A composite scaffolding demonstrator

复合材料脚手架公司（CSCo）正在开发一种完全由复合材料制成的金属脚手架的轻质替代品，这与传统的金属脚手架（沉重而缓慢，腐蚀性和导电性），系统脚手架（设计有限，购买昂贵）和访问塔（平台高度，长度和设计有限）形成鲜明对比。此外，由于这些脚手架的笨重性和重量，操作人员在现场会受到职业健康问题、疾病和死亡的影响。与传统的金属脚手架不同，传统的金属脚手架通过施加非常大的径向压力来产生所需的安全抓持能力，在复合管和连接器之间获得正确的安全夹持水平（无损坏）到目前为止，已经证明在技术上很难实现。IUK转型技术赠款为CSCo项目团队提供了完成管道和连接器工作的机会，这些管道和连接器可以产生建立“证明”所需的安全抓地力。完全符合英国和欧洲规范标准。在“S3-更安全更智能的脚手架”的名义下，CSCo将开发由先进复合材料制成的新型TRL 5/6组件（包括管，连接器和板）。该演示器将包括一个2倍的海湾，2倍的升降机结构，用于现场试验和评估。通过创建一个由玻璃钢组成的演示器，我们将证明我们的产品可能比传统脚手架轻75%，具有抵抗高达3.00kN/m2的高负荷的潜力，设计灵活，热中性，不导电，无火花和无腐蚀性。这使得它可以安全地在电气装置（包括铁路和国家电网）和海上资产周围进行维修，检查和维护工作。其他附带的好处包括更快的动员和罢工时间，减轻操作员的健康和安全问题（因此减少因个人疾病和伤害而损失的现场工作日）脚手架行业是钢铁密集型行业。钢铁制造业占全球二氧化碳当量的11%。（Scaffmag Jul 2022.）需要减少CO2 e的脚手架解决方案。S3通过采用高效的制造工艺和减少进口金属脚手架组件来实现这一目标。重量的减少进一步导致在运输到现场的速度、更低的燃料/电力消耗、动员速度和罢工时间方面的效率提高，从而导致资源利用的改善、成本效率和更高的生产率，从而导致商品和服务的更大产出，同时具有更低的环境影响。

The Composite Scaffolding Company (CSCo) is developing a light-weight alternative to metal scaffolding, fabricated entirely of composite materials.This is in contrast to traditional metal scaffolding (which is heavy and sluggish, corrosive and conductive), system scaffolding (which is limited in design and expensive to purchase ) and Access towers (limited in platform height, length and design.) Furthermore, due to the cumbersome nature and weight of these, operators are subject to occupational health issues, illness and fatalities at site.Unlike traditional metal scaffolding which generates the required safe grip capacities by exerting very large levels of radial pressure, attaining the correct level of safe grip between a composite tube and connector (without damage) has proven technically difficult to achieve until now.The IUK Transformational Technology grant offers the CSCo project team the opportunity to finalise work on a tube and connector that generates the safe grip required to build a 'proof of concept 'demonstrator in full conformity of British and Euro-code standards. Under the name of 'S3-Safer Smarter Scaffolding', CSCo will develop novel TRL5/6 components (consisting of tubes, connectors and boards) fabricated of advanced composite materials. This demonstrator will consist of a 2 x bay, 2 x lift structure to be used for field trials and evaluation.By creating a demonstrator comprising of GRP, we will demonstrate that our product is potentially up to 75% lighter than traditional scaffolding, has the potential to resist high loads of up to 3.00kN/m2, is flexible in design, thermally neutral, non conductive, non-sparking and non-corrosive. This makes it safe to use around electrical installations (including railways and National Grid work) and offshore assets for repair, inspection and maintenance work. Other knock-on benefits include faster mobilise and strike times, mitigation of operator health and safety issues (hence less site days lost to personal illness and injury)The scaffolding industry is a steel intensive industry. The manufacture of iron and steel is responsible for 11% of Global Co2e.(Scaffmag Jul 2022.) There is a need for scaffolding solutions that reduce CO2e. S3 achieves this by exploiting efficient manufacturing processes and a reduction of imported metal scaffolding components. Reduction in weight further results in improved efficiencies in speed of transportation to site, lower fuel/electric consumption, speed of mobilisation and strike times, resulting in improved use of resources, cost efficiencies and higher productivity, resulting in a greater output of goods and services with a lower environmental impact.