PPG announced that it has partnered with Satys, a French industrial group, to provide electrocoating (e-coat) for original equipment manufacturer aircraft parts.
Under the agreement, Satys, which is active in aircraft sealing, painting and surface treatment, will install a PPG AEROCRON™ e-coat primer system at its facility in Dugny, France.
With the PPG Aerocron primer system, metal aircraft parts are dipped into a bath of chrome-free electrocoat primer and charged with electrical current to apply the coating. According to the company, e-coat is a sustainable, waterborne system that produces minimal waste, has low volatile organic compounds and helps reduce aircraft fuel consumption due to weight savings provided by the lower paint usage.
The 2,100-gallon (eight cubic meters) e-coat tank at Dugny will be the largest in Europe, according to PPG, and could enable a single operator to coat several parts at once.