News & Events
Manufacturing In the Time of Corona Virus
On a video describing how you should handle food products bought at the grocery store, I heard COVID-19 described as "invisible glitter". It's not a bad analogy. We all know glitter can end up everywhere ... on you, furniture and the dog - for days or even weeks....
DTi Designated An Essential Service – Is Producing & Shipping Products
Summary: DTi will continue production and shipping as a “COVID-19 Essential Services” supplier to the medical, IT and defense industry. On March 23, Massachusetts Governor Baker issued an Emergency Order ordering non-essential businesses and organizations to close...
Incidents Show Importance of Aircraft Wiring for OEMs and MROs/FBOs.
Two wire chafe issues in the news clearly highlight the critical nature of the Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) and its importance to safe flight. The EWIS is the aircraft's "central nervous system" that connects all the aircraft's critical systems. Wall...
DTi Invests in State of the Art Powder Coating Technology
DTi Invests in Powder Coat Control System Upgrade; Benefiting Customers and DTi Southborough, MA March 03, 2020 – Device Technologies, Inc. (DTi), a leading manufacturer of wire protection solutions, recently completed a control system upgrade on their polymer...
Wire Chafe & Its Impact on Flight Safety- Embraer 175 Incident
Chafing,abrasion and short circuit arcing in the vitally important "Electrical Wiring Interconnect System" (EWIS) has been and continues to be a major concern. Chafing and abrasion can have a serious impact on the safe functioning of aircraft systems. This problem was...
Securing Critical Data Flow: Preventing Macrobends on Fiber Cable Runs
What happens if there’s a kink in a fiber cable in a company’s server room? What happens if a fiber cable coming through a wall conduit ‘snags’ and bends to far before it reaches a computer? Slower download speeds? Lost data? Or worse — complete network failure?...
DTi to exhibit at AIX 2020 in Stand 6E80/C
DTi device technologies GmbH will be exhibiting at the 2020 Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) at Stand 6E80/C in the Hanse-Aerospace Pavilion in Hamburg, Germany, 31 March - 2 April 2020. Aircraft Interiors Expo is the world’s leading event for airlines and the supply...
Wiring Safety Issues Under Scrutiny on the 737 MAX
The New York Times has reported that wiring issues are being found on the 737 Max. Let’s face it …it was bound to happen. When the 737 Max went under the re-certification microscope it was almost certain that other non-MCAS issues would surface. The FAA is being...
The Danger from Foreign Object Debris (FOD) in Aerospace
What do these items have in common? A cleaning rag An adhesive tube cap Small pieces of nylon strip A disposable glove Answer: They are all Foreign Objects (FO) found on an aircraft ----after they were used to install MS21266 nylon grommet edging which has to be glued...
F-35 Price Reduction: Lockheed Martin Could Save ~$6.5 million with 1 Small Component Change
The Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin just wrapped up a $34 billion agreement for the production and delivery of 478 F-35A's at the lowest price in the program’s history. The F-35A unit cost of $77.9 million represents an estimated overall...