Aircraft Docking Systems

Equipment, working platforms and docking systems for civil and military aircraft and helicopters, weapon systems and space technolog.

Fitting to complex contours of engines, rotors and tail units. Safe, optimum and swift access. High flexibility and variabilty. Reduction of downtimes.

Most often a docking system is made of dozens of individually moved modules or docks to be placed around an aircraft to perform its maintenance.

But the user needs that all these modules or docks be perceived as one single overall station with coordinated shapes around the aircraft and movements designed to reduce the time lost for getting out and entering into the docking station.

So project management is organized in the following phases:

Overall system design and breakdown into modules,
Functional design of the modules or docks by means of an experienced and specialized design office using a 3D CAD software and standard elements library,
Design review with the customer to verify that his need has been perceived in all details,
Detailed design,
Manufacturing, including factory pre-assembly for technological and safety quality control,
Partial de-assembly, transportation and final assembly at the customer's premises,
Final acceptance tests, training and documentation.

Aircraft Docking Systems

ZACHER

ZACHER Reference projects of Complete Docking Systems:

Civil Aircraft:

A300 Docking System, Dt. Post AG (pdf)

B757 Docking System, Dt. Post AG (pdf)

Military Aircraft:

Eurofighter Docking System, EADS Dtl. GmbH (pdf)

Eurofighter Docking System, Training Centre (pdf)

Hercules C-130 Docking System, Austrian Airforce (pdf)

Hercules C-130 Docking System, Belgian Airforce (pdf)

ALBRET

Reference projects of Complete Docking Systems:

Civil Aircraft:

MD 90 Heavy Maintenance and Painting Docking System, Saudi Arabian Airlines (pdf)

A330/A340/B767 Heavy Maintenance Docking System, Air Canada Montreal (pdf)

A330/A340/B747 Heavy Maintenance Docking System, IBERIA, Madrid (pdf)

Project References:

B747, B757, B737, B767, B777, A300, A310, A320, A330, A340
ATR42-72, ERJ170-190, ERJ 145, CRJ100-900, CRJ DASH800
MIRAGE2000, RAFALE, C130 Hercules, C160 TRANSALL, AWACS, C135 Tanker, BELL412, A129, AW139, NH90, EC120, EC155

Customer References:
Air France (Paris, France), Sabena Technics (Brussels, Belgium, Bordeaux, France, Dinard, France), Iberia (Madrid, Spain), Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), TAP (Lisbon, Portugal), Meridiana (Sardinia, Italy), Tunis Air (Tunis, Tunisia) Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca, Morocco), Air Algérie (Algiers, Algeria), Air Canada (Montreal, Canada), Aeroframe Services (Louisiana, USA), French Air Force (Orléans & Evreux & Clermont-Ferrrand & Lorient & Cuers, France), Austrian Airways (Vienna, Austria), Air New Zealand (Auckland), Airbus (Saint Nazaire & Toulouse, France)