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16 Technical Summer 2011 Issue 11 Reflections
Full waterborne,
chromate-free exterior
system for Eurofighter
<strong>AkzoNobel</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Coatings</strong> have been working with Cassadian (Formerly known as
EADS Defence and Security) to approve a full waterbased system for application to the
Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft.
For the first time in the history of <strong>AkzoNobel</strong>
<strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Coatings</strong> the complete exterior of
an aircraft was painted with waterbased
coatings from the Aerowave Series. This
comes on top of the Aerowave Series products
being approved for structural application and
has taken nearly 5 years of testing and trials.
The final step (application on an aircraft) was
taken with the painting of a Eurofighter Typhoon
in Germany.
<strong>AkzoNobel</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Coatings</strong> have received
recognition from Cassadian for a number of it’s
Aerowave Next Generation Waterborne Series
products. Aerowave 2001 corrosion inhibiting
primer, Aerowave 2002, none inhibiting chrome
free primer and Aerowave 5001 Polyurethane
topcoat have been approved for the
Eurofighter platform. The specifications involved
are SP-J-513-A-0016 type 3 class A,
SP-J-513-A-0013 type 3 class A and
SP-J-513-0083 type 3 class A respectively.
The Aerowave range will help Eurofighter
reduce process times and with a VOC of