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🔧 Is your business facing costly repairs and downtime due to minor damage? Many companies struggle with retiring valuable components because of issues like corrosion, wear, or foreign object damage. These issues lead to high replacement costs and extended downtimes. ❌ Traditional repair methods often alter material properties, causing further complications and delays. There’s a better way for your business! 💡 TWI’s Cold Spray Repair technology offers a breakthrough solution—no heat input, no material degradation, and fast, flexible repairs for aluminium, titanium, and more. By joining our ‘Improving and Industrialising Cold Spray Repair’ Joint Industry Project, your business can: ✅ Lower repair costs and reduce the need for spare parts ✅ Minimise downtime, keeping your operations running smoothly ✅ Adopt sustainable practices by reducing waste and emissions Don’t miss this opportunity! 📥 You can download the proposal outline to explore how to participate and benefit from this innovative project. https://lnkd.in/eJmwes23 #ColdSpray #JointIndustryProject #NetZero #CostSaving #SurfaceEngineering Dibakor Boruah | Sofia Sampethai, CEng

TWI Job Opening: Quality Administrator We are seeking a Quality Administrator to join our team in Middlesbrough, UK. You would assist in implementing and maintaining the quality management system (QMS) for our Training and Examination Services Group, providing administrative support to the Quality Team, and ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 and other relevant standards. Find out more and apply for this role, here: Workday - https://lnkd.in/e5XugwK6 #Quality #Careers #Jobs #STEM

First-Ever Autonomous Weld Performed in Space TWI technology was behind a technological breakthrough as the first-ever autonomous weld was made in space. An electron beam welding gun designed and manufactured at TWI was used to perform the weld; a one centimetre weld made in aluminium. The weld is now being examined at the European Space Agency - ESA’s Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory Centre in The Netherlands, where it is being compared against identical samples produced on Earth. You can find out more about this ground-breaking achievement, here: https://lnkd.in/eXukXGvm #Welding #Engineering #Space #ElectronBeam #ESA

📣 Meet Our Speaker We're pleased to announce that Dr.Kranthi Maniam, CSci, CEng, Senior Project Leader at TWI's Surface, Corrosion, and Interface Engineering Section, will speak at our Joint Industry Project launch meeting on 23 October, 2024: 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐬 With a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, and extensive industry experience, he specialises in developing products and processes from lab to industrial scale. His expertise includes REACH-compliant surface treatments, anodization, and coating deposition technologies such as electrodeposition, sol-gel, ionic liquids, corrosion, and fuel cells. Kranthi holds three patents and has published over 15 papers. Attending our launch meeting is your chance to explore the scope of this JIP project in detail and actively participate in shaping the final technical proposal. Register: https://lnkd.in/eWVHaysZ #Surface #Pretreatment #3DPrinting #Aluminium #JointIndustryProject TWI Cold Spray Technology Centre | Sofia Sampethai, CEng | University of Leicester | Engineering Council | Science Council | NEBOSH | NACE International | Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

TWI at #ASNT2024 in Las Vegas We are pleased to announce that Nathan Hartley, Mark Sutcliffe, and David Carswell will attend the ASNT (The American Society for Nondestructive Testing) NDT trade show in Las Vegas from 21 to 24 October, 2024. Our experts will support TWI Industrial Members TPAC and Peak NDT Ltd. at the event by demonstrating TWI Software. Discover more: https://lnkd.in/ewtEUHmZ #ASNT #NDT #NDTSoftware #NDTInspection TWI Non-Destructive Evaluation

📣 Meet Our Speaker We’re pleased to announce that Dr Ben Robinson, the Surface, Corrosion, and Interface Engineering Section Manager at TWI, will speak at our Joint Industry Project launch meeting on 23 October, 2024: 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐬 With years of experience in coating systems, including thermal spray, cold spray, electroplating, and conversion coatings, Ben has been instrumental in developing solutions across industries such as defence, aerospace, and renewable energy. As one of the project leaders, Ben will share valuable insights on this innovative Joint Industry Project. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the project's scope in detail and join the discussion to shape the final technical proposal. Register: https://lnkd.in/eWVHaysZ #SurfaceEngineering #Corrosion #Surfacing #AdditiveManufacturing #AluminiumAlloys TWI Cold Spray Technology Centre | Sofia Sampethai, CEng | Dr.Kranthi Maniam, CSci, CEng

📰 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘅–𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗿 We are excited to announce the publication of a new research paper by TWI’s researchers in the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology. This study, co-authored by Deepak Sharma, Dibakor Boruah, Ahamed Ameen, Ali Alperen Bakır, and Shiladitya Paul,  explores the optimisation of cold spray parameters for high entropy alloy coatings using advanced techniques. This research was funded by the European Union's #Horizon2020 programme and carried out as part of the FORGE EU Project. 🔗 Read the full paper to explore the findings: https://lnkd.in/eqS5rXra #ColdSpray #ResearchPaper Springer Nature #AlloyCoatings #ThermalSpray TWI Cold Spray Technology Centre | TWI Materials Group

🆕 Joint Industry Project on PFAS Business Risks We are pleased to announce that TWI will launch a Joint Industry Project (JIP) on 5 November 2024. The JIP will focus on assessing and addressing business risks within the evolving regulatory and ESG landscape surrounding PFAS. During the launch meeting, Dr Alan Taylor FRSC FIMMM, Sofia Sampethai, CEngh, and Sara Naderizadeh, PhD will present the project’s concept, and potential Sponsors will have the opportunity to raise questions and contribute to the final technical proposal. Register: https://lnkd.in/e6_9KcFk #PFAS #BusinessRisk #PFASSolutions #JointIndustryProject #PFASFree

🆕 Project: Introducing DigiPipeWeld We are pleased to announce the launch of the Innovate UK-funded ‘DigiPipeWeld’ project, based on the Pinweld joining process. At the heart of this project is the revolutionary Pinweld Ltd process—a breakthrough technology for joining plastics that uses a heated, oscillating metal pin to create precise and durable welds. The project consortium, which includes Lancaster University, Rainbow Medical Engineering Limited, TWI and ATS Global, aims to develop the process further to suit various applications and become a standard in welding sheets, pipes or even more complex geometries. Check out the full article to learn more: https://lnkd.in/erCHFvdE #Manufacturing #PlasticWelding #PlasticsIndustry #Pipe #Welding UK Research and Innovation

Happy World Geothermal Energy Day Today, we celebrate the power of geothermal energy and its role in shaping a cleaner, more sustainable future. As part of this celebration, we’re proud to reflect on the journey of the GeoSmart Project, which has been working tirelessly to enhance geothermal energy systems through smart and flexible innovations. From scaling reduction systems to advanced thermal storage solutions, GeoSmart has been tackling the challenges of geothermal energy, making it more efficient, reliable, and competitive. 🔗 Discover more about this journey in our latest article, which explores the project’s innovations and its impact on the future of geothermal energy: https://lnkd.in/exfA96FJ #WorldGeothermalEnergyDay #GeothermalEnergy #Sustainability European Union #Horizon2020 #CleanEnergy