<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/5CEF9F2D-DD6B-4343-ADE9-29DF001911F8" ns1:id="5CEF9F2D-DD6B-4343-ADE9-29DF001911F8"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/8C05DCEE-85A3-4E72-AB1F-C2F47A19F41C" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/52ABBE84-9070-4547-B8FB-8DCD65CF119D" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/52ABBE84-9070-4547-B8FB-8DCD65CF119D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2014-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/6F059D2B-3995-4398-A442-D793C87D9206" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2014-07-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">131711</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Ultra low cost 3D printed wireless spectrometer for process control</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Spectrometers are becoming an increasing common tool for analysing processes in a variety of sectors, including steel and glass manufacture. Typically these systems are used to make reflectance or flame spectroscopy measurements to determine the quantities of materials used in a given process. There is a desire to make wider use of these systems in a variety of applications in a network of sensors to monitor a given process. However good quality spectrometers are still expensive (&amp;gt; &amp;pound;2 K) and thus using multiple such systems is not practical. 
The target of this project is to investigate the feasibility of producing a good quality spectrometer using modern manufacturing techniques with an on board computer to provide wireless control, all for a target sale price of &amp;lt; &amp;pound; 300. A demonstrator will be built during the programme to investigate directly the performance of the proposed device.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>