UV-Cure Military Aerospace Coatings—An Emerging Market

摘要

Certainly, the adoption of UV-cure coatings for military aerospace application has technical and implementation risks. However, the potential for ultra-fast curing and significantly reduced VOCs has convinced AFRL to make a serious investment in the technology. While coating a full aircraft using UV-cure technology is years away, a demonstration of UV-cure technology for repair and parts should be achievable in the near future. This will facilitate the development of higher performance UV-cure coatings and further define requirements of a potential MIL-SPEC for this exciting class of coatings. Successful results could benefit other commercial sectors as well, including aerospace OEMs and industrial equipment manufacturers.