- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A filler put into some types of fabric or paper to fill the pores and make the material smooth and stiff. Starch is often put into cloth as a sizing so it will stay smooth when it is ironed.
Industry:Aviation
A filter that separates contaminants from a fluid by centrifugal action. The contaminants are thrown by rotary motion into traps that hold them until they can be removed.
Industry:Aviation
A filter through which air entering the induction system of a reciprocating engine must pass. Filters remove sand and dust, preventing them from entering the engine.
Because of the possibility of the filter being obstructed by ice, provisions are made to bypass it and allow the engine to take in warm, unfiltered air from the engine compartment.
Industry:Aviation
A fine abrasive stone. Hones are used to sharpen cutting tools and to smooth a surface by wearing away surface roughness.
Industry:Aviation
A fine, white clay used for making ceramic materials and as a filler for certain types of plastic resins.
Industry:Aviation
A fine-mesh wire screen used inside an engine lubricating system to trap contaminants suspended in the lubricating oil. A screen is not as effective as a filter, and many engines use both screens and filters.
Industry:Aviation
A fine-toothed hand saw which has a stiff spine along its upper edge. Backsaws are used to make straight or angled cuts across a board and are often used with a miter box to cut an accurate angle.
Industry:Aviation
A fine-wire spark plug that has a platinum center electrode and iridium ground electrodes.
Industry:Aviation
A finish applied to a nonconductive material to lower the electrical resistance of its surface. A conductive coating on an aircraft component prevents the buildup of static electricity on its surface.
Industry:Aviation
A finishing material brushed or sprayed on the fabric used to cover the framework of an aircraft. Aircraft dope has a film base of cotton fibers dissolved in certain acids and mixed with solvents and thinners. Plasticizers are mixed into the dope to give it resilience and keep it from being brittle.
When the dope is put on the fabric, it encapsulates, or surrounds, the fibers of the cloth, and as it dries, it shrinks and pulls the fibers close together. This shrinks, or tautens, the fabric on the framework. Some inorganic fabrics used to cover aircraft are shrunk with heat, and a special nontautening dope must be used with them. Nontautening dope does not shrink as much as tautening dope as it dries.
Industry:Aviation
