DARA's pound3.2 million aircraft surface finishing facility comes on stream

摘要

One of the largest surface preparation and finishing facilities built in the UK for several years-and probably the largest plant of its kind in Europe-is now in operation at the Defence Aviation Repair Agency's new aircraft maintenance centre at St Athan,South Wales.The facility,which cost pound3.2 million,was designed and installed as a joint project by Sheffield-based Hodge Clemco Ltd and the US company Global Finishing Solutions,with Hodge Clemco providing project management.It consists of a plastic media paint stripping booth and four paint spray booths,all of them measuring 22.5 metres long x 20 metres wide x 8.5 metres high,to accommodate military jets such as the 'Tornado' and 'Eurofighter'.