Anopol Case Study

Bloodhound.

Specialist titanium and stainless steel surface engineering support for a land speed record programme designed to operate under extreme stress and corrosive conditions.
Project Focus

Surface treatment for extreme performance environments

Anopol applied knowledge from marine and aeronautical applications to support titanium and stainless steel components exposed to salt, abrasion and high mechanical stress.

Bloodhound land speed record surface engineering case study by Anopol

Extreme Environment Surface Engineering

Surface support for a land speed record programme

Bloodhound required specialist component surface engineering support for its ambitious plan to break the land speed record, which stood at 763 mph.

Bloodhound SSC, the Supersonic Car, travelled at 200 mph during test runs at Cornwall Airport in October 2017, following a long-running programme to develop and launch a high-speed vehicle of the future.

With significant material challenges involved, Anopol assisted with the processing of titanium and stainless steel parts. These components were not only placed under extreme mechanical stresses, but were also likely to operate in highly corrosive and abrasive environments.

Experience from marine and aeronautical applications

As the car was expected to run on salt flats, where salt acts as an agent of accelerated corrosion, Anopol combined specialist techniques drawn from its experience in marine and aeronautical surface treatment applications.