Research and Development in Conservation

It is only in recent years that society has begun to appreciate that massive Industrial objects such as blast furnaces, trains, steel ships and industrial plant represent a large part of our cultural heritage and should in some cases be preserved. Eura is an active partner in the CONSIST project – ‘A comparison of conservation materials and strategies for sustainable exploitation of immovable industrial cultural heritage made of iron and steel’. The project is supported by the European Community under the 6th Framework Programme, Priority 8.1, and is chiefly aimed at developing a new hybrid organic polymer coating that can be applied easily to large scale outdoor objects at risk of corrosion. The coating must be applied at minimal cost, be reversible, transparent, and comply with the latest environmental regulation.

The research is being co-ordinated by the Fraunhofer Institut Silicatforschung. Further details on the project will be released as the project develops.