Victrex Manufacturing Limited

EdgeMethods(IoT platform developers/integrators) and Victrex(High-performance polymer manufacturers) have completed a successful _Proof of Science_ energy efficiency project on a single polymer powder manufacturing process. Work included defining the key energy and emissions reduction KPIs and integrating key technological requirements (e.g. sensors to re...

OverHiPP will identify, develop and optimise materials and solutions for overprinting features, inserts and conductive materials onto organo sheets and other components, using 5-axis 3D printing technology, coupled with high performance polymers. This will offer a new manufacturing process for many low to medium volume applications, offering improved desi...

The aim of F4 PAEK is to produce novel nano-composite materials for additive manufacturing. These new materials will offer multifunctional capabilities including lightweighting, thermal and electro-magnetic properties. The initial target applications are focussed on the defence and aerospace industry but the developments have potential implications and be...

Jaguar Land Rover is leading an exciting research project to develop future state of the art electric hybrid vehicle systems, in conjunction with universities and businesses across the UK. The project aims to significantly improve the vehicle system efficiency through utilisation of innovative electronic systems and componentry.

Photovolatic solar cells are renewable energy devices which convert light energy into electric energy. The cost of PV devices is still very high. We have deleloped silicon structures for application in PV with benefits of low temperature processes, thus less power consumption and a reduction in heat dissipation to the environment - reduces carbon footprin...

The aim is to develop a new lightweight wheel technology for aircraft. The new wheels will utilise some of the latest advances in materials engineering. The programme will utilise latest advances made in the automotive sector and apply them in the aviation market. Key requirements include very high toughness demonstrating excellent impact strength at low ...

Artemis Intelligent Power has developed a new kind of energy saving and highly controllable technology called Digital Displacement® hydraulics. The company has demonstrated the advantages of Digital Displacement® pumps and motors in all sorts of applications including in the largest floating wind-turbine in the world, in energy saving buses and trains, an...

Characterisation of developmental high Tg polymer for subsea oil & gas applications.

High performance injection mouldable polyaryletherketone family (PAEK) polymers, and their engineered compounds, are materials that facilitate and enable automotive manufacturers to achieve safety, environmental and cost goals now and in the future. For automotive powertrain designers and manufacturers, addressing frictional performance needs of new techn...

High performance mouldable plastics like PEEK/PEK and others in the polyaryletherketone family (PAEK), and their engineered composites are materials of the future and of particular interested to airframe makers as a metal replacement, being 40 -70% lighter than steel, titanium or aluminum. PAEK composites are also highly corrosion resistant, heat tolerant...

Fluorine is an industrially important and widely used chemical element. It is derived almost solely from the mineral fluorspar, supplies of which are becoming scarce, to the extent that this mineral has been identified as one of 14 "critical" raw materials by the European Commission. In order to reduce consumption and reliance on supplies of this valuable...