The ITW GSE 3400 Pre Conditioned Air unit supplies fresh, clean air into parked aircraft at carefully monitored temperatures and provides a pleasant atmosphere for the crew and the next passengers. It also makes aircraft turn-around faster and more effective.
The ITW GSE 3400 PCA is the market’s most innovative, reliable and environmentally friendly PCA and the only true modular PCA available. It has multiple, identical cooling modules. Each one can be retracted and replaced, like a drawer, by a technician with no special skills – and in only 20 minutes. This helps keeping aircraft turn-arounds on schedule by allowing the PCA to continue cooling the aircraft by means of the remaining modules.
The ITW GSE 3400 PCA is designed for all types of aircraft from narrow-body to super Jumbos. It is available for bridge-or ground mounting for aircraft parking positions or for hangar applications.
Traditional PCA units are designed for peak load conditions – but these only apply for 10-20 days each year. This means that a traditional PCA delivers excess capacity for about 80% of the time – wasting expensive energy and creating undesirable emissions. The ITW GSE 3400 design breaks completely new ground in airport PCA equipment by using variable frequency drive technology that gives easy, step less regulation of the discharge temperature. Therefore, the ITW GSE 3400 PCA units supply exactly the required amount of cold air thus using much less energy than traditional PCAs. Step less regulation also means less mechanical stress – which boosts reliability and service life and gives a better return on investment.
The designation of “…400” signifies that the ITW GSE 3400 PCA unit is built on ITW GSE’s common design platform which, among other, includes the ITW GSE icon based User Interface that is just as easy and intuitive to use as your smart phone or tablet. Since the User Interface is common to all ITW GSE’s “…400” product lines, airport staff already familiar with one ITW GSE product, can easily operate another as the icons and the display are the same. Another popular feature is the software-based control system that enables updates and additional capabilities to be implemented via a USB.
