The thermal spraying market is large ($12-13 billion) and is booming, but cost is a constraint when it comes to new fields of application (OPEX).
The goal of the Konbus+ start-up is to tackle the key challenges of the sector: on the one hand, to lower that OPEX associated with the thermal management during the coating process and gas consumption; on the other hand, producing coatings using heat-sensitive alloys (titanium) without the need for special vacuum chambers. The project is based on new thermal spray technologies developed by Tecnalía: the HFPDneo pulse system for OPEX high performance coatings / thermal input on reduced workpieces and the HVOAF continuous process for processing light metals without vacuum.
Tagline: Platform of advancing coating services using thermal spraying for extreme conditions.
Financing needs:
First round €250,000 (2024-2025)
Technical development: €20,500
•Metallography service €12,000 (to be contracted from Tecnalia) and consumables (powder) €8,500.
•TECNALIA contributes the technical staff for these activities.
Staff: €192,000
Others: €41,000
•Website development, brand design and marketing and dissemination material, €3,000
•Trips, trade fairs and commercial work. (ITSC 2025, Vancouver Canada). €26,000
•Consultancy, legal, auditing, incorporation, administrative costs… €10,000
•IT and telephony€2,000
Second round (2027)
Thermal spray cell and metallography equipment: €1.6 million to be covered by investment and loan.
(1) Spray as a service / R&D&i projects: spray shops worldwide (excluding EU market) and OEMs. (2) Sale of equipment (torches): OEMs, spray shops, universities and technological centres. (3) Coating service: companies using workpieces subject to extreme conditions in the maritime industry, oil & gas, mining, energy generation, steel.
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