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Haydale Graphene Industries PLC
07 September 2015
Haydale Graphene Industries plc
("Haydale" or the "Company")
Collaborative research project funded by the National Aerospace
Technology Exploitation Programme
Haydale (AIM: HAYD), the group focused on the commercialisation
of graphene and other nano particle products using their
proprietary plasma process is pleased to announce its composites
division, Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd ("HCS"), has entered into
a collaborative 18 month research project awarded and managed by
the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme ("NATEP").
The project involves two end users; Airbus UK and BAE Systems Plc.
Collaborating in the project are Cobham Plc (lightning strike
advice and testing), SHD Composites Ltd (carbon fibre reinforced
epoxy resin pre-impregnated fabric supplier) and HCS (supplier of
functionalised graphene enhanced epoxy resins). NATEP are providing
a grant of up to GBP150,000 towards the GBP300,000 cost of the
research project, of which HCS will receive up to GBP100,000.
Carbon fibre composites are used extensively in aircraft
applications such as fuselages, leading edges and wing surfaces.
However, because the carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composite
materials are poor conductors of electricity they are prone to
damage from lightning strike. This has led to aircraft companies
incorporating copper or aluminium meshes into the composite
materials which add significant weight and cost.
The electrical conductivity of graphene enhanced composites has
already been established. The aim of this project is therefore to
develop highly electrically conductive epoxy resins through the
addition of functionalised graphene which, when combined with
conductive carbon fibre, is expected to result in a highly
conductive carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composite material capable
of withstanding lightning strike in its own right. The development
of such a material would result in safer aircraft, weight and cost
savings from the elimination of the expensive metallic meshes as
well as eliminating time associated with integrating the meshes
into the structure.
Gerry Boyce, Managing Director of HCS said:
"The ability to develop electrically conductive epoxy resins by
incorporating alternate forms of graphene functionalised by our
proprietary HDPlas(R) process is a great opportunity for us. We are
very excited about developing highly conductive carbon fibre
reinforced epoxy composite materials and structures which require
no additional parasitic lightning strike protection. The ability to
add graphene to change one of the fundamental characteristics of
the base resin, in this case, electrical conductivity, is a most
important development for composite engineers and could lead to a
whole new generation of graphene enhanced composite materials."
Ray Gibbs, Haydale Chief Executive added:
"At the beginning of June we announced the appointment of Ebbi
Shahidi and Quentin Fontana to develop our aerospace division
within HCS and I am very pleased with this early, significant
development. The support of NATEP is very welcome as it will
accelerate our research in this area and enable us to collaborate
with leading aerospace companies to develop new materials and
structures at the forefront of emerging technology."
Bridget Day, NATEP Deputy Programme Director commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Haydale into the NATEP programme.
It is particularly pleasing to assist them with a practical
application that uses the exciting properties of graphene in the
aerospace industry. We see this as having a high potential for jobs
growth and exports. NATEP is a GBP40m programme helping UK supply
chain companies develop 100 novel technologies. It will also
enhance UK supply chain capabilities and networks and enable them
to deliver high added value to future aerospace products and
services and increase their ability to win new business with higher
tier companies anywhere in the world.
NATEP is being implemented by the UK's national aerospace
strategy body, the Aerospace Growth Partnership, and includes
GBP23m from the government department responsible for business,
through its Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative fund,
this fund is administered by Finance Birmingham. It is also
sponsored by leading UK aerospace primes and Tier 1s: Airbus,
Bombardier, GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce and Spirit.
NATEP builds on the successful regional Aerospace Technology
Exploitation Programme (ATEP) run by the Midlands Aerospace
Alliance, MAA, from 2006-12, by turning ATEP into a four-year
national programme. MAA have supported Haydale with their project
application and will continue to support them through the life of
the project."
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For further information, please contact:
Haydale Graphene Industries +44 (0) 1269 842
plc 946
John Knowles, Chairman
Ray Gibbs, Chief Executive
Officer
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
(Nomad) +44 (0) 20 7148 7900
Tony Rawlinson
Emma Earl
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Broker) +44 (0) 20 7894 7000
David Foreman, Will Goode (Corporate
Finance)
David Banks, Tessa Sillars
(Corporate Broking)
Hermes Financial PR
+44 (0) 7889 153
628
Trevor Phillips +44 (0) 7979 604
Chris Steele 687
About Haydale (www.haydale.com)
Haydale has developed a patent pending proprietary scalable
plasma process to functionalise graphene and other nanomaterials.
This enabling technology can provide Haydale with a rapid and
highly cost efficient method of supplying tailored solutions to
enhance applications for both raw material suppliers and product
manufacturers.
Functionalisation is carried out through a low pressure plasma
process that treats both organic mined fine powder and other
synthetically produced nanomaterial powders producing high quality
few layered graphenes and graphene nano platelets. The process can
functionalise with a range of chemical groups, where the amount of
chemicals can be tailored to the customer needs. Good dispersion
improves the properties and performance of the host material and
ensures it delivers as specified.
The Haydale plasma process does not use wet chemistry, neither
does it damage the material being processed, rather it can clean up
impurities inherent in the raw material. The technology is a low
energy user and most importantly environmentally friendly. The
Haydale method is an enabling technology where working with a raw
material producer can add value to the base product and tailor the
outputs to meet the target applications of the end user.
Haydale, based in South Wales, housed in a purpose built
facility for processing and handling nanomaterials with a
laboratory facility, is facilitating the application of graphenes
and other nanomaterials in fields such as inks, sensors, energy
storage, photovoltaics, composites, paints and coatings.
About Haydale Composite Solutions (HCS)
Haydale Composite Solutions is a recognised composite R&D
and testing house, based in Loughborough. HCS customers include
significant corporations such as National Grid, SSE, Eirgrid,
Chevron, Anglian Water, Severn Trent Water, Yorkshire Water and
3M.
HCS has developed a reputation for delivering innovative
solutions in the commercial applications of advanced polymer
composite materials working with global companies over more than 20
years. EPL is focused on a range of market sectors including pipe
lining for the oil, gas and water industries, infrastructure for
electricity and energy sectors plus the marine and transportation
markets.
HCS competence spans the entire development cycle from applied
research, product design, process development, product testing and
certification, to setting up manufacturing plants. EPL also works
with OEMs and end-users to develop and provide composite solutions
with demonstrable clear technical, economic and environmental
benefits over existing structures currently manufactured in
traditional materials such as steel, aluminium, wood or
concrete.
About Midland Aerospace Alliance
(http://www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk/atep)
New technology developed with the help of the MAA's Aerospace
Technology Exploitation Programme (ATEP) is already entering the
aerospace supply chain. The great success of the 11 ATEP technology
projects for aerospace supply chain companies -- coupled with the
unique way ATEP was designed as a programme to fit the aerospace
industry's requirements -- led the UK government to launch a
national version, NATEP, to support 100 new projects between 2013
and 2017.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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