Thermomechanical processing
Royce hosts capabilities which give researchers and industrial partners open access to pilot scale experiments in unique rolling and continuous extrusion equipment.
Overview
Former wastes, such as powder from near-net-shape production or swarf from machined components, can be converted to useful wire by extrusion.
These processes offer new, unique pathways in the processing of novel alloys, or valorisation of waste streams for new recycling and sustainability models in metal manufacturing.
Equipment
Within the Royce at the University of Sheffield close loop, ingots cast under the Materials Discovery and Prototyping Technology Platform can be rolled into sheets ready for characterisation or collaboration with other Royce Advanced Materials Processing Partners.
Key case studies
- W.H. Tildsley - Sub-Sea Junction
- Solid-State Processing of Surplus Aluminium Alloy Powders through a Combination of FAST and Hot Rolling
Part of the Henry Royce Institute network
The capabilities here at Royce at the University of Sheffield enable UK industrial and academic communities to explore and expand metal processing techniques.