Tungsten Carbide coating for a new generation of hard facing materials for oil drilling tools - Hardide Coatings Limited

该项目提出了一种用于新一代石油钻井工具堆焊材料的创新涂层的商业化。石油和天然气钻井工具需要保护，防止极端的磨料磨损和侵蚀，目前的硬表面材料不再提供所需的设备寿命。一些关键的钻柱部件在每次钻井后都需要更换，这造成了非常高的停机成本。全球有3500台钻机在运行，市场需求很大。随着钻井活动的增加和钻井条件的要求越来越高，对先进的硬表面处理技术的需求也越来越大。该项目建议在英国建立原型工厂，生产新一代先进的硬面材料，使Hardide能够为全球石油行业以及采矿设备，岩心钻机和石材切割工具的生产商提供服务。在全面生产时，销售潜力估计为每年450万至600万英镑。该项目将为其他硬质材料的开发开辟新的机遇。该项目预计将产生比哈代德业务更广泛的经济影响。这种新型堆焊材料可以帮助英国公司——石油和天然气行业钻井和井下工具、采矿和建筑工具和磨损部件的生产商——使他们的产品更具竞争力。项目成果将有助于发展英国在先进材料和工程方面的技能，并为英国高价值制造业创造新的就业机会。它还将带来环境效益，因为更耐用的工具意味着更少的废料，更少的能源和材料浪费。Hardide在过去的5年里对该项目所基于的技术进行了实验室开发，该技术已获得国际专利。Hardide涂料有限公司是英国领先的化学气相沉积（CVD）涂料生产商，其专利用于石油工业，重型泵，阀门和飞机部件。

The project proposes the commercialisation of an innovative coating for a new generation ofhardfacing materials for oil drilling tools. Oil and gas drilling tools need protection fromextreme abrasive wear and erosion, and current hard facing materials no longer provide therequired equipment life. Some critical drill string components need replacement after everydrilling program which inflicts very high down-time costs. With 3500 drilling rigs operatingworldwide the market need is large. With increasing drilling activity in deeper and more demanding drilling conditions the need for advanced hard facing is becoming greater.This project proposes establishing prototype facilities in the UK to produce new generationadvanced hard-facing materials to enable Hardide to supply the oil industry globally, as wellas producers of mining equipment, core drills, and stone cutting tools.When in the full-scale production the sales potential is estimated at £4.5m to £6m pa. ThisProject will open up new opportunities for other hard materials development.The Project is expected to have a wider economic effect beyond Hardide business. The new hardfacing material can help UK companies – producers of drilling and down-hole tools for Oil and Gas industry, tools and wear parts for mining and construction – to make their products more competitive. The project outcomes will contribute to developing UK skills in advanced materials and engineering, and create new jobs in UK high-value manufacturing. It will also bring environmental benefits, as more durable tools mean less scrap, less energy and materials waste.Hardide has conducted laboratory development of the technology on which this project isbased over the last 5 years, and the technology is internationally patented.Hardide Coatings Ltd is a leading UK producer of patented Chemical Vapour Deposition(CVD) coatings for oil industry, heavy-duty pumps, valves and aircraft parts.