A composite scaffolding demonstrator

复合脚手架公司(CSCO)正在开发一种完全由复合材料制成的轻质金属脚手架替代品。这与传统的金属脚手架(笨重、迟缓、具有腐蚀性和导电性)、系统脚手架(设计有限且购买昂贵)和出入口塔楼(平台高度、长度和设计有限)形成了鲜明对比。此外，由于这些设备的繁琐性质和重量，操作员在现场会受到职业健康问题、疾病和死亡的影响。与传统的金属脚手架不同，传统的金属脚手架通过施加非常大的径向压力来产生所需的安全抓地力，到目前为止，在复合管和连接器之间达到正确的安全抓地力(不会损坏)已被证明是技术上的困难。IUK转型技术资助为CSCO项目团队提供了完成管道和连接器的工作的机会，该工作产生安全抓地力所需的安全抓地力，以完全符合英国和欧洲的代码标准建造一台“概念验证”示范器。CSCO将以“S3-更安全、更智能的脚手架”的名义，开发由先进复合材料制成的新型TRL5/6组件(由管、连接器和板组成)。通过创建由玻璃钢组成的演示器，我们将证明我们的产品可能比传统脚手架轻75%，具有抵抗高达3.00kN/m2的高负荷的潜力，设计灵活，热中性，不导电，不产生火花和无腐蚀性。这使得使用周围的电力设施(包括铁路和国家电网)和海上资产进行维修、检查和维护工作是安全的。其他连锁反应的好处包括更快的动员和罢工时间，减轻操作员的健康和安全问题(因此减少了因个人疾病和伤害而损失的工地天数)脚手架行业是钢铁密集型行业。钢铁制造业占全球二氧化碳排放量的11%(2022年7月。)需要减少二氧化碳排放的脚手架解决方案。S3通过利用高效的制造工艺和减少进口金属脚手架组件来实现这一点。重量减轻进一步提高了到达现场的运输速度、燃料/电力消耗、动员速度和罢工时间的效率，从而改善了资源利用、成本效益和生产率，从而在对环境影响较小的情况下产生更多的商品和服务。

The Composite Scaffolding Company (CSCo) is developing a light-weight alternative to metal scaffolding, fabricated entirely of composite materials.This is in contrast to traditional metal scaffolding (which is heavy and sluggish, corrosive and conductive), system scaffolding (which is limited in design and expensive to purchase ) and Access towers (limited in platform height, length and design.) Furthermore, due to the cumbersome nature and weight of these, operators are subject to occupational health issues, illness and fatalities at site.Unlike traditional metal scaffolding which generates the required safe grip capacities by exerting very large levels of radial pressure, attaining the correct level of safe grip between a composite tube and connector (without damage) has proven technically difficult to achieve until now.The IUK Transformational Technology grant offers the CSCo project team the opportunity to finalise work on a tube and connector that generates the safe grip required to build a 'proof of concept 'demonstrator in full conformity of British and Euro-code standards. Under the name of 'S3-Safer Smarter Scaffolding', CSCo will develop novel TRL5/6 components (consisting of tubes, connectors and boards) fabricated of advanced composite materials. This demonstrator will consist of a 2 x bay, 2 x lift structure to be used for field trials and evaluation.By creating a demonstrator comprising of GRP, we will demonstrate that our product is potentially up to 75% lighter than traditional scaffolding, has the potential to resist high loads of up to 3.00kN/m2, is flexible in design, thermally neutral, non conductive, non-sparking and non-corrosive. This makes it safe to use around electrical installations (including railways and National Grid work) and offshore assets for repair, inspection and maintenance work. Other knock-on benefits include faster mobilise and strike times, mitigation of operator health and safety issues (hence less site days lost to personal illness and injury)The scaffolding industry is a steel intensive industry. The manufacture of iron and steel is responsible for 11% of Global Co2e.(Scaffmag Jul 2022.) There is a need for scaffolding solutions that reduce CO2e. S3 achieves this by exploiting efficient manufacturing processes and a reduction of imported metal scaffolding components. Reduction in weight further results in improved efficiencies in speed of transportation to site, lower fuel/electric consumption, speed of mobilisation and strike times, resulting in improved use of resources, cost efficiencies and higher productivity, resulting in a greater output of goods and services with a lower environmental impact.