A new Investment Casting process to produce Titanium components with functionally graded hard ceramic insertions for bearing surfaces

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This project seeks to establish proof of market for a new process developed by ADML and itscollaborator Cti to produce cast components incorporating functionally graded Ti/ceramicbearing surfaces, using a novel ceramic preform technique.Market segmentation, size and value will be assessed and the competitive landscape mappedto provide the business case information for exploitation of the process.The study will focus on the functional requirements of candidate sectors, to focus initialmarket penetration in the area with the most promising components for high added value fromthe process. Technical specifications will be derived to meet the market needs.Detailed assessment of competitive technologies will be vital in measuring commercialviability of the new process. If these supply chain and technology analyses do indeed showthat the new process has a viable market, data from this project will enable processes to beoperated with