ntegration of novel sensors for automating HPHT diamond processes

这个行业主导的合作项目将调查新的和现有的遥感技术，用于高压高温（HPHT）金刚石合成。迄今为止，在HPHT合成中存在熔融金属催化剂的情况下，极端压力（高达15 GPa）、温度（高达2000 K）的挑战已经阻止了实时压力感测甚至鲁棒温度感测的常规结合。因此，目前的金刚石生产过程实际上是“盲目的”，这种缺乏来自合成舱的反馈控制严重限制了自动化。在这个为期三年的项目中，我们希望能够识别和开发出强大的或遥感技术，能够给真实的-这些传感器的输出将用于提高金刚石合成过程的自动化程度，这将有助于提高现有流程的效率，并能够开发强大的预测模型，从而提高整个研发和生产的效率。Element Six（E6）是领先的合作伙伴和工业终端用户，而牛津大学将提供传感专业知识

This industry led, collaborative project will investigate new and existing remote sensing technologies, , for application in High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) diamond synthesis. To date, the challenge of extreme pressures (up to 15GPa), temperatures (up to 2000K) in the presence of molten metal catalysts in HPHT synthesis, have prevented the routine incorporation of real-time pressure sensing or even robust temperature sensing. As a result, current diamond production processes are effectively "flying blind", This lack of feedback control from the synthesis capsule severely limits automation.During this three year project, we hope to identify and develop robust or remote sensing technologies that are able give real-time information about pressures and temperatures during the diamond synthesis process.The outputs from these sensors will then be used to increase automation in existing processes and also to enable development of robust predictive modelling, leading to increase efficiency throughout R&D and Production. Element Six (E6) is the lead partner and industrial end user whilst Oxford University will be providing the sensing expertise