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Smart Fibres Limited

Smart Fibres Optical Fibre Sensing Pioneers & Measurement Systems

Smart Fibres has been pioneering the development of measurement systems based on fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) in Oil & Gas, Wind Energy, Aerospace and other sectors. Get in contact with us today!

CRN
03563533
Founded
1998
Age
25

Overview

Legal name
SMART FIBRES LIMITED
Region
London
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
Yes

Corporate ownership

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Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

1 event
14 May
1998

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

6 awards
First funded
2005
Funded years
2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017
Age at first award
6 years

Projects

2017 BIS-Funded Programmes

Future Landing Gear Phase 2

1 Apr 2017 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£165,743
Total cost £236,776

This project matures key technologies that will reduce costs to the operator; save fuel; improve ground operations; simplify manufacturing and simplify maintenance. The Project also defines how these Technologies will be deployed together on a future Wing/LG configuration for the first time successfully. Airbus will work with multiple partners and sub-con...

2012 Collaborative R&D

Aerospace UniverSal opTical INterrogator (AUSTIN)

1 Sep 2012 to 30 Nov 2014

Awarded
£128,000
Total cost £213,414

AUSTIN will address the need for an Aerospace 'Universal Interrogator' to permit the interfacing of different types of Photonic Sensors within a common Avionics box. This will provide the central element in any optically instrumented Aircraft. It will take known techniques, e.g. the Fibre Bragg Gratings and Fabry Perot, which are yet to be implemented in ...

2009 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

WellPOWER- Wellhole Pressure Monitoringwith Optical Waveguide Sensors for Enhanced Recovery

1 Aug 2009 to 31 Jul 2011

Awarded
£123,686
Total cost £247,372

Awaiting Public Summary

2008 Collaborative R&D

IMAJINE - Innovative MultiMaterials Jointing Integrity Engineering

1 Apr 2008 to 31 Mar 2011

Awarded
£15,000
Total cost £80,000

Awaiting Public Summary

2006 Collaborative R&D

Multi Wavelength Biosensors

1 Jan 2006 to 31 Mar 2008

Awarded
£20,000
Total cost £40,950

Awaiting Public Summary

2005 Collaborative R&D

Bruisable Composites

1 Feb 2005 to 30 Jun 2008

Awarded
£14,269
Total cost £29,978

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D