Marsh Brothers Aviation, a manufacturing and maintenance company for the aviation industry has announced to have signed a four-year deal with Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) for the supply of seat actuator valves. The supply will begin after Marsh Brothers Aviation assists AvFab in resolving a supply chain issue. According to the contract, AvFab has commissioned the Burlington-based company to supply a bespoke seat actuator valve to support AvFab’s maintenance, repair and overhaul of private and commercial aircraft seats.
The valve is very crucial for the smooth movement backward and forwards of these airplane seats when moving between the upright and comfortable reclining positions. The new valve is manufactured using Marsh Brothers’ proprietary AeroLas White polymer material. According to Marsh Brothers Aviation, the contract development affirms the company’s growing reputation as a provider of innovative engineered solutions utilizing proprietary polymers.
Nicholas Choo-Son, Director, Business Development for Marsh Brothers Aviation, explains “AvFab approached us due to problems with its usual supply line and asked if we could quickly manufacture the component. We took one apart and found that the OEM part was overly complicated and would bring unnecessary risk to its supply chain and manufacturing operations. Drawing on our engineering strengths and materials science expertise we proposed a redesign. A new, simpler, and unique valve design was found to better meet the customer’s integration and functionality requirements, while mitigating against any future manufacturing risks.”