Gen5 Aircraft Inserts — Designed for Exisiting Structures

Hangar Inserts

Aircraft painting inserts are a perfect solution if hangar space is available and can be re-used for this task. The paint booth insert just inserts into the hangar and is completely self-supporting, requiring only that the user bring in utilities and connect to the insert. The booth is built to local and national codes including NFPA-33 and OSHA.

The paint booths are usually purpose built for the kind of aircraft to be painted. All of them have produced excellent painting finishes, which is as much due to the painting environment as to the skills of the painter him/herself.

Inserts are available and have been installed for large aircraft including transports. The use of the insert concept can be integrated with the design of the building also.

We have installed many of these inserts all over the country and the world, and our experience is available to serve your needs.

Global Finishing Solutions is a proud member of the National Business Aviation Association
(NBAA) and holds a contract with GSA as an approved government supplier. For many years,
Global Finishing Solutions aviation spray booths have been recognized worldwide as the best
possible environment for coating application and curing.

Gen5 Aircraft Inserts — Designed for Existing Structures

Weather-Tight Spray Booth Designs

If a hangar is not available, the steel frame of the paint booth can be used to construct a stand-alone booth that is weather-tight and self-contained. The exterior is clad in the same type of steel siding used in most common pre-engineered buildings.

Temperature Controls

Aerospace paints are high-performance paints and require paint application environments that must often be temperature and humidity controlled. The addition or removal of humidity requires the use of specialized machinery. Thermal systems may require the addition of heat to cure the coating. Application of paint should be performed in a narrow temperature range to avoid issues with the paint.

GFS is the leader in designing the most modern environments with specialized equipment and controls. These systems often have mechanical or evaporative cooling and steam or evaporative humidity generators. GFS has done more high-tech mechanical systems installations of paint booths then any other supplier. We work with your architect to incorporate these systems into the building design to achieve even greater economy.

Recirulation

In today’s aerospace finishing industry where energy is such a concern, it is becoming common to implement the use of an air conditioning and exhaust recirculation system for the paint booth.

It is often a very cost effective measure to apply an exhaust recirculation system instead of the traditional 100% exhaust. Factors such as fire safety and personnel health must be considered before using an exhaust recirculation booth. This means the addition of monitors, controls and alarms must be added to the booth so painters are aware of the current conditions at all times. The benefits of this type of operation are immediately evident since energy costs are one fourth of the cost of a full exhaust system.

GFS has done many recirculation systems installations and is an industry leader in the required technology. Generally recirculation rates are 80% circulated and 20% fresh air, however recirculation rates of up to 60/40 and as low as 90/10 have been accomplished. The major factors on determining the recirculation rate are climate conditions and personnel safety and the ability to heat/cool the space.

Gen5 Aircraft Inserts — Designed for Existing Structures

Aerospace Filtration

Aerospace National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, or NESHAP for short, requires the use of high efficiency filters to remove 95% of particles over 2 micron in size under certain conditions. The use of a 3-stage filtration system is mandatory and the filters must be in accordance with EPA Method 319. GFS uses a filtration system that provides 99% removal of most paint spray aerosols. This exceeds the requirements of both of these environmental protection agencies.

Volatile Organic Compound Control

GFS offers carbon beds and filters that are used to remove up to 96% of VOCs from the air stream. The equipment utilizes a very simple carbon filter. It requires the addition of filter racks and maintenance access to remove these carbon cells. The function of the cells is to adsorb hydrocarbons from the air and capture them on the surface of the activated carbon. NESHAP considers carbon filtration an acceptable means of controlling designation. GFS has earned the “Best Available Control Technology” for our implementation of carbon based cell filters.

Doors

Doors are a critical element of paint booth design and many
options are available to suit the layout of an installation.
These include:
• Bottom-rolling filter doors
• Plenum filter doors
• Solid bottom rolling doors
• Multi-fold doors

Gen5 Aircraft Inserts — Designed for Existing Structures

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