- Oerlikon Balzers has been successfully supplying surface coatings for Airbus since 2012
- Oerlikon Balzers’ RS50 coating system meets the Airbus technical and industrial requirements
- BALINIT C, a non-hazardous and REACH-compliant alternative to hard chrome plating
Oerlikon Balzers is qualified for its RS 50 coating system from Airbus. Oerlikon is the leading provider of surface solutions and RS 50 is the latest technology for Carbon coatings. RS 50 has got qualification from Airbus due to an assurance of REACH-compliant PVD coatings with BALINIT C. Ferrières-en-Brie near Paris, a major aeronautical certified company, is related with this development.
The RS 50 system is Airbus AIPS 02-04-007-specified to coat parts with BALINIT C. The coating is REACH-compliant and non-hazardous and an alternative to hard Chrome plating. It is applicable to aircraft components using Steel and Titanium and those applied with alloys. It is very light and non-friction material withstanding high loads and minimizing surface fatigue and wear resistance.
Oerlikon in 2018 received from Airbus for two UK Customer Centers. To coat Copper alloys with BALINIT C, France has the ‘Qualified Supplier’ status. Oerlikon has been successful to provide surface coatings to Airbus.
Oerlikon Balzers has its Customer Centers in Milton Keynes (Great Britain), Ferrière-en-Brie (France), Guelph (Canada), and Niederkorn (Luxembourg). All of these are Nadcap-certified to render first-class coating solutions and services to the Aerospace industry. National Aerospace and DefenseContractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP) is an economical consensus for special products and processes and a worldwide, industry-controlled cooperation program. It is pursued with continuous improvement in the Aerospace industry.
"We are very pleased that the RS 50 coating system from Oerlikon Balzers is responsible for the technical and industrialAirbus has met and qualified to meet the aircraft component supply chain.with REACH-compliant PVD coatings, ”says Toby Middlemiss, Global Aerospace& Defense Segment Manager at Oerlikon Balzers. "We know the trust that Airbus has placed in us for years very much appreciated, and will continue to offer cutting-edge services in the coming decades, based on the latest coating technologies and systems, such as the RS 50. "
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