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Kremlin Airmix Gives 97.5 Gloss Factor for Aircraft Refinishing

Kremlin Airmix Gives 97.5 Gloss Factor for Aircraft Refinishing aircraft refinishing) certainly could not match it. The quality of finish now being Kremlin Airmix Gives achieved with Airmix by Lovaux has meant that they face the coming months with full order books. To handle this 97.5% Gloss Factor for extra work they are expanding their hangar facilities, including raising the roof on one in order to accommodate Aircraft Refinishing the tailplane of Boeing 737's. Pioneer Kremlin Spray Painting Equipment Ltd pioneered the air assisted airless method of spraying when they first introduced their Airmix system in 1975. The startling reduction in lacquer and paint fog that resulted is obtained by providing initial atomisation of the materials through the pre-shaped orifice in the spray tip and then uniforming the resultant fan obtained with low pressure air supplied to the horns on the air cap, thus giving a perfect spray pattern. This results in a much lower velocity of the paint or lacquer particles, and without the usual vast quantity of atomising air being blown at the work there is less APPLYING refinishing coats to BAC (PE) have verified that aircraft refinished rebound of paint particles from the 1-11's, Boeing 737's and BAe HS125's by Lovaux using Airmix have now surface being sprayed from the Airmix achieved gloss factors of 97.5%. is not a job that can be handled in a gun than there is with a conventional spray booth — conventional booths jus t spray gun. do not come in that size. In consequence, Full order books despite fitting extensive air extraction facilities, aircraft refinishers find that thanks to Airmix Kremlin Spray Painting Equipment using traditional air spray equipment Ltd., means that the hangar is often shrouded Kremlin state that conventional air 839 Yeovil Road, in paint overspray and at considerable spray guns would find it hard to equal Slough, discomfort to the sprayers. this, let alone exceed it — and HVLP Berks. SL1 4JA. Lovaux Ltd based at Bournemouth (which would not have the output for Tel: 0753 38143. International Airport, Hum, Dorset are specialists in refinishing both civil aircraft such as BAC 1-11's, Boeing 737's and HS125's and also military aircraft through the M.O.D. (PE). They have tackled the overspray problem by installing two Kremlin Airmix 30.35 spray units, which operate two Airmix spray guns each. Significant paint savings In addition to seeing a marked decrease in paint overspray, giving much better working conditions, Lovaux have also found that Airmix has brought them significant paint savings. Kremlin Airmix, which was the pioneer in air assisted airless spraying, is now readily acknowledged as being the leader in reducing paint costs. There have been some, however, who have disputed Kremlin's claim that a skilled spray operator will achieve just as good a quality finish as with the old conven­ tional air spray gun. Lovaux point out that the M.O.D. 12 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING — January 1991 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

Kremlin Airmix Gives 97.5 Gloss Factor for Aircraft Refinishing

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology , Volume 63 (1): 1 – Jan 1, 1991
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aircraft refinishing) certainly could not match it. The quality of finish now being Kremlin Airmix Gives achieved with Airmix by Lovaux has meant that they face the coming months with full order books. To handle this 97.5% Gloss Factor for extra work they are expanding their hangar facilities, including raising the roof on one in order to accommodate Aircraft Refinishing the tailplane of Boeing 737's. Pioneer Kremlin Spray Painting Equipment Ltd pioneered the air assisted airless method of spraying when they first introduced their Airmix system in 1975. The startling reduction in lacquer and paint fog that resulted is obtained by providing initial atomisation of the materials through the pre-shaped orifice in the spray tip and then uniforming the resultant fan obtained with low pressure air supplied to the horns on the air cap, thus giving a perfect spray pattern. This results in a much lower velocity of the paint or lacquer particles, and without the usual vast quantity of atomising air being blown at the work there is less APPLYING refinishing coats to BAC (PE) have verified that aircraft refinished rebound of paint particles from the 1-11's, Boeing 737's and BAe HS125's by Lovaux using Airmix have now surface being sprayed from the Airmix achieved gloss factors of 97.5%. is not a job that can be handled in a gun than there is with a conventional spray booth — conventional booths jus t spray gun. do not come in that size. In consequence, Full order books despite fitting extensive air extraction facilities, aircraft refinishers find that thanks to Airmix Kremlin Spray Painting Equipment using traditional air spray equipment Ltd., means that the hangar is often shrouded Kremlin state that conventional air 839 Yeovil Road, in paint overspray and at considerable spray guns would find it hard to equal Slough, discomfort to the sprayers. this, let alone exceed it — and HVLP Berks. SL1 4JA. Lovaux Ltd based at Bournemouth (which would not have the output for Tel: 0753 38143. International Airport, Hum, Dorset are specialists in refinishing both civil aircraft such as BAC 1-11's, Boeing 737's and HS125's and also military aircraft through the M.O.D. (PE). They have tackled the overspray problem by installing two Kremlin Airmix 30.35 spray units, which operate two Airmix spray guns each. Significant paint savings In addition to seeing a marked decrease in paint overspray, giving much better working conditions, Lovaux have also found that Airmix has brought them significant paint savings. Kremlin Airmix, which was the pioneer in air assisted airless spraying, is now readily acknowledged as being the leader in reducing paint costs. There have been some, however, who have disputed Kremlin's claim that a skilled spray operator will achieve just as good a quality finish as with the old conven­ tional air spray gun. Lovaux point out that the M.O.D. 12 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING — January 1991

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