Consortium (JIP) Research

Many engineering challenges are industry wide and so can be solved by pooling technical resources and research funding. The resultant work programmes provide very focussed research, rigorously controlled by the industrial members thereby offering cost effective access to leading edge research and development.

What We Do 

• 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
• Information dissemination
• Provision of design and decision making tools
• Production of software tools

Applications

Aerospace – CFD feasible for tribological films of seals with complex geometry
Offshore oil and gas – Design and selection of RGD resistant elastomeric seals
Offshore oil and gas - HPHT performance of sub-surface safety valves
Offshore oil and gas - Design and selection of pigs for swabbing and cleaning
Energy – Water-based power transmission for tidal turbines