ENIGMATEC: Efficient Netshape manufacturInG for reduced MAterials waste in production or ThermoElectric Coolers

95%的热电设备是在中国、俄罗斯或乌克兰制造的。热电终端用户在过去3年中经历了极端的供应链问题，他们正在寻求一种具有内在更强弹性的英国制造解决方案。今天，由于切片和切丁的方法，超过50%的材料被浪费在商业设备的制造中。ENIGMATEC直接解决了这一问题，提供了一种工业规模的网状烧结工艺，减少了材料损失。该项目还开发了自动化热电炉腿检测和数字模块设计工具，以使英国制造具有全球竞争力。ENIGMATEC的总体目标是开发一种工业化规模的热电烧结工艺，能够将碲化铋材料烧结到99%的理论密度，并具有复杂的炉腿形状能力。该技术将改变IML和ETL的商业前景，使它们能够在2030年前获得5200万GB的累计收入，并创造55个高技能工作岗位。

95% of thermoelectric devices are manufactured in China, Russia or the Ukraine. Thermoelectric end users have experienced extreme supply chain issue over the last 3 years and are seeking a UK based manufacturing solution with inherently more resilient supply. Greater than 50% of the material is wasted in the manufacture of commercial devices today due to a slicing and dicing approach. ENIGMATEC directly addresses this to deliver an industrial scale net-shape sintering process that reduces material loses. The project also develops automated thermoelectric leg inspection and digital module design tools to enable UK manufacture to be globally competitive.ENIGMATEC has the overall objectives to develop an industrial scale thermoelectric sintering process capable of sintering bismuth telluride materials to \> 99% theoretical density with complex leg shape capability.The technology will transform the commercial prospects of IML and ETL, high tech SMEs enabling them to secure cumulative revenues of £52 million by 2030 and creating 55 highly skilled jobs.