The Cheltenham based Special Products Division of Douglas Equipment Limited has won an order to supply a further 12 of its Mu-Meter Mk. 6 runway friction measuring machines to DHMI, the Turkish Air Navigation Service Provider for all of the country’s state airports.
The order has been secured as a consequence of DHMI’s favourable experience of its existing 10 Mu-Meter units that have been successfully operating across the country’s airports for a number of years. Many of these machines have been upgraded to the standards of the latest Mk 6, ease of upgrading being a key feature of the basic Mu-Meter design.
Mu-Meter is the world’s best selling CFME system, offering a comprehensive, fully portable means of compiling runway friction reports and contaminant drag measurement data without the need for specialist towing vehicles. It is a major part of Douglas SPD’s extensive range of aircraft handling and associated equipment, the majority of which is supplied into the military sector.
Key features of the Mu-Meter include full integration, a powerful onboard microprocessor based system for years of trouble-free operation and the unit is supplied with a touch screen laptop for in vehicle use. It operates in both dry and self wetting modes although the machines supplied to DHMI are for dry conditions operation.
Mu-Meter is now available with optional software to provide runway contaminant drag measurement as well as audible GPS position and report history.
Automatically computerised results are produced in a range of prescribed formats - CAA/FAA/ICAO/CAP683 etc - and in the chosen language of the operator.
Issued on behalf of Douglas Equipment Limited, Special Products Division, Douglas House, Village Road, Arle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 OAB, UK.
Telephone (01242) 531254 or e-mail SPD@douglas-equipment.com
Press contacts: Ron Hopkins at Douglas or Mike Waring at Michael Waring Associates on 01453 872074 or e-mail mwa.words@btinternet.com
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