News: Hardide approved for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Hardide-A coating has been selected for use on components for the new F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Following extensive testing, Hardide-A coating has been approved for use on drag chute components for the F-35A CTOL (conventional take-off and landing) variant being manufactured by Lockheed Martin. For these specific components, Hardide-A is being used in place of HVOF (high velocity oxy-fuel) thermal spray coatings. Click on headline to read more.
Event: ASM International – Houston, 5 November 2019
Hardide Coatings' Technical Director, Dr Yuri Zhuk is to give an after-dinner presentation to the Houston chapter of ASM International, the world's largest association of materials engineers and scientists on Tuesday 5 November, 2019. Yuri will talk about how chemical vapor deposition (CVD) coatings have been used in the oil and gas industry for more than 15 years, protecting critical parts of down-hole tools, valves and pumps against wear, erosion and corrosion. He will focus on the new developments in CVD coating technology, including a new ultra-low temperature CVD coating for duplex and super-duplex steel that doesn't affect its mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, coatings for steam turbine blades , TSP diamonds and screen mesh. Click on headline to read more and buy tickets.
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...
