SURFACES · Development of technologies for advanced treatment of metal alloy surfaces for special applications in the aerospace and bio-medical sectors
FP6 — Marie Curie Actions (Human Resources and Mobility)
- Duration
- 2006-10-01 → 2010-09-30
- EU contribution
- €430,384
- Participants
- 3
- Scheme
- TOK
Lines connect the coordinator with its partners.
Results in brief
Final Activity Report Summary - SURFACES (Development of Technologies for Advanced Treatment of Metal Alloy Surfaces with applications in the Gas Turbine sector)
This Marie Curie IAP project aimed to implement significant R&D work and transfer of knowledge between one industrial partner and two Universities in relation to protective coatings for Nickel alloy turbine blades used in aero-engines. The overall project consisted of two sub-projects: Sub-project 1: The successful deposition of high quality Thermal Barrier Coatings onto Nickel alloy substrates using Chemical Vapour Deposition(CVD) technology. If successful this would permit the coating of 3-dimensional components without sample manipulation during the coating process - which would be a significant advance on the current state of the art. Sub-project 1 was carried out between Partner 1 (SRTAS) and Partner 2 (Cranfield University). Although some excellent research and knowledge transfer was carried out, with hindsight it can be said that this project was so extremely challenging that resources on a much greater scale than was possible in this project would have been necessary for any hopes of a successful outcome. The project was terminated after about 12 months when it was clear that the goals were not achievable within the context of the available time and resources. Sub-project 2: This project was carried out between partner 1 (SRTAS) and partner 3 (University of La Rochelle). The aim was to develop better solution-based methods for the removal of old protective coatings on Nickel alloy turbine components. More specifically the aim was to surpass the present state of the art by developing solution based methods for "stripping" old coatings that were more selective, more reliable, and more environmentally friendly than the current state of the art. A high degree of success was achieved with this sub-project, and the outputs of this sub-project constitute the principal technical achievement and the principal transfer of knowledge of the project as a whole.
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Project objective
This project - called SURFACES - concerns the transfer of knowledge between an industrial engineering company and three Universities in three different member states of the EU. The knowledge transfer will occur through the secondment of 12 researchers between the partners to implement a number of research projects concerned with innovative coatings on advanced alloys. The products developed will have applications in areas such as the gas turbine industry, and also bone implant materials in the medical sector.The project partners are:(1) SIFCO Turbine is an engineering company based in Cork, Ireland. SIFCO manufactures and repairs components of aero-engines and industrial gas turbines.(2) Cranfield University is a post-graduate research University based in the United Kingdom. Cranfield's School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science has an international reputation for research in gas turbine technologies.(3) Universite La Rochelle (France). ULR's Laboratoire d'Etudes des Materiaux en Milieu Aggressives (LEMMA) has advanced expertise in chemical and electrochemical removal of coatings from metal alloys.(4) The Trinity Centre for Bioengineering (TCBE) at Trinity College Dublin. TCBE has advanced expertise in the evaluation of graft materials, including the osseo-integration of bone implants.The proposed research has strong inter-disciplinary dimensions and will involve interaction between engineering, materials and bio-medical technologies. Successful implementation of these projects will enhance SIFCO's competitive position in the global market for turbine component repair. The work will also enhance the research capability and the research reputations of the three University partners.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- SR TECHNICS AIRFOIL SERVICES LTD · CORKCoordinatorIreland
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY · Cranfield - BedfordUnited Kingdom
- UNIVERSITE DE LA ROCHELLE · LA ROCHELLEFrance
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Data: CORDIS, © European Union