Thierry Dubois for Aviation Week MRO
Materials should be carefully chosen, as they influence weight, maintenance needs and costs. Acro Aircraft Seating offers different materials for the seatback. In a basic Series 3 seat, the skeleton uses a glass-phenolic composite material, says Al Roots, Acro’s head of industrial design. “Weight and flammability are why we use them. Phenolic resins and glass-phenolic composites are inherently fire-retardant and have superior flammability properties. In addition, phenolics yield very low levels of smoke and combustion products under both flaming and smouldering fire conditions.”
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