going. The paint booth will require more energy to operate than most of the rest of your processes combined. What are the options for reducing energy usage in paint booths? Is it necessary to reduce performance in order to save on energy consumption? " |
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Painting Large Aircraft- An Integrated Approach
By: Richard Thelen, PE, Global Finishing Solutions
"The use of inserts for painting fighter aircraft in the military has a long established and proven record of success..."
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Putting Profit into Painting Planes
By: Richard Thelen, PE, Global Finishing Solutions
"I paint the planes and get the colors and finish just right, but I have a lot of re-work. It takes a lot of time to buff it correctly and get the imperfections out of the surface. If you get just one little dust particle in the surface, you can see it from a long way off and it just has to be fixed..." |
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They Are Different
By: Richard Thelen, PE, Global Finishing Solutions
"What are the design differences that make a successful aircraft paint booth? This is a common question that is frequently answered incorrectly or indifferently. We will try to show some distinctions that make aircraft paint booths different from booths that are used to paint trucks, buses, cars, construction machinery and the like. These distinctions will suggest to the designer several different design techniques that spell the difference between success and failure." |
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