New Business Models in Surface Markings

该项目将研究增材制造（AM） PPU（按使用付费）商业模式，以支持新表面标记技术的可能全球发展，该技术可使用激光或微波技术逐层构建先进的超反射标记。应用于沥青和混凝土的表面标记使设施和高速公路所有者能够在黄金地段添加安全，教育和广告，从而在学校，零售，停车场，体育场馆带来全球机会；还有路面标记。目前的系统通常使用热塑性塑料与裸露的气体火焰粘合在表面。这带来了不同的结果，是耗时的，并提出了健康和安全问题，以及被禁止在全球所有144个地下应用中使用。如果可行，这种商业模式将把HVM技术移植到传统的非熟练行业，创造新的产品和就业机会，并提高新受众对HVM的认识。

This project will investigate an Additive Manufacturing (AM) PPU (Pay Per Use) business model to underpin possible global developments in new surface marking techniques that build advanced ultra-reflective markings layer by layer, cured using laser or microwave technology. Surface Markings applied to asphalt and concrete give facilities and highways owners the ability to add safety, education, and advertising in prime locations, leading to global opportunities in schools, retail, car parks, stadia; as well as road surface markings. Current systems typically apply thermoplastics bonded to the surface with a naked gas flame. This gives variable results, is time consuming, and presents health and safety issues, as well as being banned from use in all 144 underground applications Worldwide. If viable, this business model will migrate HVM technology into a traditional unskilled industry, creating new products and jobs, and raising awareness of HVM in a new audience.