 Both EnviroStip ® and Aerostarch Systems clientele include some of the world's leading aircraft and component manufacturers.
 Boeing-ASTA, Melbourne, Australia
Aerostarch Systems recently supplied the Boeing-ASTA facility in Melbourne with a custom made automated blast room stripping system built by USF Schlick GmbH. This system provides wheat starch stripping technology using EnviroStrip ® wheat starch media.
The Boeing-ASTA installation is a one-nozzle system employing a 6-axis Fanuc robotic arm suspended from an overhead gantry. The process is contained within a blast room enclosure measuring 11m in length x 5m in width x 4m in height (36 ft x 16 ft x 13 ft). This automated blast room can accommodate the largest composite structures such as elevators and flight controls.
EnviroStrip ® wheat starch 30/50 is currently being used to remove the coatings from Airbus A330 and A340 landing gear doors. A Tedlar® coating and polyurethane topcoat, found on the inner side of these doors, is removed with wheat starch. In accordance with an Airbus approved composite repair procedure, a wide flat nozzle is used at low pressures of 30psi (2 bar) and a constant angle of 45 degrees.
The Boeing-Asta facility is the third "automated" system installed for wheat starch stripping. The other two which employ similar technology are the Aerospatiale-MATRA Airbus repair station in Nantes, France and the French Air Force installation in Cuers, France.
EnviroStrip ® Major Users
EnviroStrip ® is the depainting media choice for the following aircraft companies:
- NASA
- Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG)
- Boeing Defense & Space Group (BDSG)
- Cessna Aircraft
- Raytheon (formerly Beech Aircraft)
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- Joint Stars
- Lockheed
- United Airlines
- Bombardier-Canadair
- Canadian Department of National Defence (DND)
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SMDS (Starch Media Depaint Systems) Pty Ltd - Albury, Australia
Aircraft Depainting and Refinishing
Aerostarch supplied SMDS Pty Ltd of Albury with a USF Schlick GmbH custom built manual wheat starch blasting machine.
Located at Worland Aviation Services within the perimeter of Albury (NSW) Airport, Starch Media Depaint Systems aims to provide a depaint service for all aircraft surfaces, including Kevlar, carbon fibre, alclad and steels.
Owned and operated by David Worland, quality standards are achieved to the highest possible with only approved equipment, personnel and facilities.
With existing equipment and expertise, Starch Media Depaint Systems is able to offer a single approved method for paint removal which is environmentally friendly, causes no damage to substrate and is up to 50% quicker than other methods. Substantial improvements in depaint rates are achieved with no change to media, air pressure or media flow rates.
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