Hardide Share Discussion Threads

[rogerramjet] 12/5/2011 16:20

website news has been updated



Plus looks like some turbine info has been added.



Bit sad to see the share price dwindle after what I thought was good news. Oh well thats how it goes. People have their reasons for selling. Still, I am happy I'm holding. I think it's looking good imo.

Best regards

RRJ

[nick100] 03/5/2011 12:37

Wednesday, May 25, 2011: 10:30 AM
Seaside A (Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center)
Dr. Yuri Zhuk , Hardide plc, Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Hard Chrome plating (HCP) is widely used by aircraft manufacturers as a wear-resistant and anti-galling coating with some degree of corrosion protection. But the hexavalent Chrome solutions used to produce HCP are known carcinogens which represent a major hazard. Legislation, including the US OSHA and the EU REACH regulations, is applying increasing pressure on the plating companies which is increasing the cost and reducing the availability of HCP. Aerospace companies wanting Chromate-free design often consider HVOF thermal spray coatings as the best available alternative. However, spray coatings cannot be applied to internal surfaces and they require post-coat grinding which is not possible on complex geometries.
Hardide Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) Tungsten/Tungsten Carbide coating (Hardide-A) is an emerging technology which provides an advantageous replacement for HCP. The CVD coating is crystallised atom-by-atom from low pressure gas media, this enables the uniform pore-free coating of internal surfaces and complex shapes.

Hardide-A matches HCP in both thickness (50 to 100 microns) and hardness (800 to 1200 Hv) and can be polished to a good finish without the need for grinding. This facilitates switching from HCP to Hardide-A with only minimal design changes.

The coating is applied by a low-temperature CVD technology at a temperature below 500oC. This enables the coating of a wide range of materials: stainless steel, Titanium, Inconel, other steels and alloys stable at 500oC. The coating has a strong metallurgical adhesion to these substrates, with the bond strength exceeding 70 MPa.

The coating is free from micro-cracks typical of HCP and, as a result, provides much better protection against corrosion. The coating has enhanced ductility and toughness, protecting against wear and erosion.

Hardide coating has been used on components of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet since 2005, and is being tested by a major civil aircraft manufacturer and several aircraft component producers as an advantageous replacement for HCP. Other applications of Hardide coatings include oil drilling tools, pumps and valves operating in an abrasive, erosive and corrosive environment, where the coating typically triples the life of critical parts.

[extrap] 21/4/2011 09:15

Fasacinating, but a lead replacement doesn't sound like a substitute/competitor for Hardide

[mudbath] 21/4/2011 08:42

HDD seems such a clunky slow moving operation that it remains open to debate whether profits of any significance will ever be generated.
Meanwhile there can be little doubt that competing technologies are in the process of commercialisation.
Tungsten particles can not only be used as coatings,but they themselves can be coated.
"The biggest new market which is still yet to come is the composite market. This new technology allows us(not HDD) to nano-coat tungsten particles with polymers to create a bendable product that replaces lead."
Fascinating.

[greg the grinch] 31/3/2011 23:06

malctheraider - 31 Mar'11 - 13:40 - 1876 of 1877

Two sells each of £4,275,000 does not look good, a big player getting out.


Im guessing this is a low.....up from here.

[extrap] 31/3/2011 14:21

Not sure you can read anything into it - not long ago a big sell was followed by a substantial increase in price.

The CEO(third from right) seems happy anyway....:

[malctheraider] 31/3/2011 13:40

Two sells each of £4,275,000 does not look good, a big player getting out.

[rogerramjet] 30/3/2011 15:41

news on the website

regards

Roger

[lastofthemohicans] 26/3/2011 21:39

Tungsten Hexaflouride uses Tungsten as a precursor

[mudbath] 25/3/2011 21:48

Will the doubling of tungsten prices over recent months have a detrimental effect on HDD margins?

[extrap] 02/3/2011 09:31

02 March 2011

Press Release 02 March 2011

Hardide plc

HARDIDE COATINGS APPOINTS PROJECTS MANAGER TO

ASSIST DIVERSIFICATION AND GROWTH PLANS

Hardide Coatings, part of Hardide plc (HDD: AIM), the advanced metal surface coatings company, has appointed Phil Lund as projects manager to accelerate the conversion of development projects across a range of industry sectors into commercial sales.

Mr Lund will also undertake special projects to identify, research and evaluate new markets and applications for the Hardide coating technology. His role will complement the business development team and enable it to focus on near term sales and existing account management.

Mr Lund joins from speciality surface technology company Keronite International where he worked for more than 10 years in a technical and market development capacity. He is a degree level qualified metallurgical engineer and has held metallurgical engineering, chemist and senior roles in a range of industrial companies including British Steel, Brent International plc, Applied plc, Presutek Ltd and Mecwash Systems.

Graham Hine, chief executive officer of Hardide plc said: "Hardide has a number of significant commercial opportunities that require substantial technical development work. Phil will work closely with the technical director to accelerate this process which is fundamental to realising our strategy to diversify Hardide's customer and sector base.

"Phil has an in-depth understanding of advanced surface technology as well as markets that we believe hold considerable potential for the Hardide technology. This is an important new role that has been created to assist the delivery of Hardide's growth plans."

Hardide Coatings has developed a range of tungsten carbide-based precision coatings that it manufactures and applies to a wide range of engineering components to reduce downtime and extend part life. The Group's patented technology provides an unprecedented combination of ultra-hardness, toughness, low friction and chemical resistance in one coating. Customers include leading companies operating in oil and gas exploration and production, valve and pumps manufacturing, general engineering and aerospace.

www.hardide.com

[clubman] 01/3/2011 14:27

On its way back to 50p

[nick100] 28/2/2011 17:58

Intresting post in Motley fool.

[clubman] 25/2/2011 12:55

Clubman - 26 Jan'11 - 15:14 - 1847 of 1868 edit

Sold @112 nice profit.

[rogerramjet] 24/2/2011 15:24

news on website

[greg the grinch] 14/2/2011 22:16

I bought in a few days ago.
:o)

[rogerramjet] 14/2/2011 09:57

just saying. DYOR.

regards RRJ

[rogerramjet] 14/2/2011 09:52

sniff sniff. something a foot. little volume and rising. hmmm?

[clubman] 10/2/2011 08:06

Clubman - 26 Jan'11 - 15:14 - 1847 of 1863 edit

Sold @112 nice profit.

shammi13 - 26 Jan'11 - 15:38 - 1848 of 1863

clubman - why the sell mate?? surely you can see the potential here?

0.89 today That's why my son.

[rogerramjet] 09/2/2011 12:11

news on website

[mudbath] 03/2/2011 19:57

Can't claim to have followed HDD for 9 years;yet I have followed every published word over the past 72 months,resulting im my being tempted to invest on several occasions,having experienced a particularly itchy buy finger when the shares were quoted @ 0.4pence and more importantly were available in quantity.I would like to think that good sense prevailed,even though the price has more than doubled since.
I hope the company performs well for lastofthemohicans and other investors and that I am proven wrong as to my earlier summary of its potential(or lack of it).I believe that recent dealing activity has been the result of the HDD chart triggering a selection of buy signals.Those same charts can subsequently suggest that an exit be sought.A reversal might therefore be on the agenda;yet as moosh2 says,who knows.

[lastofthemohicans] 01/2/2011 23:27

Mudbath and to others

I may or may not know someone who worked for HDD. The problems was that is was oversold/overvalued from the beginning. The market it operates in is mature and there are a number of applications such as TiN that come close to HDD performance. One of the interesting applications used was perculiar to a piece of machinery operated in highly abrasive conditions (Alumina) and Hardide saved the company some money. But it was a very limited application and unlikely to be used across the board as the spare parts business was important to that company.

This is what HDD was and remains - niche. It is a £5-10m company which has validity but is not a worldbeater imho. It will make money and could become cash positive but its scope for growth is limited. I think the current CEO knows this - he has customers and is tailoring the business for long term stability. I think he is close or even there. The share price will go up but the flotation price and valuations orginally seen in the early noughties were fanciful

No not a basket case but a nice steady application with some opportunities. I have invested myself last year having watched the company since 2001. But only after 9 years of watching.

[rogerramjet] 01/2/2011 15:25

yes, but news does not normally make the date at the bottom of each page alter. Maybe just something insignificant. don't want to miss anything important. the tick up appeared for seems to be no reason so checked the website and saw that.

regards

RRJ

[extrap] 01/2/2011 15:05

Is the AGM notice new?