Corrosion Protection
AeroPel APW100 and 500 Series NPL deliver exceptional omniphobic surfaces to protect against corrosion for metallic airframe structures and components, including MIC for fuel tanks, while reducing surface friction to improve airflow in ECS ducting, and more.
Extreme Stability
AeroPel NPL is stable and functional in environments up to 400° Fahrenheit (204°C) and under extreme UV exposure levels. It is also extremely safe and easy to apply.
Ice Protection
New AeroPel variants are under development to offer superhydrophobic surfaces that limit ice nucleation and reduce ice adhesion strength by orders of magnitude below other available treatments.
Corrosion: One of the greatest challenges in aircraft readiness
Airframe and ground equipment corrosion, and the efforts to maintain a robust corrosion prevention and control program, can be a significant and hidden cost while also affecting aircraft availability and mission readiness. While advancements have been made, multiple protective measures can still fail sequentially over time allowing corrosion to occur. AeroPel NPL offers the aviation industry a 21st century solution to turn corrosion into history.
Ice Protection
'The best icephobic coating [they had] ever tested'
Unprecedented superhydrophobic surfaces to limit ice nucleation
AeroPel NPL Ice Protection Series
AeroPel’s next stop is development of the icephobic APC Series of surface treatments. Icephobic variants will offer:
- Water droplet contact angles >160° (compared to approximately 80° on bare substrate)
- Receding angles of water droplet >130° (compared to approximately 60° on bare substrate)
- Roll off angles <10°
- Ice adhesion strength of 0.71 psi (5.1 kPa) compared to bare substrate which is > 174 psi (1200 kPa)
AeroPel APC NPL is undergoing extensive testing specifically for the aviation industry. AeroPel APC was tested by the Air Force Research Laboratory and US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). The US Army CRREL called AeroPel NPL “the best icephobic coating [they had] ever tested”.
AeroPel APC is Being Developed to Mitigate Aircraft Icing
AeroPel APC Ice Protection Series are being developed to create superhydrophobic surfaces to limit ice nucleation and significantly reduce ice adhesion strength
AeroPel Products
AeroPel NPL Variants and Application Types
AeroPel NPL is a family of surface treatments developed to repel moisture and fluid build up for corrosion prevention, reduce surface friction, enhance flow, limit ice nucleation for ice protection, and mitigate aircraft icing. The advanced Nanocomposite Protective Layer family is in various stages of development for use across all sectors of aviation. Click below to learn more.
NPL variant families include:
Airframe Protection Series
ECS Protection & Enhancement Series
Fuel Tank Protection Series
Ice Protection Series
Coating demonstrations
Oceanit’s nanocomposite surface treatments impart valuable attributes such as hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, ice & deposition repellency, corrosion & erosion prevention, and bio-growth release.
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Get in touch
If you have any questions about EverPel, please send us a message using the form to the right.
To learn more about any of Oceanit’s other functional coatings & surface treatments, or our any of our other products, please visit Oceanit’s corporate website.