Safety
TKS Technology Offers Method To Meet New Icing Regulations
The Cav Ice Protection SLD Guard technology can be retrofitted to any type of existing ice-protection system.
Cav Ice Protection's SLD Guard adds thin one-inch strips of titanium drilled with thousands of tiny holes through which TKS fluid is pumped to add anti-icing and de-icing capabilities in vulnerable areas.
Cav Ice Protection's SLD Guard adds thin one-inch strips of titanium drilled with thousands of tiny holes through which TKS fluid is pumped to add anti-icing and de-icing capabilities in vulnerable areas.

Cav Ice Protection, which manufactures the TKS ice-protection system, has developed a new method of leveraging TKS technology to help aircraft manufacturers meet new FAA flight into known icing (FIKI) requirements for freezing rain and supercooled large droplet (SLD) icing. Its new SLD Guard system adds TKS strips in vulnerable areas such as upper wing surfaces in front of ailerons and upper and lower horizontal stabilizer surfaces.