Development of sensors and non-destructive analysis to determine the performance of coatings in construction

塔塔钢铁欧洲公司(TSE)是欧洲第二大预涂漆钢生产商。为了保持这一地位，该组织正在不断努力改善目前的产品范围，要么是通过为建筑业开发同类最好的涂料，要么是通过改进服务或通过增加功能。由于塔塔的优质涂层产品可以提供长达40年的免维护保修，因此如果完全了解不同气候条件下的性能是至关重要的。随着世界走向更加数字化、监测和评估，需要使用可以集成到涂层中的非常小的传感器来监测涂层的所有关键方面。项目目标：项目目标将是：与外部公司或内部企业合作，评估可以纳入涂层的传感器技术的当前状态使用选定的传感器技术生产塔塔钢铁彩色涂层，并收集有关涂层性能、环境条件的数字数据，并展示与标准测试数据的链接并行使用来自石油和天然气行业等其他行业的信息，关于使用无损技术评估钢铁涂层的质量以及在什么情况下需要维护能否在实际建筑上建立传感器和无损技术的组合的原型，以给出建筑围护结构的数字性能。

Tata Steel Europe (TSE) is the second largest producer of pre-painted steel in Europe. To maintain this position, the organisation is constantly trying to improve the current product range, either through the development of best in class coatings for the construction industry, improved offerings in service or through added functionality. As Tata's premium coated products can offer maintenance free warranties of up to 40 years it is essential that the performance under different climatic conditions if fully understood. As the world moves to more digitisation, monitoring and evaluation, the use of very small sensors that can be incorporated into coatings to monitor all critical aspects of the coating are required. Project Aims:The project aims of the research will be to :Work with external companies or internal businesses to assess what is the current state of sensor technology that could be incorporated into coatingsProduce Tata Steel Colors coatings with the chosen sensor technology and collect digital data on the coating performance, environmental conditions and demonstrate links to standard testing dataIn parallel use information from other industries such as oil and gas industry on the use of non-destructive techniques to assess the quality of a coating on steel and at what point would maintenance be requiredCould the combination of sensors and non-destructive technology be prototyped on an actual building to give a digital performance of the building envelope fabric.