Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Component analysis
Inchinnan
Renfrew,Renfrewshire PA4 9LJ
UK
Background
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is working with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to foster industry knowledge sharing around components that have failed in real-sea conditions and the reasons why. From this, a database of component information will be built to be used by the offshore renewables supply chain, technology and project developers.
Knowledge Exchange Workshop
A Knowledge Exchange Workshop will be held on Wednesday 1st July 2015 at AFRC (Advanced Forming Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, 85 Inchinnan Drive, Inchinnan, Renfrew, PA4 9LJ).
The main output from the workshop will be a final schedule of components which have been exposed to testing in real-sea conditions and would benefit from analytical testing to inform how they performed. This schedule will then be used to input into the testing phase of the project.
The key aims of the workshop will be to:
- Identify potential components suitable for testing under the project;
- Discuss and share experiences of real-sea testing of components;
- Outline the opportunities and benefits to be gained from testing and analysing components, in order to better understand component material choices, extend their life, and thereby reducing life cycle cost of renewable technology and energy cost;
- Demonstrate how other industries are utilising testing services to support development of components;
- Provide an overview of root-cause-analysis, from compliance with quality standards through to detailed metallurgical evaluation;
- Describe the services and facilities that are available to support problem resolution and preventative approaches.
The workshop will be hosted and run by the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (ARFC), a leading centre for manufacturing research and development. AFRC is equipped with full scale manufacturing facilities, laboratories and resource expertise to support post testing component evaluation. Workshop sessions will explore the reasons why some components perform well over the full life of a product, while others either fail or degrade in service. We will also discuss commonly occurring reasons for failure in service, corrective actions that can be put in place and diagnostic approaches which can be used to identify the root cause of failure and avoid issues in service. By attending the workshop you will gain a unique opportunity to explore and discuss marine energy components with colleagues from other companies, and with expert Material Scientists and Manufacturing Engineers.
Register
To register your interest in attending the Knowledge Exchange Workshop, email david.cowan@emec.org.uk.
If you have any components that you would like to be considered for testing under the project, please email david.cowan@emec.org.uk and provide full details of components using the headings below:
- Type of component
- Description of component
- Level/duration of any sea-testing undertaken to date
- Any issues found that you would like tested
- Nominated workshop attendee
Please get in touch if you require any further information regarding the project at this stage.
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