Arc brazing of stainless steel to stainless steel and galvanised mild steel
Arc brazing is a special brazing technique that uses an electric arc and a process known as short circuit transfer to join two materials
Life cycle asset management
An overview of our research into life cycle asset management
Investigation and characterisation of corrosion mechanism for the sol-gel developed Cr6+ free coatings for aircraft Al or Mg alloys
This project will add various corrosion inhibitors in the formulation to investigate their corrosion resistance and mechanism to the coated metal through electrochemical analysis
Impedance Spectroscopy
Impedance spectroscopy is a powerful electrochemical technique which not only provides quantitative data regarding the corrosion of a sample but can also be used to identify the electrochemical process occurring.
Novel scanning electrochemical technologies for mapping defects in organic coatings
The project aims to develop an understanding of the physical and chemical features of coatings which are responsible for the causes of heterogeneities
NITRACOTE
This project is concerned with development of a duplex coating system for steels, bringing together two separate surface treatments in an entirely novel and synergistic way
Barrier materials based on PVOH
The increasing demand for sustainable paper-based packaging is driving research towards developing renewable coating materials with high barrier properties against gas, water vapour and odours
Construction Materials
A summary of our research regarding construction materials
Oxidation Studies of PVD Coatings
This project seeks to gain fundamental understanding of the oxidation process of TiN, TiAlN and TiAlCrYN based hard coatings at elevated temperatures, in the range of 700-950 degrees celsius
Low Pressure Plasma Nitriding
The project involved the development of a nitriding process to work at low pressures, achieving high plasma densities and degree of activation of nitrogen