Expertise

Our key areas of expertise enable us to assist companies with developing complex and challenging manufacturing and recycling processes to end up with higher added value products and processes. Our aim is to be at the forefront of developing the next generation of production methods and processes, and finding new exploitation routes that lead to new applications.

Some of the industrial processes and products developed to date include:

Modeling and selection of materials for and Integrating Manufacturing Process for microwave curing in a RTM process; also including the build of the microwave curing unit. This required an enhanced understanding of the properties of spacer fabrics and microwave curing properties, as well as the enhanced understanding of airflow in dual chromic channels.
Designing a foil impregnation process to generate anti-fouling properties of materials and surface protection, involving enhanced understanding of heat impact and temperature flow characteristics in over-covering layer on reinforced polymeric material, enhanced understanding of the copper cold spraying techniques to enable copper particles to be embedded into reinforced polymer material.
Developing a carbon fibre reinforced structure and struts, utilizing expertise in the areas of reinforced polymeric materials, filament winding, polymeric films and foils.
Designing and building an RF short wave, interface electronics, modification and verification of a sensor communication package.
Developing a high voltage electronics system for VOC and odour abatement, electronic digital signal processing and signal filtering instrumentation, user interface and firmware technology, wireless communication technology and design.
Development of a novel, low cost and high temperature integrity sensor to identify potentially catastrophic faults with pipes carrying environmentally hazardous chemicals using acoustic wave measurement.
Development of the plastic clamping system including 3D design of the clamp mechanism including Rapid Prototyping of the clamping system, selection of suitable materials and design of the mould tool to produce the components for the clamping system.
Developing structural components for use within the structural sector, using extrusion and co-extrusion technology including use of recycled material from the building and construction sector.
Producing diagnosis and treatment equipment for cervical cancer.
Laser drilling through human skin – to replace the need for very thin pin cores that are prone to breaking during moulding.
Moulding high modulus materials into large or complicated thin sections.