Innovative Tantalum Coatings Technology, (InTaCT)

钽涂层的应用是众多行业和高价值市场的涂层性能解决方案。例如，在化学工业中，腐蚀是一个限制因素，具有广泛的影响，如安全，成本和材料使用。该项目包括道康宁作为需要氯基化工厂腐蚀解决方案的IEU;克兰菲尔德大学作为具有腐蚀测试专业知识的学术合作伙伴; Archer Technicoat Ltd.作为基于30多年沉积涂层解决方案经验的涂层开发商。该项目旨在通过优化沉积工艺开发一种用于制造的涂层和组件设计的综合方法。使用的化学气相沉积工艺是ATL开发的实验室规模工艺的放大，通过使用创新的表征工具进行特定应用的测试和分析，对商业几何形状进行验证。该项目通过一种工艺生产具有增强性能的产品，该工艺可以实现其他方法无法实现的几何形状和内部表面的涂层，从而节省成本和使用有限的资源。

The application of Tantalum coatings is a solution to coating performance across numerous industries and highvalue markets. For example; in the chemical industry corrosion is a limiting factor with broad implications suchas safety, costs and material usage. The project includes Dow Corning as the IEU in need of a solution tocorrosion in chlorine based chemical plants; Cranfield University as an academic partner with expertise incorrosion testing and Archer Technicoat Ltd. as the coating developer based on over 30 years' experience invapour deposited coating solutions. The project aims to develop an integrated approach to coating andcomponent design for manufacture via an optimised deposition processes. The chemical vapour depositionprocess to be used is scale-up of a lab-scale process developed by ATL towards commercial geometries to bevalidated through application specific testing and analysis using innovative characterisation tools. The projectwill generate products with enhanced performance through a process that can enable coating of geometriesand internal surfaces other methods cannot, offering savings in both cost and usage of a limited resource.