Aircraft interior upholstery leather

Citation

(2005), "Aircraft interior upholstery leather", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 77 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2005.12777fad.004

Aircraft interior upholstery leather

Aircraft interior upholstery leather

Keywords: Aircraft

Andrew Muirhead, supplier of quality upholstery leather to the aviation industry, recently showcase its expanded Sateen leather collection and new Orkney range at this year's first Aircraft Interiors Expo Asia.

Available in any bespoke colour required, the high performance collections are suitable for all upholstery applications.

“For the first time the aviation industry in the Asia Pacific region have their own Aircraft Interiors Expo to be staged at the Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Centre”, says Nick Hanna, head of sales at Andrew Muirhead.

The company has also developed a new fire retardancy process – Protects Air System – for heat release leathers. It is an innovative process designed, we are informed, to form a flammability system to prevent surface spread of flame and reduce smoke density.

It will enable Andrew Muirhead to satisfy the requirements of airlines and seat manufacturers alike for compliant heat release leather products for the new generation of first and business class seating and composite structures.

With products that are used widely in the aviation industry where fire retardancy is an issue, Andrew Muirhead is heavily involved in the manufacture of fire resistant, low smoke density and low toxicity upholstery material and it is the company's extensive knowledge in this area that enables it to offer leather which is said to meet the highest safety and durability specifications.

Andrew Muirhead's Sateen and Orkney leathers have both been treated with the company's Firewall Barrier System to meet airworthy flame proofing standards. Developed in-house at its own industry-leading Civil Aviation Authority approved Burn Test facility, the system is a complex process which has an integrated protective barrier against fire. Within the facility the company's dedicated in-house team of chemists and leather technicians are able to refine and improve their tests on a continual basis. Specific tests include surface spread of flame, kerosene burn flame tests, heat release and smoke density and toxicity testing.