Proprietary plastic used to enhance service life, improve acoustics for
cabin windows
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2014--
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies group has been
selected by Gulfstream to supply windshields, side cockpit windows and
passenger-cabin window assemblies for the G500™ and G600™ business jets
that will provide superior performance for operators and maximum
efficiencies for Gulfstream. The passenger-cabin windows will use
OPTICOR™ advanced transparency material to maintain optical clarity and
provide a quieter cabin. The equipment has been proven through its use
on the Gulfstream G650™ program.
According to Mark Hood, PPG Aerospace global platform manager for
general aviation transparencies, the windshields and windows will offer
clean aerodynamics, reliability, acoustic and safety benefits, and fuel
economies.
“PPG’s transparencies have a demonstrated history of performance,” Hood
said. “Aircrews will appreciate the enhanced visibility through the wide
windshields and broad side cockpit windows. Passengers will enjoy better
viewing through the passenger-cabin windows that are aviation’s largest
in a bright, quieter cabin.”
The passenger-cabin windows will have an outboard ply of Opticor
advanced transparency material that is extremely resistant to crazing.
It will be laminated to stretched acrylic for optimum stiffness and
assembled with an inboard coated glass panel that can be heated for
antifogging.
Hood said PPG acoustic tests of the cabin windows showed they reduced
sound transmission by about 20 percent more than the cabin windows for
the GV jet, while being 16 percent larger. Additionally, the new
cabin-window assemblies will have about one-fourth as many parts,
reducing assembly time by more than half.
The passenger-cabin windows and side cockpit windows are designed to
meet higher cabin pressure with less deflection, providing aerodynamic
benefits and weight savings that will contribute to a quieter, smoother
flight and better fuel efficiency.
The heated glass windshields will have SURFACE SEAL® water-repellent
coating by PPG as the primary rain-removal system, which will enable
Gulfstream to certify the aircraft without windshield wipers and reduce
related drag and weight. Gulfstream has specified Surface Seal
coating for windshields since fielding the Gulfstream V jet.
PPG will produce the cockpit windows and passenger-cabin window
assemblies at its Huntsville aircraft products plant for delivery to
Gulfstream’s Savannah, Georgia, facility. Opticor advanced
transparency material is manufactured at PPG’s Sylmar, California,
aerospace transparencies plant.
PPG earned a 2013 Gulfstream Supplier of the Year award for its
transparencies produced in Huntsville and Sylmar and by its Ampaspace
subsidiary in Casaletto Vaprio, Italy.
PPG Aerospace is the aerospace products and services business of PPG
Industries. PPG Aerospace – Transparencies is the world’s largest
supplier of aircraft windshields, windows and canopies. PPG Aerospace –
PRC-DeSoto is the leading global producer and distributor of aerospace
coatings, sealants, and packaging and application systems. For more
information, visit www.ppgaerospace.com.
PPG: BRINGING INNOVATION TO THE SURFACE.(TM)
PPG Industries’ vision is to continue to be the world’s leading coatings
and specialty materials company. Through leadership in innovation,
sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial,
transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and
aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other
company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and
operates in nearly 70 countries around the world. Reported net sales in
2013 were $15.1 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (symbol:PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com.
G500, G600 and G650 are trademarks of Gulfstream Aerospace
Corp.
Bringing innovation to the surface and Opticor are
trademarks and the PPG Logo and Surface Seal are
registered trademarks of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
Source: PPG Industries
PPG Industries
Audrey Fujimoto, PPG Aerospace, +1-818-741-1685
audrey.fujimoto@ppg.com
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