432 Design, LLC — Technology with Nature in mind

Work

Projects that shipped, passed and stayed in service.

A first-of-its-kind fire barrier protecting one of the largest airports in North America. Eight pulsed fiber lasers in aviation MRO. Work delivered for 22 clients across aviation, infrastructure and defense.

Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Greater Toronto Airport Authority — aerial view

01 · Fire Barrier Systems

PyroFlex Dynamic Fire Barrier

Greater Toronto Airport Authority · Lester B. Pearson International Airport

The first dynamically-moving pipe-penetration fire barrier system — designed, cycle-tested and fire-tested for one of the largest airports in North America.

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1st
Dynamic pipe-penetration fire barrier
UL 2079
Class I, II & III certified
ASTM E1966
Fire-resistive joint systems
500
Cycles — seismic and thermal
A finished FeatherPulse FP-300 pulsed fiber laser unit in the shop

02 · Laser Systems

The FP-300 Pulsed Fiber Laser

FeatherPulse · Concept to field

A 300 W Class IV pulsed fiber laser ablation system taken from concept to eight units in service — the only laser currently in use in aviation MRO for corrosion and paint removal.

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8
Units in service
300 W
Class IV pulsed fiber, 1064 nm
Only
Laser of its kind in aviation MRO
Training the Netflix Aviation maintenance team around a Gulfstream landing gear during FP-300 laser cleaning, Hangar 43, Burbank

03 · Laser Systems & Compliance

Netflix Aviation — Hangar 43

Netflix Aviation · Burbank, California — ongoing

An FP-300 maintaining a five-aircraft Gulfstream fleet, and the complete Class IV laser safety and regulatory compliance program written for the hangar that runs it.

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5
Gulfstream fleet maintained
Class IV
Laser safety program authored
Part 145
EASA compliance and SMS integration
FAA · OSHA · FDA
Regulatory frameworks documented
Red Rock Suites, 2875 W State Route 89A, Sedona, Arizona — street view

04 · Building & Systems

Red Rock Suites

432 Design, LLC · Downtown Sedona, Arizona

A downtown Sedona building acquired and rebuilt — two upper floors gutted to the studs and rebuilt as finished rental units, with the shop below as the firm's own R&D space.

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2
Units gutted and rebuilt
10 yrs
R&D shop on site
Sedona
Two blocks from City Hall

Clients

Who the work was for.

Airports, federal buildings and transportation authorities on the fire barrier side; corporate, commercial and independent maintenance operations on the laser side.

Aviation & MRO

Laser ablation systems and the training that goes with them, across corporate, commercial and independent maintenance operations.

  • Textron Aviation
  • Netflix Aviation
  • Runway Aviation — Mena, Arkansas
  • Beegles Aircraft Services
  • Saturn V Aviation
  • T&P Aero
  • Steve's Aircraft Services
  • West Coast Wings
  • Spirit Wings Aviation
  • Skyborne Airline Academy
  • Code One Aviation
  • R&C Aviation
  • Midwest Avionics

Infrastructure & Construction

Fire barrier and life-safety engineering on airports, federal buildings and transportation projects, with the general contractors who build them.

  • Greater Toronto Airport Authority
  • Lester B. Pearson International Airport
  • The Pentagon Restoration Project
  • Washington, D.C. Convention Center
  • Georgia Department of Transportation
  • Clark Construction
  • EllisDon Construction

Industry & Product Development

Materials manufacturers supplying qualified products into defense aviation, and companies retaining the firm for energy technology and product development.

  • Magnolia Plastics — epoxies and compounds for the F-16 and other defense systems
  • LifeWave, Inc. — retained for energy technology, construction and product development

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