New Weapon in War on FOD

The FOD*BOSS makes debris pickup quick and easy, and could save millions in aircraft repairs.

Using specially designed bristles and scoops on an 8-foot-wide sweeper that is pulled behind any vehicle, the FOD*BOSS scoops up debris and holds it in a retaining mesh.

For storage and transport, the 55-pound unit folds into a bag that measures 8-feet long and 12 inches wide.

In a test at a U.S. Air National Guard Base in Tennessee, the FOD*BOSS picked up more than 10 times the debris collected on a FOD walk, and in only one-twentieth of the personnel hours.

“The FOD*BOSS has no motor, no noise, is simple, reliable and maintenance free,” said a member of the Naval Safety Center in Norfolk, Va.

The F.O.D. Control Corporation, based in Tucson, Ariz., has five FOD*BOSS demonstration units touring military bases, airports, and airlines in the United States

and abroad. Calling it the "TourBoss Program", the company says this allows any interested organization to prove how effective this new weapon against FOD can be under the operating conditions found on their own tarmac, before making a purchase.

For more information on the tour or the FOD*BOSS, call The FOD Control Corp. toll-free at (800) 425-8363, e-mail info@fodcontrol.com or go to www.fodcontrol.com/fod_boss.html on the Internet. A free demonstration video is available.

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