Avdome Aviation Inc. located
in Georgia, USA and Dookang Air Solutions, Seoul, S. Korea have come up with a
new concept of ULD’s (Unit Load Device). As it is a new concept and has the
capability of revolutionizing the air freight services, the company is looking
for airliners/pooling/leasing companies in different regions of our world
to replace their existing ULD with our light weight, fully collapsible
ones. Supported by the Korean government and now are in the process of tie-up
with a USA based cargo company, we are for ULD leasing and pooling
companies/Airlines and cargo services to phase out the traditional ULD
replacing with these new containers.
The main focus of Dookang Air
Solutions is to continuously develop various air cargo containers including collapsible,
frozen, cooling, air-conditioned, live animal transportation, land & ocean
collapsible containers. For now I would like to give you some salient
features of these containers as follows…
- Collapsible: Full knock-down kit(FKD)
(a) Can be collapsed completely within a minute by hand
jack or electrical jack.
(b) Can be easily stored and stacked in limited
space thus increasing storage capacity
(c) Expanding also within 2-3 minutes
- Reduces Imbalance: The empty ULD’s can be shipped back to destination as it takes less space in aircraft deck.
As an estimate the
new concept ULD’s will have a return ratio of 7.5:1 when fully collapsed. 126
fully collapsed containers can be transported by 40’ high cube container
by ocean transportation. Thus it not only helps in minimizing the imbalance
but also helps with storage of additional ULD’s for use during the peak
season
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- Light Weight: Will weigh 38% less than the traditional ULD’s as it is made up of honeycomb structured Fiber reinforced plastic and aluminum composite panel. Weight reduction 11 to 50 kg.
Fuel savings potential with
lightweight ULDs AKE
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Weight of
aluminum container 82 to 114 kg
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Weight of
lightweight container 64 to 71 kg
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Weight
reduction per container 11 to 50 kg
Assumption for average saving 11 Kg each container;
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Average
Number of ULDs per flight 20
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Average
flight hours (per annum) 4,380
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Reduced
fuel weight (per kg) 4%
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Reduced
fuel weight (per aircraft per annum) 38,554
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One
Aircraft Reduced fuel weight (kg per annum) 38,554
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Fuel cost per kg ($, IATA
Fuel Monitor Feb ‘12) $1.1028
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Total
fuel savings potential ($ per annum) $42,506
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Equivalent
cost savings of $2,125 per ULD per annum if 11 Kg reduced.
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$4,250
savings per ULD per annum if 22 kg reduced
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$6,475
savings per ULD per annum if 33 kg reduced
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$8,500
savings per ULD per annum if 44 kg reduced
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plus
Carbon Tax Deduction
- Low Operating cost: These are nearly maintenance free and any part damaged can be easily replaced locally.
- Fuel Saving: The reduced weight of the containers will lead to saving of fuel by the carrier ( as explained above).
- Available in all types i.e. frozen, cooling and others.
- RFID Controller: records destination, item description, weight and volume of packages, baggage tag data, contents of package etc. that significantly saves time required to load an aircraft and ensures that space is fully utilized. It features RFID Reader/writer, a GPRS modem, store package information, automatic calculation of total weight of container, records inside temperature, and location by GPS sensor, altitude, aircraft speed, smoke detector and high temperature sensor etc. In case of a crash a recorder acts as Black box and has an optional battery pack.
Avdome Aviation Inc. is in
process of acquiring FAA TSO in Atlanta office .Our first line will be Type 1
certified LD3 weighing less than 70 kg. The next version will be Type 1
certified LD3 weighing less than 30 kg.
