Lightning Strike Protection
MicroGrid® Precision-Expanded Foils
- Lightweight & fantastically flexible
- Single unit structure won't unravel
- Controlled open area conductivity to 200,000 amps
Composite materials are poor conductors. Lightning that stops in the aircraft is deadly. That's why aircraft structures are "zoned" for relative conductivity... to ensure that lightning passes through the aircraft and continues to the ground. The best way to accomplish this process, at the least cost, is with lightweight, fantastically flexible MicroGrid, which easily conforms to a variety of shapes and contours in both manufacture and repair. Each "zone" uses only as much material (and added weight) vs. open area as necessary for its relative conductivity. And aircraft are easily repaired after a lightning strike by simply sanding away the surface to apply a new patch of MicroGrid®.