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Competitive advantage
- Surface modification can be customised and is environmentally friendly
- This new surface modification technology outperformed any other traditional nitriding or plating of steel and will increase both its corrosion and abrasion resistance
- An innovative and effective way to produce steel components with enhanced properties at low cost
Impact
- This innovative and economical new approach marries industry demands for more cost-effective, durable steel products with global imperatives to address resource depletion and environmental degradation, through the recovery of resources from waste.
Successful applications
- Formation of ultrahard surface on normal carbon steel increasing its compression strength by 30 percent and its hardness by 40 percent
Capabilities and facilities
- The Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (“SMaRT”) is an internationally recognised pioneer in the transformation of complex waste into value-added resources, such as turning waste glass or textiles into high performance building applications, or using waste rubber tyres to produce Green Steel
- Purpose-built state-of-the-art laboratories
- Specialist furnaces