Electroformed Hydrogen Containment Tank - Pilot Line

该项目将一项关键的氢屏障密封技术推向市场，并资助安装一条电铸中试生产线，用于制造压力储氢容器的薄而轻的金属内衬。这些内衬然后用碳纤维包裹以确保结构完整性。该项目建立在之前APC资助的可行性项目的成功基础上，现在将帮助Ultima Forma成熟从原型到预生产的制造工艺。电铸提供了一种新的氢气密封方法。使用电沉积工艺在增材工艺中制造的电铸屏障构建材料是致密的，该项目提供的电铸工艺将为Ultima Forma和英国提供至关重要的新技术，以帮助一系列运输和能源部门开发尖端产品。该项目还将帮助招聘总工程师，为正在进行的产品开发提供资金。

This project brings closer to market a key hydrogen barrier containment technology with funding the installation of an electroforming pilot line for the manufacture of thin, lightweight metallic liners for pressurised hydrogen storage vessels. These liners are then over wrapped with carbon fibre for structural integrity.The project builds on successes from a previous APC funded feasibility project and now sets to help Ultima Forma mature the manufacturing process from prototype through to pre-production.Electroforming offers a novel approach to hydrogen containment. Electroformed barriers made using an electro-deposition process build material in an additive process that is dense, closely packed atoms making it ideal as an effective hydrogen barrier.The electroforming process this project delivers will give Ultima Forma and the UK vital new technology to assist a range of transport and energy sectors with enabling technology to help develop cutting edge products.The project will also help recruit a chief engineer and fund ongoing product development.