Weir Group Plc(The)

To embed and build a global capability in Discrete Element Method coupled with Finite Element Analysis validated by machine learning algorithms to improve and optimise the efficiency of screening technology to deliver smart and sustainable minerals separation equipment.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) also known as 3D printing is a process where objects are produced by adding and depositing material in layers. AM offers significant advantages over traditional manufacturing namely design freedom,lead time reduction and lightweighting resulting to increased performance, cost reduction and new business models-digital inventorie...

"Hard chrome plating is widespread through many industrial sectors due to its excellent combination of hardness and low friction combined with corrosion and wear resistance. The manufacturing process however requires the use of hazardous chromium salts which give rise to health and environmental concerns, leading to an uncertain long-term future due to le...

Today's increasingly complex high value engineering parts are too valuable to discard when they are damaged. Unfortunately, current repair methods, often based on a series of complex manual operations, are difficult to control to ensure that high performance, often safety critical, parts have the required level of integrity. This problem is exacerbated wh...

Wire-based Additive Manufacturing (AM) is able to rapidly deposit a large volume of material, followed by a final machining operation to reach the final dimensional tolerances for parts. This fabrication method offers a considerable improvement in material usage for components that are machined from solid - commonly known as buy-to-fly ratio for aerospace...

The TiWear project is investigating the feasibility of applying a novel, wear resistant surface to titanium components for wells. Titanium is a highly attractive material because of its corrosion resistance, particularly in saline conditions, but has very poor tribological properties. This results in galling and rapid wear on moving components. A novel ap...