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EXPERTS IN SURFACINGS

A MEMbER OF THE POSSEHL GROUP

POSSEHL ANTISKID®

The special High-Friction Surface for takeoff and landing runways

Today, modern aircraft and highly sophis-

ticated electronics in cockpits and control

stations make taking off and landing possi-

ble in nearly all kinds of weather.

Critical to landing and takeoff safety is the

traction of the landing gear tires on the run-

way surface.

In the continuing effort required to keep

up with the ever-increasing demands of air

travel, all of the technical and operational

possibilities must be closely examined for

potential means of increasing capacity.

The high-friction properties of POSSEHL

ANTISKID® significantly reduce runway

occupation time, while increasing safety

and capacity and, thereby, profitability.

POSSEHL ANTISKID®, a thin high-friction

surface, is laid in accordance with ICAO

“Aerodrome Design Manual - Part 3” guide-

lines and the “Advisory Circular”

requirements issued by the US Federal

Aviation Administration for the construction

of skid resistant runway surfaces.

The ANTISKID® surface fulfils the design ob-

jective coefficient stipulated in ICAO,

Annex 14, as well as the Performance

Definitions of the European Aviation Safety

Agency’s JAR-OPS1 for skid resistance on

dry and wet runways.

For improved safety in air travel,increased economy and runway surface longevity

POSSEHL ANTISKID®

The balanced micro and macro texture of

POSSEHL ANTISKID® significantly reduces

the danger of hydroplaning, while increas-

ing directional stability in the presence of

crosswinds. Surface water can flow off

through the spaces between the tire con-

tact surface and the microstructure of the

coarse mineral aggregates.

The friction is not impaired by slippery

weather conditions, such as slush, hoar-

frost, ice-film or surfaces wetted with de-

icing agents, longer distances are not

required to brake the aircraft and the ad-

vanced surfacing is so effective that the an-

ti-skid braking system of the aircraft does

not activate.

Thanks to its excellent frictional properties,

POSSEHL ANTISKID® also minimizes the

section of rubber residue build-up from tires

on the touch-down zone by 40 %.

The unique texture of the surfacing pro-

vides many other important advantages for

air travel.

At TAKEOFF:

POSSEHL ANTISKID® minimizes the rolling

resistance and loss of traction during ac-

celeration on wet runways, while vastly im-

proving directional stability, in particular, in

crosswinds.

For example, POSSEHL ANTISKID® guar-

antees constant directional stability in the

event of a rejected takeoff (RTO) before V1

has been reached.

At TAKEOFF and LANDING:

Even when the runway is damp or wet, the

15% increase in the Landing Distance Re-

quired (LDR) as stipulated in the JAR-OPS1-

Definition (EASA) is unnecessary. because

the dynamic hydroplaning is significantly

reduced, safety is vastly improved during

takeoff and landing.

Runway surfaces are subject to continu-

ous impacts and stress due to takeoffs and

landings as well as taxiing traffic, weather

conditions and the effects of fuel, hot en-

gine blasts, exhaust, deicing agents and

other winter maintenance activities. These

influences lead to the degradation of the

asphalt base course and loosening of the

mineral aggregate.

ANTISKID® placement at Athens Airport

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The schematic diagram shows clearly that water flows off through the spaces between the tire contact surface and the edges of the grain particles. This drainage provides reliable protection against flotation of the tires and prevents the dreaded hydroplaning effect.

Night placement of an EP-ANTISKID® (epoxy resin) surface at Dortmund Airport

POSSEHL ANTISKID® has also proven its value in the military sector throughout many years of use. If required, an additional camouflaging tone-down can be applied to takeoff and landing runways by means of a special tinting of the surface material in any color desired.

The next step in the degradation process,

a dreaded one, is the presence of foreign

object debris (FOD) on the runway, which

can cause damage to the engines and air-

frames of aircraft. At this point surface re-

newal has become inevitable.

Utilizing high quality materials, POSSEHL

ANTIKSID® provides reliable and lasting run-

way surface protection against these dete-

riorating influences, improves braking and,

furthermore, optimally preserves the sub-

base of air traffic surfaces.

The study group “Airport and Ground Envi-

ronment (AGE)” of the German Airline

Pilot Association (VC) states that negative

effects on the life span of aircraft tires due

to the superior runway friction properties

are not to be expected.

POSSEHL ANTISKID® accommodates win-

ter maintenance particularly well, as the

surface texture delays the icing process

and facilitates ice-free conditions. In fact,

the use of deicing agents is cut down by up

to 85 %, thereby providing savings and val-

uable protection to the environment.

POSSEHL ANTISKID® is the most effective

and economical surfacing system available

for the improvement of skid resistance and

surface protection. More than thirty million

square meters have been applied at over

130 airports in the last fifty years. Thanks

to our unique method of application, tech-

nological know how and modern machinery

and equipment, we can put down between

25,000 and 30,000 square meters per day

and 5,000 to 20,000 square meters per

night, limiting airport air traffic only minimal-

ly, if at all.

Due to POSSEHL ANTISKID®’s minimum

thickness of merely 4 mm, the raising of

existing runway lighting (at a top edge in-

stallation height of ± 0 mm), gutters, high-

speed exits and runway shoulders is unnec-

essary. The system’s functional attributes

and protection of the substrate have proven

to last for over twelve years without notice-

able degradation.

In many cases tests have shown that even

after twelve years of operation the friction

coefficient of heavily trafficked ANTISKID®

surfaces was still above the Maintenance

Planning Level as specified in ICAO, Annex

14. POSSEHL ANTISKID® has clearly dem-

onstrated its reliability establishing a proven

name for itself in the over fifty years it has

been in use.

Airports of various sizes and volumes have

chosen POSSEHL ANTISKID® throughout

the years, including Amsterdam, Athens,

brussels, Madrid, Prague, berlin-Tegel, ber-

lin-Schönefeld, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Er-

furt, Friedrichshafen, Rotterdam, Ljublja-

na, Sarajevo, Maastricht, Saarbrücken and

Egelsbach to name just a few of the civil

airports that benefit from the advantages of

the POSSEHL ANTISKID® surface.

REIFEN / TIRE /

PNEU / NEUmáTICO

ANTISKID

EXPERTS IN SURFACINGS

POSSEHL SPEZIALbAU GMbH

Gau-bickelheimer Straße 72

55576 Sprendlingen

Germany

Phone +49 (67 01) 93 50-0

Fax +49 (67 01) 93 50-50

info@possehl-spezialbau.de

www.possehl-spezialbau.de

POSSEHL SPEZIALbAU GMbH –

a member of the POSSEHL Group, Lübeck –

was founded in 1956. The head office is

located Sprendlingen, Germany.

The company offers construction services and

cds®-epoxy systems & flooring materials for

the preservation and maintenance of verhicu-

lar-use surfaces, industrial and manufacturing

areas and aircraft-use pavements.

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