Will Conduct Oil, Debris Analysis

Aero-News got word on the floor of Heli-Expo 2007 the United States Coast Guard has awarded Jet-Care International a five-year contract to provide oil and debris analysis for the Turbomeca Arriel 2C2CG engines that power the service's HH-65 Dolphin helicopters. Jet-Care will provide analysis for more than 200 engines.

An prior agreement between the USCG and Jet-Care began in November 2005. The new agreement will extend the relationship for multiple years, providing an initial one-year contract with four one-year options.

"The US Coast Guard has been very impressed not only with the analytical tools made available by Jet-Care but also by Jet-Care’s responsiveness to our needs," said USCG Chief Warrant Officer Elsworth H. Smith, lead USCG technical services representative working with Turbomeca. "For the past 14 months Jet-Care has demonstrated the technology, data quality and timely response that can improve the long-term efficiency and maintenance of these engines."

"We are extremely proud that our United States Coast Guard customer recognizes our commitment to the highest levels of performance and customer satisfaction in granting us this contract," said JetCare CEO David Glass. "We appreciate the US Coast Guard’s continued confidence in the quality service that Jet-Care has been able to provide for their engine condition monitoring program. Our value to operators like the Coast Guard and engine manufacturers is in being able to identify situations before they become expensive or contribute to operational delays. We provide our customers with more than just numbers and graphs, but analysis borne of an extensive knowledge of all types of helicopters and aircraft engines."

Along with its sister-company, Spectro, in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, JetCare monitors the health of more than 40,000 engines, in over 80 countries, seven days per week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The USCG and other operators are able to access Jet-Care’s oil analysis reports through the company's Engine Condition Health Online (ECHO) software (shown at right).

The reporting program allows operators to receive a small data file from Jet-Care by email, and when samples have been analyzed and go on to review the alert category, results and trend the data.

Jet-Care's oil analysis program provides a means of checking the metal content and other contamination within the oil system.

Jet-Care uses the industry’s most advanced techniques and equipment including SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopes) and ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) spectrometers and analyzes not just PPM (parts per million)... but down to one part per 100 million.

FMI: www.jet-care.com, www.spectro-oil.com