Supersonic Gas Seperator »

Airborne is developing and manufacturing composite components for the next generation Twister Supersonic Gas Seperator. In this system, water can be seperated from gas with a minimum of pressure loss. The current generator Twister Seperator is operational on the Petronas / Shell B11 platform. With...

Published: 2005-11-01 11:59 am

UAV Components for Royal Dutch Army »

The Royal Dutch Army exploits Sagem’s Sperwer UAV for reconnaissance missions e.g. in NATO operations. During hard landings in rough terrain the belly pod (a structural part at the bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle) may get damaged. Airborne has been selected to perform structural repair...

Published: 2005-10-01 12:31 pm

Succesfull demonstrations PDT-COIL technology »

In the PDT-COIL project the technology is developed for a Power & Data Transmission Composite Coiled Tubing, to be used for oil & gas exploration and production. This project is carried out by an international consortium: Airborne Composites, Smartec, ETH Zurich, KU Leuven and Shell Global...

Published: 2005-09-01 12:29 pm

Propeller system for series manufacturing »

In the summer of 2005, the trials on the new EPS thruster were successfully completed at the MARIN marine institute in Holland. This has opened the way for the series manufacturing of these innovative propeller systems. About the product: Van der Velden Marine Systems introduced a highly...

Published: 2005-09-01 12:24 pm

Solar array panels »

This summer Airborne was selected to supply solar array panels for Surrey Satellite Technology in Guildford, United Kingdom. The carbon fibre / aluminium sandwich panels are produced in a clean room environment and cured in the Airborne autoclave at the Ypenburg, The Hague facility. The panels are...

Published: 2005-08-01 12:16 pm