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Our academics and consultants help client determine opportunities for cost effective productivity and efficiency increases, assist in the reduction of waste from the manufacturing process and increase efficiency of production processes by automation

The tribometer is applied to evaluate the friction and wear properties of various materials, such as hard coatings, hardened metals and ceramics, soft and solid lubricant materials.

Rotherham-based PMS Diecasting were keen to explore how they could improve their own capability in tool-making, thus reducing their dependence – and its associated problems – on external suppliers

Our consultancy team has an excellent track record of working with industry to find solutions in a short deadline and to a high standard. We draw upon the latest thinking generated through our research and our hands on experience of working in industry.

With significant expertise in materials characterisation methods we can solve industrial problems in a wide range of materials systems, using the state-of-the-art analysis techniques available in the Research Institute.

We deliver materials analysis services to all industries which have materials based needs. All services are provided by experts from within Sheffield Hallam University, using a range of state-of-the-art instruments and techniques

If you are looking to improve processes in order to maximise service levels to your customers, reduce operating costs or eliminate bottlenecks, but need to understand what the impacts of these changes before implementing them, process modelling and simulation could be the perfect solution

Value Stream Mapping provides a diagrammatic depiction of the entire supply chain to ensure a complete and shared understanding of what is happening at the different stages within it

If you need to understand the performance of different materials used within specific applications where corrosion is a potential, we can undertake analysis of your candidate materials

Sarah approached the Materials and Engineering Research Institute here at Sheffield Hallam University because she was experiencing less than optimal results with the glaze that she was using in her ceramic work.