高级表面涂料专家硬质涂料has secured a grant of up to £250,000 under the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘Smart’ scheme to commercialise a novel coating that will enable a new generation of hardfacing materials for use on drilling tool and wear parts for industries including oil and gas, mining and construction.
将组件加载在硬胶反应堆中以进行涂层
The ‘development of prototype’ grant from the UK’s innovation agency will part-fund a two year project to further develop, manufacture and test a new Hardide coating for use in a hardfacing material that will enable drilling tools and high wear parts to operate at peak performance in severely abrasive environments where current technologies fail.
新材料将补充Hardide现有的耐磨性和耐腐蚀涂层范围，并提供一定的耐用性和保护，目前市场上没有任何表面技术可用。
离岸钻井是该技术的主要市场之一。随着勘探和生产向更深而苛刻的水域发展以利用剩余的储量，石油和天然气钻井环境变得越来越敌对。现有的防护技术未能提供所需的钻井工具寿命，而这些位置的设备故障成本仅在钻机停机时间内就很快就会造成数百万英镑。2020欧洲杯下注官网
Hardide Coatings首席执行官Philip Kirkham表示：“该项目的成功完成将生产一种创新的新涂层和硬式材料，将为石油和天然气行业提供钻井和井下工具，以及采矿和建筑设备2020欧洲杯下注官网前所未有的磨损和抗侵蚀水平。它有可能解锁新的钻井和切割功能，这对用户来说将具有极高的价值。
“在过去的五年中，实验室开发一直在进行。“智能”赠款将使我们能够在牛津郡的比斯特工厂建立原型制造设施，并在两年内快速跟踪该项目。”
该赠款将在两年内支付高达25万英镑的额定费用。
‘Smart’ is a Technology Strategy Board scheme offering funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology, from which successful new products, processes and services could emerge.The Smart scheme supports R&D projects which offer potentially significant rewards and could stimulate UK economic growth.