Aerospace coatings to enable Ti-Alloy bearing surfaces in Biomedical prosthetics (ATAB)

Wallwork HT是工业和医疗领域涂料技术的创新者。在这个计划中，他们与利兹大学功能表面研究所合作，因为他们在表面工程和摩擦学方面的专业知识。该团队将开发和评估钛合金的双重涂层处理，该处理使用为航空航天应用中的起落架开发的技术，并将其转化为生物医学领域的摩擦学应用。有许多潜在的可植入器械（市售或处于开发阶段）可受益于能够使用表面工程钛合金，以确保表面不会过度磨损。

Wallwork HT are innovators in coating technology for applications across industrial and medical sectors. In this proposed programme they have teamed up with University of Leeds, Institute of Functional Surfaces because of their expertise in Surface Engineering and Tribology. The team, with complementary skills will develop and assess a duplex coating treatment for Ti alloys that uses technology developed for landing gear in aerospace applications and translates it to the biomedical sector for tribological applications. There are many potential implantable devices either commercially available or in the development stage that could benefit from being able to use a surface engineered Ti alloy to ensure that the surface does not wear excessively.