A brand new Omega+ on a farm in Uruçui

Frisomat Galpão Express barn type Omega is available with XXL doors up to 18m wide and 5 m high. Widely used on airfields and farms to safely store airplanes, helicopters and large farm equipment like combine harvesters. 

The farms in the interior of the state of Piaui are large, very large.  Farms the size of 20,000 hectares or more are no exception. This industrial scale of farming requires investing in very large farm equipment and also in agricultural planes.   A farm close from Uruçui bought a brand new Embraer Ipanema and needed a hangar to protect its investment.  The Frisomat Omega was a logic choice: widely used for hangaring planes, a short delivery time, rapid construction and mounted with the help of the farming personnel.

This Omega was the first of the new type (Omega+) produced and erected in Brazil.  The new type uses straight beams connected with joints to make a beautiful bow. There is really a lot of space inside, enough to garage 2 to 3 planes with all their gear and maintenance equipment.

  • span size : 18 m
  • length : 21 m
  • height : 6,7 m
  • surface : 380 m2

The XXL door is 15m wide and 5m high. It has 6 sections pending from a rail, which makes it light to open and close.

After the floor was casted and ready, all the parts were transported to Piaui on just one truck.  The structural parts were assembled and then erected with a truck crane. When the trusses and the heavy rail beam were in place, the cladding could begin. All of the structure was then cladded with corrugated sheet.  This sheet is galvanised and prepainted in white to reflect most of the sun's heat.  Very useful in Piaui ! It's very hot there,  40° now in november while mounting. So we were happy to get shadow as the work on the roof continued. Dealing with the heat was the biggest challenge, the mounting itself is straightforward enough as everything is bolted together.  In total it took 10 days to erect this building.

Once finished, the pilot was very happy to park his new bird inside.

A truck crane lifts the first span and puts it in place.
The second span (an elegant arc formed by straight beams and angular connecting parts) is lifted and moved to its destiny.
All spans in place and connected with purlins, the skeleton being almost completed.
Detail view of the galvanized straight beams and angle connectors that make the bow.
Skeleton ready, all purlins mounted, the rail beam for the door is also in place, everything is made from cold formed steel and galvanized.
Mounting the first row of corrugated sheeting. The outside is pre-painted in white (ral9003) for maximum reflection of the sun's heat.
The first row of corrugated sheeting is ready.
Closing the rear with the second row of undulated sheet.
Mounting the second row of corrugated sheeting.
Starting the third row of sheeting, the transparent sheet is also in place, we mounted those lower in the roof to get the light in, but not the heat.
Installing the wings from the gate, the wings are pending from the rail beam making them easy to open and close, there's no rail on the floor so it can't be clogged by sand or dirt.
The 6 wings of the gate in place, the gate is 15m wide and 5m high allowing easy access of planes and large farm equipment.
Detailled view of the doors in the open position and the rail beam from which they are pending.
Inside view of the almost finished steel hall, it s very spacious, the man in the back is a reference for the height of the building : 6,7m.
The inside view of the finished hall.
Outside view of the finished omega+ hangar, doors closed, plane still parked outside.
Lateral view of the Frisomat Omega+ airplane hangar with in the front the Embraer Ipanema agricultural plane.
Frontal view of the Frisomat Omega+ with a span of 18m and a XXL door 15m wide and 5m high, the gate is open.
View of the Embraer Ipanema parked inside the hangar, there's easy access because the wingspan is 11,6m and the door has a 15m opening.
A frontal view of the agricultural plane inside its new home.
General outside view of the closed hangar with the plane safe inside, the pre-painted white color reflects the sun’s heat.