Airport runway cleaning
PRECISION RUNWAY RUBBER REMOVAL
Around the world, the pavement of airport runways is mostly made of concrete. In the process of takeoff and landing, rubber particles will fall off after friction between tires and the runway road surface, thus leaving rubber marks on the runway road surface of the airport. The accumulated runway glue marks will seriously reduce the skid resistance of the road surface and affect the take-off and landing safety of the aircraft. Therefore, the airport runway needs to be cleaned regularly to remove the rubber marks on the runway.
Traditional cleaning processes will cause irreversible damage to the runway. For this reason, a green and non-destructive cleaning process is urgently needed to effectively remove the rubber marks on the airport runway, ensure the anti-skid property of the runway, and ensure the safe take-off and landing of the aircraft. Our Swipe2Clean laser cleaning machines for runway cleaning use a green and non-destructive cleaning process and are professionally customized for airport runway degumming. It can not only effectively remove the tire rubber layer on the runway, but also will not cause any damage to the airport runway. It is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. It is the first choice for cleaning the runway. equipment. The runway friction value after de-glue has been tested to fully meet the specified standards, which improves the quality of the runway surface and ensures the normal take-off and landing of flights.
The cleaning process of high-power pulsed laser depends on the characteristics of the optical pulse generated by the fiber laser, and is based on the optical physical reaction formed by the interaction between the high-intensity beam, the short-pulse laser, and the pollution layer. The physics can be summarized as follows: the beam emitted by the laser is absorbed by a layer of contamination on the surface to be treated. The absorption of large amounts of energy forms a rapidly expanding plasma (highly ionized, unstable gas), creating a shock wave that breaks the pollutants into fragments and removes them. The width of the light pulse must be short enough to avoid the build-up of heat that would damage the surface being treated, where the plasma is generated when there is an oxide on the metal surface. When the technological parameters are appropriate, the pulsed laser can completely clean the rubber of the airport runway without damaging the surface of the substrate. High power pulse fiber laser, with high average power, high monopulse energy, uniform distribution of spot energy, universal control interface, strong compatibility, adjustable working frequency, high degree of homogenization of light beam, can fully meet the application of cleaning airport runway rubber cleaning.
Laser Cleaning——Airport Runway “Plastic Black” Terminator
For an airport, runways are a key facility for its operations. During high-speed landing, aircraft tires are exposed to high temperatures due to frictional contact with the runway surface. This high temperature causes the rubber formed by the tire to melt instantly and adhere to the texture of the road surface. As the number of friction increases and the time passes, the road surface is affected. The thickening of the rubber layer causes the friction coefficient of the road surface to decrease, which affects the braking performance of the aircraft, especially when the road surface is wet. The viscosity of the rubber on the runway significantly reduces the friction and directly affects the safe landing of the aircraft. Therefore, major airports must clean the runway irregularly every year, and ensure that the surface friction coefficient of the runway is not less than 0.5, so as to avoid accidents.
Runway and taxiway excursion accidents are the most frequent type of air accident worldwide, often resulting in loss of life and injuries for passengers and crew, along with severe disruption and reputational damage for airports. Airports can significantly reduce the likelihood of such accidents by taking their obligations seriously to test and maintain runway friction and visibility of line markings.
PhotonClean is the world’s most accurate and controlled runway rubber removal and paint removal system for airports. Whether a small regional airport or a major hub, we have solutions that save you money and keep you compliant.
At present, the commonly used degumming equipment in the industry includes ground milling machines and mobile shot blasting machines.
At present, the commonly used degumming equipment in the industry includes ground milling machines and mobile shot blasting machines.
Degumming of the ground milling machine will cause damage to the surface of the runway.
High-pressure waterjet brushing will cause damage to the surface and does not clean all the rubber away. Huge losses of water.
The shot blasting machine may remove steel shots from the runway. If it is not cleaned in time, it will cause damage to the aircraft and increase the workload of the workers.
In the actual cleaning of the runway, different energy and moving speed should be adopted according to the actual thickness of the “rubber black”, so as to achieve better cleaning efficiency and effect.
Our PhotonClean laser cleaning machine can be professionally customized for airport runway degumming.
It can not only effectively remove the tire rubber layer on the aircraft runway, but also not cause any damage to the airport runway.
It is both energy-saving and environmentally friendly.
It is the first choice for cleaning aircraft runways. device.
After degumming, the runway friction resistance value has fully reached the required standard after testing, improving the quality of the runway surface and ensuring the normal takeoff and landing of the flight.
