Products & Services
Durability Coating
STS have identified a coating composition that has shown superior durability in comparison to a standard thermal barrier coating (TBC). This opens up completely new market perspectives based on the advanced protection properties of the coating. The composition is more resistant to very high temperatures compared to standard thermal barrier coatings, therefore could enable higher operating temperatures ...
Thermal History Coating
STS has developed an innovative technology for temperature sensing of surfaces. It allows identification and measurement of peak temperatures of surfaces with high thermal exposure. Thermal History Coatings consist of ceramic luminescence ceramic materials. The luminescence, which changes permanently when the material experiences temperature variations ...
Online Measurement System
The proposed sensor coating system is capable of measuring temperatures on-line with accuracies of less than 5°C in different temperature ranges. The temperature measurement capability in a realistic environment was recently demonstrated on static and rotating components with material temperatures of up to 800°C and a precision of +/- 5°C. The accuracy around 650°C is estimated to be less than 0.5% with data acquisition ...
Erosion Mapping
STS has developed an intelligent coating imaging system which enables maintenance engineers to quickly assess damage to the surface in high resolution with wide viewing angles. This technology can be applied in areas where the thickness of a protection layer is critical for example in manufacturing processes or in gas turbines.The coating is layered so that it appears to have different colours at different thicknesses ...
Thermal Gradient Testing
The automated rig is designed to test multiple samples simultaneously in a combustion environment whilst continuously monitoring the temperature. In contrast to other conventional isothermal rigs this test rig enables the testing of entire coating system for future coating applications. This test facility provides: Highly stable and controlled temperature ...
STS’s Viper engine test bed facility
STS owns two Rolls–Royce Viper 201 engines of which one is operational and the second serves as spare parts. The engine is used as a test bed for developing turbine technology. The engine facility is located outside London at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, UK. The Viper engine is uniquely modified with six high temperature windows to allow optical access ...
Advanced Collection Optic
This OPtical Energy Transfer System (OPETS) is designed to collect light from a moving source in a specified field of view without losing intensity by a narrow instrumentation function. The intensity remains unchanged when moving the source across the field of view. This makes the probe very useful for dynamic applications, but also for scanning operations ...
