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mainly within propeller-based aircraft,” Ian begins, offering an introduction to CAV’ s capabilities.“ We work with a diverse range of customers and businesses, primarily in the civil sector, with some involvement in military projects. We’ ve been in our current location in Durham for over 40 years and have a very local workforce of around 110 people.
“ The product that we offer is the result of innovative engineering, involving the micro-perforation of metallics and carbon fibers. Lots of small holes are drilled into titanium – around 800 holes per square inch – which we then form into the leading edge of a wing. We then do some chemical engineering to control the flow of fluid coming out of the panels, which we then assemble into an ice protection kit.”
With a comprehensive scope of design, manufacturing and engineering capabilities, CAV is more than a solutions provider: it is a true partner of choice across all corners of the global aerospace industry. From initial design conception to the testing, development, manufacture, and integration of its systems, CAV champions client collaboration at every stage to provide cutting-edge solutions that are engineered and tailored to every aircraft and need.
Two of CAVs most notable systems are its TKS ® and SLD products. Its TKS ® system is renowned as the industry’ s highestperforming in-flight protection system. The system is certified for installation in over 100 different aircraft model variants, and also available for integration on a wide range of general aviation aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle models in factory or as retrofit, providing both incredible efficiency and versatility. The system offers both anti-icing and de-icing capabilities, using a chemical fluid to break down ice on the aircraft’ s wings, windshield, propellers, stabilizers, and fixed landing gears. CAV’ s SLD Guard system works in a very similar way; specially
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