LOE’s proven skills in developing and adapting lasers for use in real-world applications has resulted in our involvement in a number of novel projects.

Work has been undertaken for a range of organisations, from government departments, medical organisations and commercial companies. Since these projects are subject to non-disclosure agreements, further information is not available. Please contact us if you have a project you would like us to work on.

In additional, LOE are involved in a number of research projects. These include:

Non firing repairs of vitreous surfaces
A three year project, starting February 2008, to develop a new system for in-line repair of faults in sanitaryware (both vitreous china and fireclay bodies), tableware/giftware and vitreous enamel substrates.

Currently faults on sanitaryware require re-firing of the item which leads to significant energy and water use. A successful project will show an estimated annual saving of £8M in energy costs and 3,000 tonnes to landfill.

FRESP (Advanced First Response Respiratory Equipment)
This three and a half year European project aims to produce new nanoporous
adsorbents that offer a sufficient protection for a wide range of toxic chemicals (industrial and military) and biological threats, under severe and wide-range environmental conditions.

The current status of this technology is to provide protection either against chemical warfare agents, or against (a part of the) toxic industrial chemicals. Biological protection is solely provided by the aerosol pre-filter. A few combined filters do exist but are cumbersome to use.

This new devise will incorporate the same adsorbent in a hood to enable quick response in case of a chemical or biological event, thereby offering a short-time, but quickly operational, respiratory protection.