Novel process for manufacturing Higher performance And LOwer cost synthetic industrial diamond (HALO)

制造更高性能和更低成本的合成工业金刚石 (HALO) 的新工艺

• 批准号: 10030745
• 金额: $ 21.09万
• 依托单位: GULL CORPORATION LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Investment Accelerator
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10030745
• 关键词: Novel; process; manufacturing; Higher; performance

Industrial machining processes such as cutting, grinding, polishing, drilling, and wire-drawing require mechanically robust diamonds for durable, productive and precise machining. Industrial diamond performance is gauged by diamond wear distance. Wear distance is a measure of the amount of material a diamond component can process effectively before wearing out. Diamond wear distance is dependent on diamond properties such as hardness, fracture toughness and (friction) heat resistance and the machining process conditions.The US$13.38B global industrial diamond stone market is mainly addressed by widely available synthetic single crystal and polycrystalline diamonds. The mechanical properties of these two synthetic diamond types differ significantly, with each type having its own specific performance attributes and limitations.Sumitomo Corp. in Japan have developed a new, synthetic polycrystalline diamond material with exceptional mechanical properties, which addresses the limitations of commercial industrial diamonds. However, this state-of-the-art diamond material is not commercially available, since it cannot be manufactured in commercial volumes using conventional production methods.In this project, we will further develop our innovative, patent-pending diamond process cell and diamond synthesis process for commercial scale volume production of this state-of-the-art synthetic polycrystalline diamond. Once we establish our new production process, we will conduct performance assessments with real tool end-users.Our disruptive approach uses thermal expansion to achieve the required ultra-high process pressures. This enables us to produce 6x the amount of diamond per process cell, compared to conventional production methods. Furthermore, owing to the compact nature of our process cell (approximately 200x smaller than conventional equipment), we can thermally process 10 individual process cells in parallel boosting our production volumes to full commercial scale.The advantages of this new, state-of-the-art, synthetic polycrystalline diamond material are well known and much sought after in the global industrial diamond market. Our unique production approach will unlock its commercial availability. Successful delivery of this project will ensure we are first to market with this superior, UK manufactured, industrial diamond product. Following production scale up, we will distribute our new product via our global diamond distributors E.I.D. Ltd.

工业加工过程，例如切割，磨削，抛光，钻井和划线，需要机械强大的钻石，以耐用，富有成效和精确的加工。工业钻石性能由钻石磨损距离衡量。磨损距离是钻石成分在磨损之前可以有效处理的材料量的量度。钻石磨损距离取决于钻石特性，例如硬度，断裂韧性和（摩擦）耐热性和加工过程。$ 13.38B全球工业钻石石市场主要是通过广泛可用的合成单晶和多晶钻石来解决的。这两种合成钻石类型的机械性能差异很大，每种类型都有其自身的特定性能属性和局限性。日本的Sumitomo Corp.开发了一种具有非凡机械性能的新的合成多晶钻石材料，这解决了商业工业钻石的局限性。但是，这种最先进的钻石材料无法在商业上获得，因为它不能使用常规生产方法在商业销量中生产。在此项目中，我们将进一步开发我们创新的，专利的钻石工艺细胞和钻石合成过程，用于商业规模的生产这种最先进的合成合成的多重晶元素钻石。一旦建立了新的生产过程，我们将使用真正的工具最终用户进行绩效评估。我们的破坏性方法使用热扩展来达到所需的超高过程压力。与常规生产方法相比，这使我们能够产生每个过程电池钻石量的6倍。此外，由于我们的工艺单元的紧凑性（大约比传统设备小约200倍），我们可以在平行的商业规模上进行热处理10个单个过程细胞，从而使我们的生产量增加到完全的商业规模。这种新的，最先进的，合成的，合成的多晶钻石材料的优势在全球工业工业钻石市场中广为人知。我们独特的生产方法将释放其商业可用性。该项目的成功交付将确保我们首先使用这种优越的英国制造工业钻石产品来推销。随着生产规模的扩大，我们将通过我们的全球钻石分销商E.I.D.分发新产品。有限公司