The Mercury Centre possesses a wealth of capabilities and expertise in powder-based manufacturing.

Our core competence is to accelerate the development of advanced components across a range of sectors including: advanced manufacturing, energy, health-care devices and electronics.

Supported by The University of Sheffield’s extensive work with the advanced manufacturing sector and the wider research community, we can give you direct access to global trends in novel manufacturing technologies. Building upon the services offered to industry by the University’s “Innovative Materials Processing Centre” (IMP-C) and “Sorby Nano Investigation Centre (SNIC)”, we have a recognised excellence in delivering innovative manufacturing technology solutions to the engineering sector and expertise in metals processing.

Based within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, our expertise covers a wide range of businesses, sectors and technologies. We are able to work with a broad spectrum of materials: including advanced metals and alloys, ceramics, electronic materials, polymers and biomaterials. This gives you access to the latest knowledge and technology from across industry, providing an optimum solution and accelerating deployment.

The Mercury Centre provides a complete powder based manufacturing solution from design and modelling of the component, through to manufacture and materials characterisation.