| | |  Technology News | July 2008 
Firefighting Vehicle and Airbus with 100% Mexican Technology Presented
 Presidencia de la República
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| | First rescue and fire extinction vehicle designed and manufactured in Mexico, essential to guarantee safety of passengers at Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City. | | |
With the support of the Secretariat of Communications and Transport, Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA), and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), they became pioneers in the design and manufacture of the first Rescue and Fire Extinguishing Vehicle as well as the first Airbus using 100% Mexican technology.
During the presentation of the two units at the Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City (AICM); Ángel Groso Sandoval, assistant director of ASA Technological Development and Corporate Image stated that Mexico City's air terminal, the largest in Mexico and the most important in Latin America, serves nearly 25 million passengers a year.
That is why, he said, it should be concerned with something as important as security, meaning that the Rescue and Fire Extinguishing Teams (CREI) must always be alert and equipped in keeping with international regulations, according to the different categories of airport, in other words, according to size, number of passengers and size of the airplane coming in to land.
Groso Sandoval said that as part of their concern with ensuring passengers' safety, ASA and CONACYT signed a collaboration agreement within a Sectoral Fund which has enabled resources to be obtained from both organizations, to achieve more technological development projects and other that will benefit the country’s airports.
Since international certification has already been obtained, it will now be possible to mass-produce, commercialize and acquire the Rescue and Fire Extinction Vehicle inside or outside the country, through industrial contracts, whereby ASA will be able to obtain royalties from the sale of this equipment, said Groso Sandoval.
He explained that this vehicle has a system of water, foam water and dry chemical powder, a roof monitor and front bumper, two side lines of 30 meters of hose and six under-truck sprinklers; controls for the entire operation from the cabin, 0-80 km per hour acceleration in 25 seconds and a maximum speed of 140 km per hour.
It has an original bodywork suspension design on a chassis that preserves the latter’s flexibility; automatic transmission, 4x4 transmission and a three-passenger cab. It costs $480,000 dollars, less than the price of similar imported vehicles, which cost over $500,000 USD and is both easy and cheap to maintain. The vehicle was fully designed in Mexico.
Groso Sandoval said that that Airbus has the advantage of facilitating passenger boarding and disembarkation as a result of its low floor design and following suspension system, low weight integral structure and high rigidity, which permits the use of lighter components, which in turn translates into lower fuel use and emission of pollutants.
It has a folding entrance ramp and wheelchair holding system, a safety system for opening doors by blocking pneumatic valves and comprises features available in Mexico which permits low maintenance costs, and has a communication system between the operator and passengers consisting of illuminated signs and audio. Its applications include: Urban transport and airbus.
Source: Head Office of Media and Communications, Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT). |
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