We are excited to welcome Naomi Bokedal to the team! Naomi joins ECS as a Graduate Technical Assistant where, under the guidance and support of Mentor, Professor Simon Frost, she’ll develop new products for the business. Naomi graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2021 with a BEng in Mechanical Engineering. We’re looking forward to working … Read more
Engineered Composite Solutions (ECS) has launched a new eco-friendly composite repair system for the energy industry
Engineered Composite Solutions has secured a 5-year contract with TAQA. The deal will see the provision of its FutureWrap composite repair system across all TAQA’s UKCS assets. ECS was established in 2019 by Jennifer Garside, Greg Innes and Professor Simon Frost, when it launched its FutureWrap range. FutureWrap uses the latest resin and fibre technology … Read more
The Fundamentals of Adhesion, “The Development of FutureWrap!” Part 2 The strength of adhesion of a composite repair onto a damaged steel component is primarily due to the covalent bond formed between the epoxy resin and the carbon steel surface during curing of the resin. In the design of FutureWrap composite repairs to ensure … Read more
The Fundamentals of Adhesion, “The Development of FutureWrap!” The performance limiting factor for all general composite repairs (carbon or glass encased in an epoxy resin) is the strength of adhesion. The adhesive layer between the steel component and the composite laminate will be the first failure mechanism to occur in the situation where the … Read more
Engineered Composite Solutions – The home of FutureWrap are delighted to be part of the OGV Energy Community! ECS are looking forward to getting involved in future with various news stories, seminars and community events with OGV energy showcasing FutureWrap and all the good things we are working on. For more details, please visit Engineered … Read more
HSE Good Practice Awareness Course For Composite Repairs. The HSE have recently published a Good Practice Guide for the use of composite repairs. The guide is aimed at owners of plant, platforms, refineries etc. where the use of composite repairs to rehabilitate pipework and structures is common. The guide includes 4 phases of activity, namely; … Read more
Engineered Composite Solutions (ECS) has launched a new website. Over the last few months we’ve been working behind the scenes on designing and building a new website to showcase our FutureWrap products and services. Following years of research and product development, ECS was launched last year and we are delighted to have had so much … Read more
We are delighted to announce that Professor Simon Frost has now joined the team at ecs. Simon has worked with applications of composite materials in Exploration and Production environments within the Oil and Gas industry for the past 20 years. He is Technical Director of Engineered Composite Solutions, His main responsibilities are ensuring the technical … Read more
Engineered Composite Solutions (ECS) and Robert Gordon University are collaborating on a development project.The project aims to develop a non-destructive inspection technique that can detect interfacial delamination’s or disbonds between a Futurewrap composite repair and the metallic component to which it is bonded. Having a non-destructive inspection technique for detecting disbonds at the interface between … Read more