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WWW.<strong>MROM</strong>ANAGEMENT.COM<br />
SEPTEMBER 20<strong>17</strong> | VOLUME 19 ISSUE 3<br />
Bounce back<br />
Turkish Technic<br />
Keep on going<br />
ATR Product Support<br />
Cutting edge<br />
Airbus BLADE<br />
On track<br />
Bombardier C Series
Hangars<br />
EXPANSION IN ESTONIA<br />
When <strong>Magnetic</strong> MRO’s new <strong>paint</strong> hangar project<br />
was announced in October 2016, achieving a 12<br />
month lead time seemed remarkably confident,<br />
but Maksim Kolesnik, Facility & Tooling Manager,<br />
and Kaspars Podins, Operations Manager (former<br />
Aircraft Paintshop Production Manager) say<br />
there was little doubt that the schedule would<br />
be maintained, probably due to their joint<br />
responsibility for the new hangar’s design.<br />
Indeed, they recently announced the date of<br />
the opening ceremony as 1 November 20<strong>17</strong>.<br />
The project began in 2016, in cooperation<br />
with Tallinn Airport, which is renting the hangar<br />
to the company. The existing single bay hangar<br />
was being used for maintenance and <strong>paint</strong>ing,<br />
but increasing demand for both services meant<br />
there would inevitably be conflicts in the future.<br />
In fact, the original <strong>paint</strong> bay will still be used<br />
for overflow work, for example, if a customer<br />
had a requirement for two aircraft to be <strong>paint</strong>ed<br />
simultaneously. Another driver is that the new<br />
hangar will be the only dedicated <strong>paint</strong> facility<br />
in the Baltic region, offering an incentive to<br />
airlines as they can avoid lengthy and expensive<br />
ferry flights to other locations.<br />
It was decided that the new building would<br />
have an overall area of 2,852m² doubling the<br />
area for <strong>paint</strong>ing and sized for the Airbus A320neo<br />
and Boeing 737 MAX. It would also be equipped<br />
with a custom docking system that can be<br />
tailored to serve different types of aircraft. The<br />
building includes the aircraft <strong>paint</strong>ing area<br />
(1,625 m²), workshops and office premises<br />
(1,224 m²). The workshop areas will extend the<br />
company’s capabilities as they include a spray<br />
booth for aircraft part <strong>paint</strong>ing, including VIP<br />
and interiors.<br />
The building’s engineering control system<br />
manages the ventilation system, and calculates<br />
heating and ventilation exchange rates and<br />
fresh air supplies needed for aircraft <strong>paint</strong>ing.<br />
In addition, the building is equipped with gas,<br />
compressed air, water and sewerage systems,<br />
for which the technical calculations have been<br />
calculated based on the needs of aircraft <strong>paint</strong>ing.<br />
Podins says all <strong>paint</strong>ing activities are supported<br />
by ISO 14001:2015 certificate, therefore the<br />
facility will definitely be environmentally<br />
friendly. Easily cleanable white walls and a<br />
low energy LED lighting system will reduce<br />
contamination build-up and create a brighter<br />
environment for better quality finishes. The<br />
crew, which will increase over time, are being<br />
trained on electrostatic spray guns, with<br />
assistance from, AkzoNobel, Mankiewicz, PPG<br />
and Sherwin-Williams. Base coat/clear coat<br />
will be the preferred finish.<br />
Once the hangar is up and running, the company<br />
will be able to turnaround up to four commercial<br />
aircraft, or two business aircraft, per month.<br />
(photo: <strong>Magnetic</strong> MRO)<br />
50 MRO Management<br />
www.mromanagement.com − <strong>Sept</strong>ember 20<strong>17</strong>
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