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New fire revelation system will be shortly in service on aircraft

USa - They are the result of new technologies application

The application of new technologies would be the base for the introduction on board aircraft of a new kind of fire revelation systems based on detection of thermal stress signs, instead that fire or smoke. When a material is heated up, a swarm of unseen microscopic particles boil off from it surface and sensors are devoted to detect them. (Gio/B)

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 24363
Rome, Italy, 02/28/2002 15:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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