Co-operative Research
Research programmes are usually multi-disciplinary, embracing expertise, resources and facilities which are often not found in any one organisation. For many years we have been working in collaboration with other research centres, business (large and small) and universities with skills and ambitions that compliment ours and with whom we can develop and exploit the research results.
We are experienced in building research partnerships, preparing, bidding and managing research programmes for the EC Framework Programme and UK national and regional governments.
What We Do
- Prepare bids to national government and EC FP7
- Negotiate contracts on behalf of research partners
- State-of-the-art technical reviews
- Feasibility and design studies that can be used together with our Design and Modelling services
- Prototype equipment construction and testing leading to Product Development
- Applied research that can also use our Test Facilities
- Site trials and demonstration
- Intellectual property generation, management and exploitation
- Provision of software-based design and decision making tools
Applications
Aerospace – Nano-coatings to improve the tribological properties of elastomers
Energy - Emission reduction in ITFC fuel cell by better gasket design
Process - Design and development of hygienic control valve
Offshore oil and gas - Development of integrity assessment tool for flexible pipes
Offshore oil and gas - Development of vertical three-phase (oil/water/gas) separator