GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT cent by having a lot of sand in the engine. And producing more engines than you should need to make is obviously not good for the environment, as well," says Hovden. Hovden adds that the MSG doesn't change any of the established washing or deicing operations rules and regulations. "We're using the same methods as today. We're following FAA regulations and procedures the industry has adopted - so we're not doing anything differently. We're only doing it in a machine, not manually, and we're doing it under a roof and collecting the fluids. But the methods used are not changed," Hovden explains. The potential benefits of the MSG have not gone unnoticed. In 2016, the project received the Seal of Excellence award from the EU Commission Horizon 2020. The Seal of Excellence is awarded to project proposals submitted to Horizon 2020 - the Visit Semmco at Inter Airport Europe 8 -11 October Stand G26 Intelligent Engineering www.semmco.com AviationPros.com/21081931 26 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE SEPTEMBER 2019http://www.semmco.com http://www.AviationPros.com/21081931