Materials Processing Institute

The Materials Processing Institute will develop an integrated energy-efficiency technology for Zircotec Ltd to significantly reduce heat loss and electricity consumption across its plasma-coating operations. The project will design a modular heat-recovery and cooling-optimisation system that captures waste heat from compressors and chillers and reuses it ...

PRISM is a Programme of Research and Innovation for the UK Steel and Metals sector, providing funding to support innovation in: * Decarbonisation * Digital technologies * Circular economy The programme was announced by the UK finance minister in the March 2020 budget and is being delivered by the Materials Processing Institute. The funding is provided thr...

This 12-month project is a collaboration between Mormair and the Materials Processing Institute (MPIUK). It targets the recovery of rare-earth-elements(REE) Neodymium(Nd), Praseodymium(Pr), and Scandium (Sc) from coal-fly-ash (CFA), a secondary-derived-waste (SDW) from the UK's previous century's coal fired power stations. The project will result in the v...

Ionic Technologies (IOT), Materials Processing Institute (MPI) and Swansea University (SU) are seeking to establish optimised processes for comminution for end of life magnet recycling, by utilising innovative techniques specifically for magnets deployed in offshore wind turbines. Production of critical minerals of all kinds is expected to rise sharply, s...

* MPI have been successful in securing funding from InnovateUK for an Innovation Exchange (IX) challenge, in partnership with Ionic Technologies. * Ionic Technologies are seeking some advanced demagnetisation solutions, to complement their first-of-kind end-of-life permanent magnet recycling process, and MPI are very well positioned to provide the benefit...

A widely adopted practice to lower carbon emissions from concrete use is minimising Portland cement (or CEM I) consumption. For this purpose, CEM I is partially replaced by other materials. Slag and fly ash are the most used types, but their availability is either very limited in the UK or they are fully utilised. To fill the gap in the slag or fly ash su...

**Need** CO2-emissions from steel and cement account for 15% of global emissions. A portfolio of solutions, including carbon capture, is needed to decarbonise these hard-to-abate sectors and transition to net-zero. UKGOV has introduced policies to support the decarbonisation of steel-making , including the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and the Carbon...

The Foundation Industries (FIs) metals, glass, ceramics, cement, chemicals, and paper are vital to the UK manufacturing and construction sectors. Approximately 75% of the materials we see around us have been made by one of these six industries and moving towards 2050, we need to rapidly address the challenges brought about by climate change, and the need ...

SMART-APP will provide a versatile, commercial, predictive material reuse management tool enabling Additive Manufacturing (AM) to be used more widely, cost effectively and resource efficiently. SMART-APP will: 1) predict quality change of the virgin powder after each process, 2) propose alternative process parameters on used powder to increase its maximum...

The hard landscaping (paths, driveways, steps, walls, kerbs) industry is under immense pressure to reduce its carbon footprint to reach net zero targets by 2050 and for the UK to cut its carbon emissions by 68% by 2030 under the Paris agreement. With the cement/concrete industry being among the most polluting and resource-intensive industries globally, me...

The fast-growing battery-electric vehicle (EV) and storage industries demand battery production upscales rapidly. Battery supply chains include cathode-active-material (CAM) manufacturers, cathode manufacturers, battery manufacturers (gigafactories) and automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), which must urgently secure upstream lithium chemica...

Comprising two local collaborators, the consortium will build upon existing proof-of-concept work undertaken by the project lead: * **Green Lithium** (lead): Teesside-based emerging expert in the lithium-ion battery supply chain, with extensive lithium processing design/testing experience from its full-scale lithium plant (Full-Scale Plant). * **Materials...