| Aviotech International established a marketing
cooperation with VMS Aircraft, a US company based in San Diego, USA to
promote various aerospace chemicals, including the 3M aerospace products. |
| " A typical
fighter aircraft is held together with anywhere from 100,000 to 3,000,000
fasteners, and a transport aircraft averages 5 to 10 times that number.
These fasteners must be coated for easy installation and corrosion protection.
The aircraft structures themselves require protective paints and coatings
to prevent erosion and weakening over long lifetimes, often several decades
" [Ms Virginia C Lopez, Aerospace Industries Association] |
| A major concern in the aerospace / aircraft
chemical industry is how to supply these necessary, often hazardous, products
within the framework of regulations and restrictions imposed in the manufacturing
and transportation sectors. |
| The United States Federal
Register [Vol 60, No 170, 9/1/95] published the final rule concerning the
Environmental Protection Agency's National Emission Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants [HAP] for Source Categories [40 CFR Parts 9 and 63]. Tha
HAP listed in Section 112[b][1] include chromium, cadmium, methylene chloride,
toluene, xylene, methyl ethyl ketone, ethylene glycol and glycol ethers.
Following are several manufacturing operations affected by these rulings,
EPA cost estimates for implementation and several solutions. |
MANUFACTURING
CLEANING OPERATIONS
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Solvent applicator disposal
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Solvent storage
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Solvent handling and transfer
COATINGS
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HAP content limits
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VOP content limits
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Emission control and capture
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Application techniques
DEPAINTING OPERATIONS
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Chemical stripper and softener emissions
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Decal removal for commercial and military aircraft
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Equipment operation procedure
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HAP emissions efficiency
CHEMICAL MILLING MASKANT
APPLICATIONS
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Organic HAP emissions
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VOC emissions
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Content limits
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Emission control and capture
COST ESTIMATES FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF ABOVE REGULATIONS
based on 15 year equipment
life and 7% p.a interest
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Approximately US$ 21 million
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As high as US$ 6660 milion, if a blast depainting
procedures is used
MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
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VERTREL from DuPont
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Replacement of chromic acid anodize with a boric
sulfuric acid anodize
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Zinc-nickel-alloy plating alternatives to cadmium
plating for paint and solid film lubrication applications
RESTRICTED PRODUCTS
AWAITING SOLUTIONS
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Bonded solid-film lubricants
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Rain-erosion coatings
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High-temperature coatings
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Fastener coatings
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Thermal-control coatings
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Fuel-tank lining coatings
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Shielding for electromagnetic and radio frequency
interference
TRANSPORTATION
REGULATIONS
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IATA - Dangerous goods regulations
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IMDG - Ocean Regulations
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US federal Regulations on Sale
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DoT US Regulations on Ground Transport [49CFR]
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Foriegn Government Regulations
OBLIGATIONS OF PRODUCT
DISTRIBUTOR
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Market research into environmentally safe alternatives
to existing hazardous materials
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Updating the customer on existing product regulations
/ restrictions and supply options
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Timely delivery, storage and material consolidation
for the international market
The above is presented
by Mehul Seth, President of VMS Aircraft during the Aviotech 1998 Sales
Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, February 19, 1998. He later attended the
Aviotech 2000 Sales Conference -also in Bali- and established an MoU with
Universal Maintenance Facility -represented by Agus Supraptomo, VP
Aero Engine Marketing to provide the logistics support for chemical products.
For further information about the products, please contact Ms
Mardhana Dewi, General Manager Marketing
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