Benefits of fleet renewal, equipments modifications and improvements at Montreal-Trudeau

September 14th

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Optimising the Jet Air’s system

•  The Jet Air is in house since 1988. Since then it lost most

of the efficiency on its air blast system.

•  Because of the low efficiency it wasn't in the manager’s

snow removing plan anymore.

•  In 2011 we decided to modify the nozzle system.

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Optimising the Jet Air’s system (next)

•  The Jet Air as been modify in house by our mechanics at a

low cost

•  By modifying the Jet Air, we end it up with much better

results with the cleaning of the edge lights and cleaning

FOD on runways

•  Better efficiency

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Optimising the Jet Air’s system (next)

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Optimising the Jet Air’s system (next)

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Optimising the Jet Air’s system (next)

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Upgrade of the runway and apron fleet

Since 1988,here is the inventory of ploughs

and sweepers that were dedicated to runways

and apron snow clearing

•  8 X 1988 International trucks equipped with 16 feet wide

reversible ploughs and old technology

•  8 X 14 feet wide sweepers SMI 425

•  8 X Ploughs with tow behind sweepers at a 12 feet

sweeping pattern at a 30 degrees angle + 1’ over lap the

cleaned surface would be 88’

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1988 plough with 14’foot wide sweeper

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Upgrade of the runway and apron fleet (next)

Upgrading the fleet means

•  8 X Oshkosh truck equipped with 24’ wide ploughs

•  8 X MB brooms sweepers 22’ wide

•  8 X ploughs and brooms sweepers at a 18 feet sweeping

pattern with a 30 degrees angle + 1 foot overlap, the

cleaned surface is 136 feet wide compared to 88 feet with

the old equipments

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Benefits upgrading the runway and apron fleet (next)

•  The down time passed from 40 minutes to 20 minutes

respecting the scenario establish

•  Better efficiency

•  Higher reliability

•  Smile on operator’s face

•  Smile on the manager’s face

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Upgrade of the runway and apron fleet (next)

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Upgrade of the runway and apron fleet (next)

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Upgrade of snow blowers

•  To keep up with 8 units 22’ ploughs and sweepers on

runways we had to change our 2000 tph snow blowers for

5000 tph snow blowers

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1950 snow blower at Montréal Trudeau

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1955 blower at Montréal trudeau

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1994 Snow blower 2000 tph

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Runway 2008 high speed blower 5000th

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High capacity equipment

Don't forget your as fast as your

slowest equipment

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Apron snow blower modification

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Apron snow blower modification

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Apron snow blower modification

•  The snow blower cab as been raised 12” from the original

version.

•  The main purpose modifying the apron snow blowers was

to improve visibility during loading operation

•  A lot more comfortable for the operator during the 12 hours

sitting in the equipment.

•  Improve safety with a higher visibility during an event

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Optimising the use of John Deer tractor

•  Next slide shows 4 of our 5 tractors equipped with 26’ feet

wide lawn mowers working in conga line cutting the 200

feet each side of the runways

•  These tractors were used only in the summer

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Optimising the use of John Deer tractor (next)

•  To optimise the use of those tractors we decided in 2005 to

buy 16 feet wide snow blades for all of them.

•  The result was significant, they are mainly assigned for

gate cleaning, around the aircrafts and in the handlers

areas.

5 times 16’ wide snow equipment, it is a lot of snow

moving in an hour.

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Optimising the use of John Deer tractor (next)

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Optimising the use of our front end loader (next)

In 2002 we decided to optimise the use of our 4 front end

loaders in buying 4 snow 25’ wide Deslamco Blades. It

is the best acquisition we’ve made in the last 10 years.

They are:

•  Versatile

•  Solid

•  Efficient

•  Low cost maintenance

•  Reliable

•  Easy to operate

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Optimising the use of our front end loader

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Optimising the trucks that are dedicated runway sanders

•  Sander mounted permanently on the 1973 truck chassis

•  After 27 years of use, only 45 thousand miles were on the

speedometer

•  Old technology

•  Low reliability

•  No report available

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Optimising the trucks that are dedicated for runway sanders (next)

•  In 2005 we started the replacement of de-icer spreader

products.

•  The trucks have been replaced by trucks equipped with roll

off system. The same truck could work in spreading de-

icing products, hauling dirt or even use a fifth wheel .

•  These trucks now work all year long

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Optimising the trucks that are dedicated for runway sanders (next) 1973 International truck

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2012 sander mounted on a roll off system truck

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2001 Hybrid Sander developed in house with supplier (next)

Hybrid sander allows us to:

•  30’ wide liquid spraying

•  Mostly use on taxiways and guide lines of the apron

•  Pre-wet the surface before a freezing rain

•  On dry ice, spraying liquid on top of the solid de-icer will

raise the humidity on the grains and make it stick to the ice

and in the mean time make it react faster

•  Gives us more flexibility

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2001 Hybrid Sander developed in house with supplier

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In 2012 new RDS controllers installed in all the spreaders

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New controllers installed in all spreaders (next)

•  The new controllers install in the sprayer are linked to the

chemical ops system and gives us a complete report by

event

•  They are very user friendly

•  Less time spent on training

•  The supplier gave us a simulator for training

•  Standardising the controllers makes it easier to manage

training for operators

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Liquid sprayer 100’ wide boom (next)

•  Sprayer with 100’ wide boom allows us to react quickly on

prewet application

•  15,000 litres high capacity tank will last longer during a

event

•  Uniform spraying

•  Better results during a freezing rain event

•  On the next picture the liquid sprayer was new and it was a

day test with water in the tank

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Liquid sprayer 100’ wide boom 2012

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Liquid sprayer 100’ wide boom (next)

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Optimising the use of a 11’ Toro lawn mower

•  The Toro 11’ lawn mower was use in the summer mostly to

cut grass.

•  In 2003 with the new configuration of the terminal we end

up with a tight configuration of the guide lines so we had to

adjust our guide lines snow removal procedure and clean

them as often as we can otherwise we had to deal with

complaints from the pilots and safety issues

•  We added to the snow removal fleet 4 little lawn mower

with 6 feet wide brooms.

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Optimising the use of a 11’ Toro lawn mower (next)

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Lawn mower in summer became a guide line sweeper in winter

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Technologies and Key Elements Snow Desk

•  Opened from

November to the end

of April

•  Software (Winter Ops)

for call management

and data gathering

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Technologies and Key Elements Snow Desk

Data Gathering

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Technologies and Key Elements for better results

•  Less cell phone communications to apron supervisor

•  Feed back to the air lines and handlers on there request

•  Activities reports available on the server

•  Planning tool for the supervisor on the apron, he can see

the positioning of his equipments on the apron

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Conclusion

•  Since 2002 here at Montréal/Trudeau 90% of the fleet as

been changed.

•  Optimisation of the fleet give's us more flexibility and more

production

•  Down time on runways passed from 40 minutes to 20

minutes at the same safe working speed

•  Better service for our partners (handlers and Airlines)

•  Employees are proud

•  Keep up with upgrade process

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Winter Equipment and Operations

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Winter operations YUL

Thank you!