Public Funding for Niftylift Limited

To produce a product to improve safety to workers on movable or static access platforms. To develop a unique robust, repeatable and reliable integrated system into access platforms.

The IPM e-Cartridge project will develop the equivalent of a power tool ‘base unit’ with ‘multi-purpose adaptors’, but for low voltage off-highway traction and implementation drives. In this case the ‘base unit’ is a fully integrated Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) motor & controlle cartridge and the ‘multi-puropse adaptors’ include hydraulic pumps, e-axles and gearboxes. The consortium is made up of Ashwoods Electric Motors, Curtis Instruments, Caterpillar, Niftylift and the University of Bath. The IPM e-Cartridge will be designed and developed by Ashwoods and Curtis. Bath University will then simulate the IPM e-Cartridege in different configurations and on different duty cycles for Niftylift and Caterpillar to identify the most effective drive train configurations. Finally the technology will be integrated to Niftylift and Caterpillar vehicles for testing and demonstration. The consortium have every expectation to be exploiting the outputs of this project in their own vehicles or through their existing high volume OEM relationships by the end of 2017.

This project will develop a range of novel polymer additives that are able to downconvert UV light to other parts of the electomagnetic spectrum, by incorporating phosphor particles into the polymers. By down converting the UV and visible (blue and green) light into red and near infra -red, these materials will be longer lasting (not be degraded by UV light). This generic technology will have a huge range of industrial applications generating large market share for UK industry, including car side & roof windows, conservatory windows & roofing, stadium roofing and thermal insulation.