This Skidabrader™ modification creates excellent friction numbers while reducing tire wear and rubber build-up, allowing longer intervals between rubber removals. Some airports report this modification done periodically, paying for itself in reduced rubber removal requirements.
1994 NASA needed a surface modification for its Shuttle Landing Runway in Florida. Engineers conducted months of extensive tests with competing methods claiming to reduce tire wear. The goal was a surface modification that would allow the $2 billion shuttle to land safely in a 20-knot crosswind, which had previously been too dangerous.
Dozens of military and significant international airports use our services to complement the rubber removal process and maintain required friction readings. Skidabrader™ and its sister company Cyclone™ can provide both the abrading and ultra-high-pressure water processes as part of a maintenance contract, ensuring the safest possible runway conditions.
We also provide certified runway skid and stripe reflectivity testing using the industry's latest equipment and methods.