Satco, Inc. recently made a $10 million investment culminating in the opening of the world’s first manufacturer-owned Air Cargo Safety Research Center (ARC) in Miami Township, Ohio. The Satco ARC facility places an emphasis on optimizing the manufacturing process and safety of unit load devices (ULDs), ultimately increasing the safety of air cargo transportation. Lakshmi Ajay, The STAT Trade Times spoke with Satco’s SVP of Engineering & Innovations, David Lee as part of our #SafetoFly campaign
What are some of the fundamentals of building some of the safest ULDs on the market and what are the roadblocks?
The aircraft and the ULDs they carry are the last line of defense when it comes to cargo fires. It starts with the shippers and proper identification of materials being shipped and those materials being properly packaged for shipment. Material options as well as design to limit the amount of airflow in/out of the ULD. This design process is key to controlling and containing the fire inside of the ULD to allow the flight crew to safely land the aircraft. The only roadblock if any is the cost of materials and what the ULD owners are willing to pay for the ULD as they conduct their own internal risk assessments.
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