New Business Models in Surface Markings

该项目将研究添加剂制造(AM)PPU(按使用付费)商业模式，以支持新表面标记技术在全球可能的发展，这种技术逐层建立先进的超反射标记，使用激光或微波技术固化。应用于沥青和混凝土的表面标记使设施和高速公路所有者能够在黄金地段增加安全、教育和广告，从而在学校、零售、停车场、体育场以及道路表面标记方面带来全球机会。目前的系统通常使用裸露的气体火焰将热塑性塑料粘合在表面上。这会产生不同的结果，耗费时间，并带来健康和安全问题，以及在全球所有144个地下应用中被禁止使用。如果可行，这种商业模式将把HVM技术移植到传统的非熟练行业，创造新的产品和就业机会，并在新的受众中提高对HVM的认识。

This project will investigate an Additive Manufacturing (AM) PPU (Pay Per Use) business model to underpin possible global developments in new surface marking techniques that build advanced ultra-reflective markings layer by layer, cured using laser or microwave technology. Surface Markings applied to asphalt and concrete give facilities and highways owners the ability to add safety, education, and advertising in prime locations, leading to global opportunities in schools, retail, car parks, stadia; as well as road surface markings. Current systems typically apply thermoplastics bonded to the surface with a naked gas flame. This gives variable results, is time consuming, and presents health and safety issues, as well as being banned from use in all 144 underground applications Worldwide. If viable, this business model will migrate HVM technology into a traditional unskilled industry, creating new products and jobs, and raising awareness of HVM in a new audience.