#Industry News
VALIS Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE) for LATAM Line Maintenance Center at Guarulhos Internatonal Airport, São Paulo, Brasil.
Guarulhos Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE): An integrated soluton incorporatng Jet Blast Deflector & Acoustc Barrier.
VALIS Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE) for LATAM Line Maintenance Center at
Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brasil.
The new Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE) to be installed at Guarulhos Internatonal Airport in São Paulo (Brazil)
during June 2018 is under construction at VALIS Engineering. The installation is due to take 45 days.
The facility has been conceived to mitigate the noise impact of aircraft engine testing while preserving the exhaust
fluid flow characteristics of aircraft engines, thereby reducing downtime for engine testing.
Guarulhos Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE): An integrated solution incorporating Jet Blast Deflector
& Acoustic Barrier.
After a jet engine has been overhauled or has undergone the replacement of parts, it is normal to run the engine
up to full thrust to test it. Urban airports surrounded by residential areas often specify that engine tests be
conducted within a ground run-up enclosure, so that the engine noise and high energy exhaust from jet engines
can be reduced.
VALIS HEL model Jet Blast Deflector.
A jet blast deflector (JBD) is a safety device that redirects the high energy exhaust from a jet engines to prevent
damage and injury. The structure must be strong enough to withstand high heat and speed air streams.
VALIS Jet Blast deflectors are made from high strength, hot dip galvanized steel to ensure maximum resistance and
durability to high temperatures and engine exhaust speeds. VALIS Jet Blast deflectors contain the registered
JETBLOCK® safety system that prevents deflector surfaces from detaching even in cases of accident.
COMPLAGE® Sound Barrier System
The function of the acoustic barrier is to absorb the noise generated by aircraft engines when operating on the
ground. VALIS Engineering sound barriers combine two types of acoustic elements: a cladding acoustic panel and a
diffraction controller device.
Tested according to European standards, VALIS AIRCOUSTIC® panels are classified as A4 and B3, with the highest
levels of sound absorption and insulation.
Manufactured with a distended aluminum front face and a steel structural casing, AIRCOUSTIC® panels have a
perfect convergence between durability, structural stability and cost. The interior of the panel consists of an inert
and non-combustible high density material. The surface finish of the panels is in thermo-lacquered polyester
powder painting. The absorbent face of the panels has a variable transparency that maximizes noise absorption
while minimizing the ingress of water and debris.
The major cause of inefficiency in acoustic barriers is the diffraction of sound waves at the top. VALIS noise
barriers include a diffraction-controlling device: DCDT®.
The DCDT® is a product patented by VALIS Engineering that absorbs noise at the top of the acoustic barrier and
through its shape reduces the diffraction of acoustic waves, thus improving the angle of the acoustic shadow zone
as well as the aerodynamic performance of the ensemble.
About VALIS Engineering.
VALIS Engineering is a vertically integrated group of companies which specializes in road, rail and industrial noise
reducton, Airport noise reducton, jet-blast protecton structures and general steel fabricaton.
With over 30 years of experience in industrial acoustcs and a portolio of over 600.000 m2 of installed noise
barriers, a know-how in large metal structures manufacturing, VALIS has become a recognized specialist in
integrated noise reduction solutions including : acoustic walls, noise enclosures, airside safety fences, blast fences
and blast deflectors.
About LATAM Airlines Group S.A
LATAM Airlines Group is the leading airline group in Latin America and one of the largest in the world in
connectivity. It offers air services to around 140 destinations in 25 countries and operates in 6 domestic markets in
Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) and has international operations in the region
and for Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, Oceania and Africa.
LATAM Airlines Group has around 42,000 employees with over 1,300 daily flights and 67 million passengers
transported per year.
With a young and modern fleet, the LATAM Airlines Group has 307 aircraft, including Boeing 787, Airbus A350,
A321 and A320neo as the most modern models in their categories.
LATAM Airlines (formerly LAN Airlines) is formed by branches in Peru, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador, LATAM
CARGO and its subsidiaries, in addition to TAM S.A and its subsidiaries TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A. (LATAM Airlines
Brazil), including its TAM Transportes Aéreos Del Mercosur S.A. (LATAM Airlines Paraguay) as well as Multiplus S.A.
LATAM is the brand adopted by member companies of the LATAM Airlines Group. It is being implemented in its
products and services, according to a gradual integration plan.
LATAM Airlines Group is the only group of airlines in Latin America and one of the three in the world to join the
Dow Jones World Sustainability Index for the fourth consecutive year and has been recognized for its sustainable
practices based on economic, social and environmental issues.
The shares of the LATAM Airlines Group are traded on the Santiago stock exchange and the New York Stock
Exchange in the form of ADRs.
Any commercial or brand related inquiries can be made at www.latam.com. More financial information is available
at www.latamairlinesgroup.net
About Libercon Engenharia
Libercon is a construction company based in São Paulo, which serves the Industrial, Logistic, Airport, Commercial
and Educational segments since 2001.
The company has been the national leader in Industrial and Logistics since 2013. In the last 10 years it has built
more than 2 million square meters with 100% of its performance in Brazil and has in its client portolio large
national companies, multinationals and investments funds.
To know more about Libercon and our achievements, go to: www.libercon.eng.br
About RB Capital
RB Capital is a structured credit and resource management company that develops innovative capital solutions in
alternative asset classes with a dominant presence in the real estate industry. Currently, it has approximately R $
2.0 billion in assets under management. In additon, the Company structured, issued and distributed
approximately R $ 27 billion in structured credit and securitization operations.
In December 2016, ORIX Corporaton of Japan, one of the world's leading financial services groups, acquired a
majority stake in RB Capital.
To learn more about RB Capital, visit: www.rbcapital.com