Collins Aerospace has announced it has been named a finalist for three Crystal Cabin Awards.
The awards recognise excellence in aircraft interior innovation and winners will be announced across eight categories on June 6 in Hamburg, Germany as part of the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo.
Collins was nominated for the following solutions:
Collins InteliSence™ intelligent cabin experience is an intuitive, integrated intelligence system, providing cabin crew and maintenance technicians with insights and predictions to improve airline operations, cabin service and the passenger experience. Its deep learning AI software and sensor technology observe passenger interactions with objects within the suite – including from glasses, plates, personal electronics and more. Data is collected and communicated in real-time to service teams, which means passengers get refills sooner, bedding is made quicker and faulty equipment is remedied rapidly.
Collins Pothos™ cabin air ionizer seeks to deodorize cabin air to levels that mimic and often exceed pristine, natural outdoor conditions. It is compact, lightweight and has a variety of installation configurations. Pothos easily integrates into any enclosed space – including Environmental Control System ducts and direct passenger air systems. The ionizer targets problem spaces within the cabin where high odour and air recirculation are typically encountered.
Collins Q-Tech™ sound absorbing metamaterial is a replacement for traditional honeycomb-core panels that improves overall sound absorption as well as the range of frequencies able to be absorbed, and is made of highly flexible interconnected bulb arrays. It is also configurable to target specific noise frequencies and sound absorbing metamaterial can be strategically configured and placed in multiple applications to mitigate specific problem noises – including within head rests, sidewalls, seats, monuments, galley equipment and air management systems.
