IMPROVED WEAR RESISTANT COATINGS APPLIED INTERNALLY ON COMPLEX SHAPES

自2008年以来，英国钢铁行业遭受重创，2012年的盈利能力比2008年达到的危机前峰值下降了80%。2014年和2015年的生产成本仍处于历史最高水平之一，英国钢厂发现自己在持续紧张的全球市场竞争中受到挤压。Monitor Coatings拥有一项专利技术，授权给塔塔钢铁公司（TATA steel），以CASTCOAT商标销售，该技术能够将塔尔博特港（Port Talbot）和蒂赛德（Teesside）钢铁厂等公司的连铸平板模具的使用寿命提高6倍。基于该技术，将开发一种新的涂层系统，该系统使用紧凑的HVOF工艺，能够对钢坯模具的内径进行涂层。将开发三种涂层系统（取代硬镀铬），能够承受连铸过程中剧烈的高温磨损环境。据估计，羽绒涂层将提供至少2倍的延长使用寿命。坯料连铸钢的生产成本将大幅下降，与目前的生产成本相比，每吨节省一英镑。

The UK steel industries have been hit hard since 2008, with profitability down by 80% in 2012 from the pre-crisis peak reached in 2008. Production costs in 2014 and 2015 are still at one of the highest levels ever and UK mills find themselves squeezed competing in persistently tight global markets. Monitor Coatings has a patented technology licensed to TATA steel, marketed under the trade mark CASTCOAT which is able to increase the in-service life of continuous casting flat mould plates by up to 6 times in companies such as Port Talbot and Teesside steel plants. Based on this technology, a new coating system will be developed using a compact HVOF process which is capable of coating internal diameters of billet moulds. Three coating systems will be developed (replacing hard chrome plating) capable of withstanding the aggressive high temperature wear environment during continuous casting. It is estimated that the down selected coating will provide an extended service life of at least 2 times. The production costs for Billet Continuous Casting steel will drop substantially, measured as “a £ per tonne saving” against current production costs.