TAGS: Aerospace Coatings Industrial Coatings Plastic Coatings
The RELIANT project (researching metallic coatings to protect against contamination of plastic surfaces by SARS-CoV-2) is developing a durable virucidal and antibacterial coating to protect plastics used in aircraft.
Biological Testing on SARS-CoV-2 Viruses
One of the main focuses of RELIANT is biological testing on real SARS-CoV-2 viruses, using the expertise of the P3 security lab at the University Hospital and University of Limoges.
Once the coating has been developed and successfully confirmed in the test laboratories, it can also be utilized in many other industries in which Oerlikon Balzers is operating, including the automotive industry, the medical industry and the plastics and food processing industry.
It is an interdisciplinary project and a multi-year program conducted by the joint research laboratory “PROTHEIS”, which has been established by the CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research), the University of Limoges, Safran (a major player in the aerospace and defense sectors) and Oerlikon, a global technology group that engineers materials, equipment and surfaces.
Benefiting Customers and Partners in Aerospace Industry
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We are very proud to be involved in this pioneering project, which will not only benefit our customers and partners in the aerospace industry, but will also have a direct positive impact on the health of mankind in the long term”, says Gilles Widawski, President of Oerlikon France.
As a partner in an international research project, Oerlikon Balzers is now using its expertise, the result of longstanding partnerships with medical experts and universities and university clinics, to develop antimicrobial coatings for plastic components in the aerospace sector.
Source: Oerlikon