A composite scaffolding demonstrator

复合脚手架演示器

• 批准号: 10073398
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: THE COMPOSITE SCAFFOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10073398
• 关键词: composite; scaffolding; demonstrator

The Composite Scaffolding Company (CSCo) is developing a light-weight alternative to metal scaffolding, fabricated entirely of composite materials.This is in contrast to traditional metal scaffolding (which is heavy and sluggish, corrosive and conductive), system scaffolding (which is limited in design and expensive to purchase ) and Access towers (limited in platform height, length and design.) Furthermore, due to the cumbersome nature and weight of these, operators are subject to occupational health issues, illness and fatalities at site.Unlike traditional metal scaffolding which generates the required safe grip capacities by exerting very large levels of radial pressure, attaining the correct level of safe grip between a composite tube and connector (without damage) has proven technically difficult to achieve until now.The IUK Transformational Technology grant offers the CSCo project team the opportunity to finalise work on a tube and connector that generates the safe grip required to build a 'proof of concept 'demonstrator in full conformity of British and Euro-code standards. Under the name of 'S3-Safer Smarter Scaffolding', CSCo will develop novel TRL5/6 components (consisting of tubes, connectors and boards) fabricated of advanced composite materials. This demonstrator will consist of a 2 x bay, 2 x lift structure to be used for field trials and evaluation.By creating a demonstrator comprising of GRP, we will demonstrate that our product is potentially up to 75% lighter than traditional scaffolding, has the potential to resist high loads of up to 3.00kN/m2, is flexible in design, thermally neutral, non conductive, non-sparking and non-corrosive. This makes it safe to use around electrical installations (including railways and National Grid work) and offshore assets for repair, inspection and maintenance work. Other knock-on benefits include faster mobilise and strike times, mitigation of operator health and safety issues (hence less site days lost to personal illness and injury)The scaffolding industry is a steel intensive industry. The manufacture of iron and steel is responsible for 11% of Global Co2e.(Scaffmag Jul 2022.) There is a need for scaffolding solutions that reduce CO2e. S3 achieves this by exploiting efficient manufacturing processes and a reduction of imported metal scaffolding components. Reduction in weight further results in improved efficiencies in speed of transportation to site, lower fuel/electric consumption, speed of mobilisation and strike times, resulting in improved use of resources, cost efficiencies and higher productivity, resulting in a greater output of goods and services with a lower environmental impact.

复合脚手架公司 (CSCo) 正在开发一种完全由复合材料制成的金属脚手架的轻质替代品。这与传统的金属脚手架（笨重、迟缓、腐蚀性和导电性）、系统脚手架（受限）形成鲜明对比。设计和购买成本昂贵）和接入塔（平台高度、长度和设计受到限制）。此外，由于这些设备的笨重性质和重量，操作员在以下场所容易遭受职业健康问题、疾病和死亡：传统的金属脚手架通过施加非常大的径向压力来产生所需的安全抓握能力，而传统的金属脚手架则不同，迄今为止，在复合管和连接器之间达到正确的安全抓握水平（无损坏）已被证明在技术上很难实现。转型技术拨款为 CSCo 项目团队提供了完成管道和连接器工作的机会，该管道和连接器可产生构建完全符合英国和欧洲规范标准的“概念验证”演示器所需的安全抓力。 CSCo 将以“S3-Safer Smarter Scaffolding”的名义开发由先进复合材料制成的新型 TRL5/6 组件（由管、连接器和板组成）。该演示器将由 2 个托架、2 个升降机结构组成，用于现场试验和评估。通过创建由 GRP 组成的演示器，我们将证明我们的产品可能比传统脚手架轻 75%，具有具有抵抗高达 3.00kN/m2 高负载的潜力，设计灵活、热中性、不导电、无火花且无腐蚀。这使得它可以安全地在电力装置（包括铁路和国家电网工程）和海上资产周围用于维修、检查和维护工作。其他连锁效益包括更快的动员和罢工时间、减轻操作员的健康和安全问题（因此减少因个人疾病和伤害而损失的工地天数）脚手架行业是钢铁密集型行业。钢铁制造占全球二氧化碳当量的 11%。（Scaffmag Jul 2022。）需要减少二氧化碳当量的脚手架解决方案。 S3 通过利用高效的制造工艺和减少进口金属脚手架部件来实现这一目标。重量的减轻进一步提高了运输到现场的速度、降低了燃料/电力消耗、动员速度和罢工时间，从而改善了资源的利用、成本效率和更高的生产率，从而提高了商品和服务的产出对环境的影响较小。