Faced with a need to maintain passenger and cargo aircraft, including an A380 or two B777-300s simultaneously, independent MRO company, HAITEC, found it was able to expand its aircraft servicing capabilities with the help of Cavotec.
Cavotec, a manufacturer and systems integrator of advanced ground support equipment, supplied HAITEC’s hangar with eight 2500+ Series 400Hz Solid State Frequency Converters in addition to 400Hz pop-up pits, two fuel exhaust pits, concrete chambers and related ducting and cables in order to meet the MRO’s needs.
“We were selected for this work, in part, due to our high-quality turnkey solutions that offer customers unique functionality for MRO operations,” says Sven Paier, Cavotec business development director - airports systems.
“Combining our advanced Series 2500+ 400Hz Solid State Frequency Converter with our pop-up solutions was the most effective way of achieving increased operational flexibility at the HAITEC facility,” adds Taner Türk, technical sales engineer at Cavotec Fladung.
Cavotec officials say the company’s 2500+ Series GPU provides customers like HAITEC flexibility as it supports multiple aircraft power requirements and operation methods. The design ensures airports can use it for all types of gate designs, including passenger boarding bridge mounted, ground mounted, mobile, horizontally or vertically mounted.
Cavotec says the 2500+ is “designed to global standards for a global market” because it is a single product that meets the needs of airports, airlines and ground handling companies, whether installed at contact gates, remote aprons or MRO facilities, and in fixed or mobile configurations.
The unit can be used to service new generation aircraft, including the A380, B787 and A350. The 2500+ delivers up to 500 percent overload capacity, with continuous power factor 1, in ambient temperatures of up to 60 degrees C, according to Cavotec. It can also be integrated with a 400Hz coiler called the Cavotec 2500+ PowerPack I-Connect.
Cavotec says that having a single unit that can be installed at different locations in a variety configurations using the same parts improves operational efficiency and reduces operating expense. The unit measures 48 inches by 30 inches by 30 inches and weighs 1,257 pounds.
The 2500+ is equipped with Cavotec Skyway, an embedded software interface, which provides information about the operational status of the converter, as well as equipment connected to it such as 400 Hz pits and coilers. Cavotec Skyway includes a data log and multi-language functionality, and it can be accessed remotely via Bluetooth-enabled devices such as tablets and smartphones.
The system also provides information from the unit, (status, performance etc.), via email or RDS feed. Operators do not need to be physically next to the unit to obtain such information, making operations faster and simpler, according to Cavotec.
The functionality of Cavotec Skyway can be extended with Cavotec Skyway Terminal, an application that maps airport gates and installed equipment such as 400Hz converters and Pre-Conditioned Air units. It provides a live visual feed of equipment status. In the event of any problem, an alarm is displayed on the screen, or an alert is automatically emailed to pre-selected airport personnel. Operators simply click on any of the displayed equipment and remotely access the unit from wherever he or she is to obtain preliminary diagnostics on equipment status. If access to an Ethernet network is available, Cavotec service teams also receive live status information for the equipment, and are able to conduct an amount of troubleshooting remotely.
Cavotec, which has more than 40,000 aircraft service systems installed globally, can also work with customers on turnkey and tailor-made solutions to optimize the positioning of utility pits and relevant equipment associated with the company’s systems.
