DIAMOND HARD SURFACES LIMITED: “AMORPHOUS CARBON IN DIAMOND FORM” - DEVELOPMENT OF A FLEXIBLE, EFFICIENT PROTOTYPE PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR DEPOSITION OF AN INNOVATIVE ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING COATING IN HIGH VALUE OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS.

航空航天、赛车运动、石油勘探和其他高性能行业对卓越的性能和出色的可靠性有着共同的需求。钻石硬质表面有限公司(DHS)已经展示了一种在机械部件、工具和发动机部件等衬底上沉积碳的创新工艺，这种工艺可以形成一种超高性能涂层--“钻石形式的非晶态碳”--这种涂层不仅远远超过现有和替代涂层的性能，并赋予衬底更高的耐用性、强度和可靠性，而且还提供了其他公司无法实现的更厚涂层和涂层部件、材料和几何形状的额外潜在好处。它的性能被证明对潜在客户非常有吸引力。国土安全部的沉积过程已经发展到概念验证阶段，并使国土安全部从原理上证明了其技术；国土安全部需要开发它，使其在各种基材尺寸和灵活、可定制的商业生产流程中可用，以响应服务请求。这一智能项目将使国土安全部能够为其开发可扩展、完全可控和在技术上可理解的原型生产流程，使国土安全部能够在市场领先、具有竞争力和成本效益的全面生产涂料服务中利用独特的技术。项目完成后，潜在客户将为特定的最终用户应用程序进行测试，一旦投入生产，预计将有可能在提高效率和减少故障和停机时间方面为最终用户每年节省超过120亿美元。

Aerospace, Motorsport, Oil Exploration and other high performance industries share acommon need for superb performance and outstanding reliability. In their quest for these,combined with their requirements of low cost and low maintenance, they are alreadychallenging the limits of existing materials and of engineering.Diamond Hard Surfaces Limited (DHS) has demonstrated a process to deposit carbon ontosubstrates such as mechanical components, tools and engine parts, in an innovative processthat forms an ultra-high performance coating – “Amorphous Carbon in Diamond Form” –which not only far exceeds the performance of existing and alternative coatings and conferson the substrates properties of higher durability, strength and reliability but also providesadditional potential benefits of being able to coat thicker and coating parts, materials andgeometries which other companies are unable to undertake. Its properties are proving to behighly attractive to potential customers.DHS’s deposition process has been developed to proof of concept stage and has enabled DHSto prove its technology in principle; DHS needs to develop it to be usable on a range ofsubstrate sizes and in a commercial production process that is flexible and customisable, torespond to requests for services.This SMART project will enable DHS to develop a prototype production process for itscoating that is scalable, fully controllable and understood technically, enabling DHS to exploitits unique technology in a full production coating service that is both market leading,competitive and cost effective for its customers.It will be tested by a potential customer for a specific end user application on completion ofthe project and, once in production is projected to have the potential to save end users over$12 billion per annum in improved efficiency and reductions breakdowns and down time.