Aerospace and Industrial Painting

Aerospace and Industrial Painting

Galver Srl has been in the painting business since 1999 as an Agusta Westland supplier for painting helicopter parts and segments.

From the experience gained and in-depth knowledge of the details, comes the approach to the painting activity, as a special process governed by predefined timelines and controls.
The company is able to elaborate, through the experience gained and the help of its Engineering Department, painting cycles that consider all the variables present in the activity to be performed, such as:

  • Type of paint (resin, gloss, color);
  • Required dry thickness;
  • Viscosity of the paint;
  • temperature and relative humidity of application;
  • characteristics of the application mode;
 

and to subsequently proceed with application, offering the end customer a high-quality service. The plant is equipped with two paint booths, with dimensions of 8000 × 4340 × h3960 e 8000 x 4340 x 2660.

The booths are equipped with air conditioning and abatement systems for solvents and dust generated by the application.

The main activities performed are as follows:

  • Surface preparation by manual and/or mechanical sanding;
  • Paint stripping using environmentally friendly chemical paint strippers;
  • Extrusion, brush or trowel application of sealants;
  • Application of polyurethane, acrylic and epoxy paints;
  • Application of adhesive primer, when required, following electroplating treatment.

Solid lubricant application

The lubricants used, conforming to MIL-L-23398 and SAE AS5272, are intended for use on metal surfaces where it is difficult to apply or maintain conventional lubricants or where other lubricants are easily contaminated by dust and dirt. Solid film lubricants are generally suitable for applications on parts subject to sliding motion, but are not intended for use with oils or greases except where favorable performance characteristics are established.

Static balancing of tail rotor blades

Static balancing of the blades consists of a check of their mass distribution along the aperture: all rotor blades, although made with the same criteria, do not have the same mass distribution. To avoid this, with consequent influence on aeroelastic behavior of the aircraft, we proceed to the static balancing with respect to a blade taken as a reference (Master Blade). For the customer Leonardo Helicopters Galver Srl performs static balancing of AW101 tail rotor blade.