Tata Steel eyes commercialisation of advanced material graphene

Tata Steel is working on commercialisation of graphene, an advanced material and considered to be a superb conductor. The first product is in the market.

The company has launched ready-made graphene-coated stirrups, named Tiscon Superlinks+.

Peeyush Gupta, vice-president (steel & marketing), said when four columns are built, the support link is normally supplied by a local mason, which is made of steel. "But, it usually rusts. We have changed that by coating it with graphene."

Superlink+ has enhanced corrosion resistance and better bonding strength than other stirrups in the market. Tata Steel has filed seven patent applications in this area