Aircraft Manufacturing Mojave, CA
End user: Stratolaunch chooses Megadoors for the Stratolaunch stratolaunch.com hangar housing the world’s largest aircraft.
Design build © ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB CS.AVS/ORG.EN-1.1/1901 contractor: Background Wallace & Smith ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems proudly provided Business entrepreneur Richard Branson of Virgin Group has General Contractors Stratolaunch Systems, a Paul G. Allen Project, with a since licensed the technology behind SpaceShipOne for wallacesmith.com 420’w x 68’h (128m x 21m) Megadoor hangar door Virgin Galactic, a venture that will take paying customers into system for their new fabrication facility located in Mojave suborbital space. Metal building California. Inside this facility, the world’s largest aircraft supplier: is being fabricated by Scaled Composites which has a Critical issues: CBC Steel Buildings wingspan of 380’ (116m) and thrust provided by (6) 747 Desert Conditions: cbcsteelbuildings.com aircraft engines. This aircraft will be used as a carrier The composite carrier vehicle being crafted inside by the Hangar Statistics: vehicle, flying to 30,000ft with a rocket that will then be highly skilled technicians requires an environment protected • 103 257sq ft. launched with a payload destined for space. This system from the harsh conditions of the Mojave desert. For example, (9 592 m2) will revolutionize space transportation. the fine dust blowing around the desert airport is notorious for coating everything not properly protected. Keeping • 420’ clear span (128m) In 2004, SpaceShipOne ushered in a new era of space sensitive aviation electronics, engines and other aircraft • 3,000,000lbs of travel, when it became the first non-govern-mental components from being affected by the dust and sand structural steel manned rocket ship to fly beyond the earth’s atmosphere. can be a costly challenge. As proven in previous Mojave SpaceShipOne was developed by Mojave Aerospace, Airport installations, the unique perimeter seals and low • 97’ ridge line (29.5m) a joint venture of investor and philanthropist Paul Allen, air infiltration values of the Megadoor hangar door systems and Scaled Composites, a Mojave-based aerospace are more effective than a traditional sliding door design company founded by legendary aerospace engineer Burt in sealing out this fine desert dust. Furthermore, the Rutan. SpaceShi-pOne became the first private manned doors do not require a bottom rail system which requires spacecraft to exceed 328,000 feet twice in 14 days, earning regular cleaning. it the prestigious $10 million Ansari X-Prize.
ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems is a leading supplier of entrance automation solutions for efficient flow of goods and people. With our globally recognized product brands we offer products and services dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for safe, secure, convenient and sustainable operations. ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems is a division within ASSA ABLOY.
ASSA ABLOY as words and logo are trademarks owned by the ASSA ABLOY Group. megadoor.com • assaabloyentrance.us Climate Control: ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems provided: In order to increase worker comfort and productivity in • Megadoor hangar door design and assisted the the hot desert summers, a combination of exhaust fans structural integration of the door system into and evaporator coolers are utilized. The client wanted the building the doors closed during normal operation for privacy, access and environmental control. In order to meet this • A 420’w × 68’h (128m x 21m) Megadoor hangar requirement, the project Mechanical Engineer specified door system consisting of 7 individually operated four massive exhaust fans be incorporated into the door leafs and 6 retractable mullions Megadoor hangar door system. These provide ground • Upgraded Megadoor Control System: Including level air movement for the cross flow ventilation strate- touchscreen user interface, windows based browser, gy complementing the fans on the top of the hangar on multilevel password protection, event and alarm log the opposite wall. and service monitoring tools.
Natural Lighting: For more information about this product, Translucent fabric was specified on the Megadoor please contact: (800) 927-6342 or hangar door system to allow five percent of the natural [email protected] © ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB CS.AVS/ORG.EN-1.1/1901 light into the hangar. The soft, diffused light creates a great work environment for the technicians and reduces lighting costs.
ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems is a leading supplier of entrance automation solutions for efficient flow of goods and people. With our globally recognized product brands we offer products and services dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for safe, secure, convenient and sustainable operations. ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems is a division within ASSA ABLOY.
ASSA ABLOY as words and logo are trademarks owned by the ASSA ABLOY Group. megadoor.com • assaabloyentrance.us