This project aims at playing a significant role in the new generation of airbone and electronic systems required by the new
aeronautical programs (A380, A350 XWB, A400M, B787,…).

The project will focus on:

Predictive maintenance is a major goal of the aeronautical sector.It enables to monitor the aircraft’s "health" and schedule the technical interventions at the best moment, while complying with the technical and economical tight requirements of maintenance.

To do so, it is required to design, develop and manufacture health monitoring microsystems, built in both aircraft and space structures and systems, which goals are the early detection of problems, the reduction of maintenance costs and the extension of the service life of structures and equipment.

This project aims at accelerating the transition of the Walloon aircraft industry with an extensive use of composite materials in aircraft instead of metallic materials. Composite materials enable indeed to reduce the weight of aircraft (and thus their consumption), to increase the mechanical performance of structures (and thus their durability) and to reduce the ecological impact (noise, pollution, etc.).

The investment project aims at providing Advanced Coating with a computerized and automated system of plasma spraying and HVOF. This new equipment unique in Wallonia, will also be provided with a two-position turntable and will permit the mass surface coating of aircraft components.
Surface treatment processes will protect parts against wear, fretting or even high temperature oxidation.

Nowadays we produce all kinds of high technical quality prepreg parts under vacuum and in autoclave.

Composite materials, using prepreg materials offer technical and environmental qualities.

Among other realizations, our company has built the domes for the Very Large Telescope, developed for ESO on the site of Cerra Paranal (Chile), the nozzles and the fairings for the A380 Airbus, weapon protection for the “FN”...

 

Products

Advanced thermal sprayed coatings (metals, alloys, abradables, ceramics and carbides) onto mechanical components up to Ø2000x6000 mm

Main properties:

• wear resistance (abrasion, erosion, fretting)
• abradable
• thermal barrier
• high temperature corrosion resistance
• electric insulation
• power conductivity...

Capabilities