News: Independent testing confirms Hardide-A improves fatigue life
New independent testing has proven that Hardide-A tungsten carbide/tungsten metal matrix composite coating improves the fatigue life of metal components by 4.5% when compared to uncoated substrates. Hardide-A also eliminates the need for costly secondary shot peening making the coating a significant advancement in materials optimisation for the aerospace and other industries where fatigue debit of surface coated metals is a problem. Click on headline to read more.
News: Hardide selected for Innovate UK advanced materials visit to South Korea
Hardide Coatings has been selected to participate in a technology visit to South Korea from 12-19 October 2019 by Innovate UK's Global Business Innovation Programme. Technical director, Dr Yuri Zhuk will visit and meet South Korean officials and companies in Ulsan and Busan and attend ADEX Seoul 2019 as part of a group of UK companies specialising in advanced materials for mobility. Click on headline to read more.
News: Hardide selected for Airbus A330 wing components
Hardide-A coating has been selected as the replacement for hard chrome plating (HCP) on Airbus A330 compression flap pads. Hardide-A has been developed specifically to meet the needs of the aerospace industry; it is a hard wearing, quality product, environmentally compliant with demonstrable long-term performance qualities.
Video: Proactive Investors interview with CEO Philip Kirkham
CEO Philip Kirkham talks to Proactive Investors about coating aerospace components for Airbus after an eight-year test period and other opportunities in the aerospace, oil and gas and power generation industries.
Press release: Hardide Coatings receives Nadcap Merit status
Nadcap has recognised Hardide Coatings for its superior performance and commitment to continual improvement in aerospace quality with the award of Nadcap Merit status for Coatings. Philip Kirkham, CEO of Hardide Coatings, which develops, manufactures and applies advanced technology tungsten/tungsten carbide metal matrix coatings to engineering components across a range of industries including aerospace, commented: “We are extremely pleased to have been awarded Nadcap Merit Status within two years of being Nadcap accredited. This is testament to the skill and dedication of our staff to delivering a top quality product and service.”
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News: Hardide selected for Airbus A380 wing components
Hardide-A coating has been selected as the replacement for hard chrome plating (HCP) on Airbus A380 compression flap pads. Hardide-A has been developed specifically to meet the needs of the aerospace industry; it is a hard wearing, quality product, environmentally compliant with demonstrable long-term performance qualities.
Event: Mello 2019 (London), 16 & 17 May 2019
Hardide plc will be exhibiting and presenting at the Mello 2019 investor conference taking place on Thursday 16th & Friday 17th May at the Clayton Hotel Chiswick, Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5RY.
Report: Advanced Oil & Gas Coatings featuring Hardide CVD coatings
‘Advances in Surface Coating Technology for Downhole and Topside Oil and Gas Applications’ is a new report looking at the use of advanced surface protection technology to reduce tool and equipment downtime in the increasingly hostile environments facing today’s oil and gas producers. The report looks at the current state of the offshore oil and...
Event: Shares Investor Evening (Manchester), 27 March 2019
Hardide plc will be attending and presenting at the Shares and AJ Bell investor evening event in Manchester on March 27, 2019 at the Macdonald Hotel, Manchester. During the event and afterwards, investors will have the chance to discover investment opportunities and get to know the companies better by talking one on one with the company directors.
News: JMEP publishes Hardide Coatings aerospace paper
The Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (JMEP) has published a peer-reviewed paper by Technical Director, Dr Yuri Zhuk 'CVD Tungsten Carbide Coating on Aircraft Actuators and Gearbox Shafts Reduces Oil Leakage and Improves Durability'. Click on headline to read more.
