Innovative Tantalum Coatings Technology, (InTaCT)

钽涂层的应用为众多行业和高价值市场的涂层性能提供了解决方案。例如，在化学工业中，腐蚀是一个限制因素，具有广泛的影响，如安全、成本和材料使用。该项目包括道康宁公司作为需要解决氯基化工厂腐蚀问题的IEU；克兰菲尔德大学作为具有腐蚀测试专业知识的学术合作伙伴；Archer Technicoat有限公司作为涂料开发商，基于30多年在涂料解决方案方面的丰富经验。该项目旨在通过优化的沉积工艺开发一种用于制造的涂层和组件设计的综合方法。将使用的化学蒸气沉积工艺是ATL针对商业几何图形开发的实验室规模工艺的放大，该工艺将通过使用创新的表征工具进行特定应用的测试和分析来验证。该项目将通过一种工艺生产性能更高的产品，该工艺可以在几何图形和内部表面进行涂层，这是其他方法无法做到的，从而节省了成本和有限资源的使用。

The application of Tantalum coatings is a solution to coating performance across numerous industries and highvalue markets. For example; in the chemical industry corrosion is a limiting factor with broad implications suchas safety, costs and material usage. The project includes Dow Corning as the IEU in need of a solution tocorrosion in chlorine based chemical plants; Cranfield University as an academic partner with expertise incorrosion testing and Archer Technicoat Ltd. as the coating developer based on over 30 years' experience invapour deposited coating solutions. The project aims to develop an integrated approach to coating andcomponent design for manufacture via an optimised deposition processes. The chemical vapour depositionprocess to be used is scale-up of a lab-scale process developed by ATL towards commercial geometries to bevalidated through application specific testing and analysis using innovative characterisation tools. The projectwill generate products with enhanced performance through a process that can enable coating of geometriesand internal surfaces other methods cannot, offering savings in both cost and usage of a limited resource.