Sustainable Paints - removing the reliance on fossil fuels

塔塔钢铁欧洲公司（TSE）是欧洲第二大预涂钢生产商。为了保持这一地位，该组织不断努力改进现有的产品范围，通过为建筑行业开发一流的涂料，改进服务或增加功能。塔塔的优质涂层产品可以提供长达40年的免维护保修期，这项技术是基于数十年的经验，以化石燃料为原料配制涂料。随着对可持续性认证和循环经济的日益关注，塔塔钢铁颜色英国公司的主要优质产品是否可以由非化石燃料来源配制。作为开发的一部分，必须充分了解不同气候条件下的性能，以支持产品保证和下一代涂漆钢涂层的产品开发。该项目的目标是由研究工程师承担，-与我们的主要涂料供应商合作，充分了解当前的涂料配方-利用供应商提供的关键成分合成替代品的知识，并根据这些替代品配制涂料-增加对生物树脂产品组成供应链选项的了解-为塔塔钢彩英国品牌产品生产具有最高生物树脂数量的涂料配方-评估有机涂层的机制和比率通过外部和加速训练，紫外，ATR， FTIR和拉曼光谱进行降解和侵蚀。

Tata Steel Europe (TSE) is the second largest producer of pre-painted steel in Europe. To maintain this position, the organisation is constantly trying to improve the current product range, either through the development of best in class coatings for the construction industry, improved offerings in service or through added functionality. Tata's premium coated products can offer maintenance free warranties of up to 40 years and this technology is based on decades of experience formulating paints sourced from fossil fuels as their feedstock. With ever increasing focus on sustainability credentials and the circular economy, can the main premium product from Tata Steel Colors UK be formulated from non-fossil fuel sources. As part of the development, it is essential that the performance under different climatic conditions is fully understood to support product guarantees, and product development of the next generation of painted steel coatings.The aims of the project, to be undertaken by the Research Engineer, are to:- Work in conjunction with our key paint supplier to fully understand the current paint formulation- Use gained knowledge of suppliers who can offer synthetic alternatives of the key ingredients and formulate paints based on these alternatives- Increase knowledge of constituent supply chain options for bio resin products- Produce a paint formulation for Tata Steel Colors UK branded product with the highest quantity of bio resin possible- Evaluate mechanisms and rates of organic coating degradation and erosion via external and accelerated training, UV, ATR FTIR and Raman spectroscopy.