Professional, Practical and Effective Solutions to Ensure You Reach Your Carbon Fibre & Precursor Goals
ProPAN Services
How Can ProPAN Help You?
Technology and Hardware.
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Advise on the best technology to meet your project goals, be it lab scale or a multi kiloton production site. Industrial or aerospace grade product.
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Advise on hardware requirements and potential vendors/technology providers.
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Critically evaluate and suggest modifications/improvements to proposals from Technology providers.
Project Costs.
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Monitor costs from candidate vendors and compare to other known suppliers.
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As appropriate suggest vendors for hardware and consumables from a trusted network of industry contacts.
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Suggest lower cost solutions (CAPEX and OPEX)
Training and Education (Online or In Person).
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Theoretical and practical education for organisations considering entering the carbon fibre industry - Understand before you commit!
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Theoretical and practical education for academic organisations.
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Assistance with operator training and commissioning support.
Technology/Process Development.
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As required suggest improvements to technology and procedures.
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As required introduce additional support from a network of industry experts.
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Use industry connections to develop critical auxiliaries such as precursor spin finish and carbon fibre size.
Analytical Control.
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Specify on-line/offline analytical methods for the analyses of raw materials, intermediates and finished products (polymer, solvent, dope, precursor, Oxidised and Carbon fibres).
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Develop new methods as appropriate.
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Develop detailed work instructions.
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Train technicians.
Environmental.
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Assess abatement technology (releases to air, water and land) proposed by technology providers.
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Advise on continuous emissions monitoring methods and hardware.
Occupational Hygiene.
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Advise on systems and methods for monitoring worker exposure to acrylonitrile (Experience of establishing methods and systems for the former Courtaulds).
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Advise on monitoring methods to prevent worker exposure to HCN on Carbon Fibre lines