Pure CuRE (Pure Copper Resource Efficiency)

Pure CURE(纯铜资源效率)项目是一个雄心勃勃的创新c GB 1M项目，旨在开发一个总部位于英国的制造供应链，回收废铜，并将其转化为高价值应用的高纯度铜粉原料。该项目解决了铜废料中杂质的挑战，导致材料性能降级。该项目将开发一种大规模的精炼工艺，以便将铜转化为高纯度的原料，具有与原始来源生产的铜类似的性能。这种高纯度金属可用于需要高纯度铜的应用，如民用核能和聚变能源部件，从而减少能源发电的排放。该项目还通过开发循环流程解决了英国国内铜供应不足的问题，这意味着废铜可以转化为高价值的可持续原料，而无需离开英国。该项目是由拥有创新金属精炼技术的中小企业Aeramine、专门从事真空惰性气体雾化生产高质量金属粉末的菲尼克斯科学工业有限公司和高价值制造弹射中心制造技术中心合作完成的，后者带来了粉末冶金技术方面的专业知识，也是国家添加剂制造中心的所在地。

Project Pure CuRE (Pure Copper Resource Efficiency) is an ambitious and innovative c£1M project that aims to develop a UK-based manufacturing supply chain for recycling waste copper and converting it into high purity copper powder feedstock for high value applications. The project addresses the challenge of impurities in copper waste, resulting in down grading of material properties. This project will develop a large-scale refining process so that the copper can be converted into high purity feedstock with similar properties of copper manufactured from virgin sources. This high purity metal can be used in applications, where high purity copper is required, such as civil nuclear and fusion energy components, enabling the reduction of emissions from energy generation. The project also addresses the lack of copper supply within the UK by developing a circular process which means waste copper can be converted into high value sustainable feedstock without it needing to leave the UK. The project is a collaboration between Aeramine, an SME with innovative metal refining technology, Phoenix Scientific Industries Ltd, a specialist in vacuum-inert gas atomisation for the production of high quality metal powders, and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre, Manufacturing Technology Centre, who bring expertise on powder metallurgy technology and home to the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing.