How Lead Screws Transform Airline Seating from Cramped to Comfortable
Comfortable and cost-effective airline seating is in the crosshairs of major aircraft manufacturers around the globe. At the 4th International Conference, Innovative Aircraft Seating 2013 in Hamburg, Germany, movers, and shakers in the airline industry converged to advance the next generation of seat technologies, which promise to make economy seating rival that of first-class luxury.
Improvements to Airline Seating
Let's look at a couple of examples of modern seat design that could use lead-screw actuators. In FROM PRELIMINARY AIRCRAFT CABIN DESIGN TO CABIN OPTIMIZATION -- PART I –, U.P.B. Sci. Bull., Series D, Vol. 75, Iss. 3, 2013, ISSN 1454-2358, Mihaela NIŢĂ, Ph.D. and Professor Dieter SCHOLZ provide designers with essential starting points to developing comfortable aircraft seating design.
- Neck support
- Back support
- Footrest
- Base
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Comfortable airline seating and innovative linear-motion, lead-screw actuation systems are redefining the entire flying experience and shifting the priorities of the airline industry back to where they belong, the passengers.
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