INTER IOR S I NNOVATION seat comfort
Nordam’s
NShroud was
a contender in the
2020 Crystal
Cabin Awards
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seat
comfort
Hybrid seat
shroud
Nordam plans to introduce
N-Shroud this year, a premium-class
seat shroud solution. The design
was created to demonstrate the
company’s profi ciency with many
types of composites, including
prepregs, aluminium, compressionmoulded
carbon fi bre and
thermoplastics. By creating new
options within the seat supply chain
to benefi t operators and OEMs,
N-Shroud is an exploration of
the multitude of materials and
techniques available for e cient
shroud production.
S US P EN S I O N
S Y ST EM
Feel like an El Al pilot
Israel’s national airline, El Al, has partnered
with Vanema to implement sleep
technologies for pilots on board one of its
fl agship B777s. The choice of Vanema’s
Octaspring foam spring technology follows El
Al’s developmental team conducting several
internal tests of Octaspring
and monitoring how it could
help pilot rest and e ciency.
Octaspring provides
individual support and is highly
breathable, allowing natural
thermoregulation as well
as higher comfort levels.
Octaspring technology is
also claimed to uses 50%
less material in its production
than some other
mattresses, saving
up to 3kg of weight
per mattress.
El Al plans to
continue monitoring
crew feedback before rolling out Octaspring
across its entire fl eet of B777s.
Octaspring won a 2017 Crystal Cabin Award
for Best New Material Innovation and is now
available in a fully certifi ed product portfolio
of aircraft seats and cabin crew mattresses.
This year will see Franklin
Products, a provider of bespoke
upholstery and comfort solutions
for passenger seating, unveil the
pre-tension portion of its SLIM
diaphragm attachment system,
designed to offer passenger
comfort, space-savings and weight
reduction. This pre-tensioned
suspension system is available
to both OEM and aftermarket
customers, and is claimed by
Franklin to “significantly simplify”
the installation and maintenance
of an otherwise cumbersome
comfort option.
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