Subsea pipeline close to rock dump
 
Composite components on topside of a NUI 
 
Composite leaf spring being tested at Reading University 
 

Philip Medlicott Ltd

Pipeline engineering

Pipeline engineering of subsea pipelines for the oil and gas industries, is the predominant business area with recent attention focussing on pipeline integrity management and methods for confirming fitness for purpose. Principal areas of expertise are:

Composites in oil industry

The application of composite materials in the onshore and offshore oil industries provided the main core business when the company was created in 1994. Particular areas of expertise include specifications and standards, feasibility studies and verification of performance properties.

Philip Medlicott Ltd was instrumental in managing development activities for the following components:

Composites in transport

Philip Medlicott Lt has also provided assistance in the development of composite suspension and flywheel energy storage systems for bus and train applications. The Eureka 1841 Eurobogie project is concerned with the development of composite technology to provide train suspension system, either as a subcomponent spring element or as a complete bogie system.  The Eureka 2462 TRUS project concerns the development of a hybrid electric vehicle incorporating a composite flywheel.  Here the flywheel provides a power buffer to protect the battery in a regenerative braking drive train for use in a bus or tram. Further details of the Eurobogie and TRUS projects can be found at the Sciotech web site.