Electroformed Hydrogen Containment Tank - Pilot Line

该项目将一项关键的氢屏障遏制技术推向市场，并资助安装一条电铸中试生产线，用于制造压力氢气储存容器的轻薄金属衬里。然后，这些衬里被碳纤维包裹，以确保结构完整性。该项目建立在之前APC资助的可行性项目的成功基础上，现在将帮助Ultima Forma成熟从原型到试生产的制造过程。电铸提供了一种新的氢气遏制方法。使用电沉积过程制造的电铸屏障在致密、紧密堆积的原子的添加过程中建立材料，使其成为有效的氢障。该项目提供的电铸过程将为Ultima Forma和英国提供关键的新技术，以支持一系列运输和能源部门，以帮助开发尖端产品。该项目还将帮助招聘一名总工程师，并为正在进行的产品开发提供资金。

This project brings closer to market a key hydrogen barrier containment technology with funding the installation of an electroforming pilot line for the manufacture of thin, lightweight metallic liners for pressurised hydrogen storage vessels. These liners are then over wrapped with carbon fibre for structural integrity.The project builds on successes from a previous APC funded feasibility project and now sets to help Ultima Forma mature the manufacturing process from prototype through to pre-production.Electroforming offers a novel approach to hydrogen containment. Electroformed barriers made using an electro-deposition process build material in an additive process that is dense, closely packed atoms making it ideal as an effective hydrogen barrier.The electroforming process this project delivers will give Ultima Forma and the UK vital new technology to assist a range of transport and energy sectors with enabling technology to help develop cutting edge products.The project will also help recruit a chief engineer and fund ongoing product development.