Materials Science and Engineering – UF Innovate https://innovate.research.ufl.edu Building business on innovation Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/favicon-blue_1.png Materials Science and Engineering – UF Innovate https://innovate.research.ufl.edu 32 32 UF Develops Breakthrough Magnet That Could Transform Metal Production (UF News) https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/uf-develops-breakthrough-magnet-that-could-transform-metal-production-uf-news/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:22:15 +0000 https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/?p=19923 Imagine if producing steel parts for agricultural equipment or even aluminum soda cans required only a fraction of the energy it does today. A University of Florida-led innovation may soon make this a reality.

In a groundbreaking collaboration backed by a nearly $11 million federal grant, UF researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind superconducting magnet that could advance metal production and position the United States as a global leader in alloy production.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, the project uses Induction-Coupled Thermomagnetic Processing, or ITMP, an advanced manufacturing method that integrates magnetic fields with high-temperature thermal processing.

 

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