Airfield Marking Machines H33

The Hofmann H33 Airfield Marking Machine is a self-propelled airport surface marking machine built on a heavier-duty platform than the H18 and H26 series, configured for high-volume airfield marking operations with 1K single-component cold paint via pressure vessel or Airless AMAKOS® pumping systems, and for spray thermoplastic application where required. Documented configurations include a 90 cm wide-line screed with 4 paint guns and 4 bead guns, dual or triple pressure vessel arrangements covering 460 to 925 liters of paint capacity per fill, and multi-color paint supply systems for simultaneous application of up to five colors including white, yellow, red, blue, and black in a single machine pass. The H33 is also available in a palletizing system configuration equipped with electric and hydraulic quick-release couplings and forklift attachment points, allowing complete application unit changeover by forklift between marking passes on large international airports.

The multi-color supply architecture allows the machine to apply complex airfield marking patterns — including black/yellow/black taxiway edge lines, white/red/white runway safety separation lines, and colored guidance lines — in a single forward pass without returning to the depot for color changes. Airless AMAKOS® pump configurations remove the need for compressor-supplied air at the spray gun, delivering clean edge definition at marking widths up to 90 cm. The bead distributor diffuser system distributes retroreflective glass beads uniformly across the full marking width from multiple bead guns simultaneously. The machine has been deployed at Hamburg Airport, Germany, with five independent Airless pumps across 12 additional paint guns covering five separate colors for runway and taxiway guidance line marking in a single pass.

The Hofmann H33 Airfield Marking Machine is deployed at major international and regional airports across four continents — confirmed installations include Hamburg Airport (Germany), Doha (Qatar), Muscat (Oman), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Manama (Bahrain), Cairo (Egypt), Kyiv (Ukraine), Tripoli (Libya), and Ramstein Air Base (Germany). It is used for runway centerline, threshold, touchdown zone, taxiway edge, taxiway centerline, apron, and guidance line marking across all ICAO Annex 14 marking categories simultaneously in a single production pass.

Leader Infra supplies this multi-color, multi-gun, palletizing-capable Airless cold paint airfield marking machine for airport authorities and airfield maintenance contractors — delivering complex simultaneous multi-color marking with retroreflective bead application across a 90 cm screed width in a single pass on major international airport surfaces globally.

FAQ — What does the palletizing system configuration mean in practice for airfield marking operations? The palletizing system replaces conventional bolted application unit mounting with electric and hydraulic quick-release couplings and forklift lifting points. This allows the entire application unit — paint guns, bead guns, screed, and associated hardware — to be lifted off and exchanged for a different configuration by forklift in a few minutes, rather than hours. On large airports where the same machine must switch between runway marking and taxiway marking configurations between passes, this dramatically reduces changeover time and increases daily marking output.