In this episode of Struck we discuss some of the unique parts manufacturers and what they're doing in the aerospace industry. Kanfit--who makes unique composite and metal parts--can create in-house what it often takes multiple parts suppliers to make. We also discuss Niles expanded metal foils and how they protect aircraft; lastly, we discussed Hondajet's unique and game-changing robotic painting system and why it makes a big difference in lightning protection.

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Check out the companies we discuss during this podcast:

Kanfit - www.kanfit.com

Niles - http://www.nilesexpandedmetals.com/lightning-strike-protection/

Hondajet - https://www.hondajet.com

5:48 Kanfit capabilities

9:58 The difficulties of entering the aerospace market

14:03 How Kanfit builds efficient parts with composite and metal technologies

16:10 Niles expanded metal foils

18:44 Copper and aluminum expanded metal foils on composite parts

21:48 Hondajet painting

23:55 Why Hondajet's robotic painting is genius

30:10 Problems with Boeing 787 paint adhesion on the wing

Transcript

EP5 High Tech Composite Parts, Hondajet Robotic Painting and Metal Foils

00:00:08 - 00:05:01

Welcome back this is episode five of the struck podcast. I'm your co-host. Dan Blewett and I'm joined here remotely by lightning protection expert. Allen Hall. Allen, How are you. Great Dan how you doing? I'm doing well here on the struck podcast. We talk about everything. Lightning aviation and just current news in the airspace field. So Allen what is going on today in aviation. What do you got any news for us? Well everything is not flying. That's the news today. So planes are just buses. So Airbus's are literal buses. Right there literally buses or their cargo. Airplanes are seeing a lot of conversions happening making passenger planes cargo planes. Which is the thing to do. FedEx is really busy. There's a think of New York Times article talking about how busy FedEx is and We're on pretty much every FedEx aircraft with our straight product and when you have seen them flying a lot because everybody's things off Amazon and checks is one way to do. That was until recently you know FedEx an Amazon had a parting of the ways there. But there's still a lot of things being mailed around Because you know you stuck at home. So there's a lot of cargo business going on in that at least keeping some portion of the airplanes flying which is beneficial. Yeah and in my apartment building here in DC. They've and God bless all the people that are doing a lot of these tasks like concierge desk and they go get your packages from them and they. They're twenty-four seven which is nice compared to some buildings but yeah they said like hey please come down and get your packages quick when they come because we have way more packages than even like the table Christmas season. Whoa yeah. I mean so when you're you know I'm a pretty good-sized building and when you consider yeah just the people are trying to order literally everything and not leave their house which is good in the pandemic but it's not good for the people who have to handle all these packages and right now. We have to come down. Sign for like you know. That's fine for me. I interact with one person one time. But they're interacting with every every every day. Yeah so all of us have just been obviously trying to abide by whatever rules. They said and give them their distance and take their packaging and be about our way. But you know there's a lot of people doing those jobs you know whether it's your postal worker. You're package delivery man or woman. You're in all these things grocery workers like there's a lot of essential jobs that are just you know. I appreciate everyone. Continue to do those.