<?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="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/86C3CB0B-03C5-4618-922E-32808AA9AFED" ns1:id="86C3CB0B-03C5-4618-922E-32808AA9AFED"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/B2FC7E48-4F0D-4F28-9C43-5606F5D1404F" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/0E758E1A-BC17-4481-B682-C0837BD86C59" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C181C883-DABC-4735-8D95-11C653BFD57C" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/665C4168-8E1B-4338-BFE1-66786DEF3520" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C9206FC2-3961-46D6-8438-529EA4CE9D9E" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/0E758E1A-BC17-4481-B682-C0837BD86C59" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2019-01-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/E805CED0-2432-4556-9D21-92D6ADBA2AC0" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2017-02-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">102785</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>A Net-Shape, High-Productivity Fabrication Route that Utilises Low-Cost Tools to Produce High-Complexity Parts (NIFTY)</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>A novel hot-isostatic pressing (HIP) process route will be developed to enable net-shape, high-integrity components to be produced from high-performance materials. An innovative manufacturing route will be developed to produce high-precision, low-cost tools, allowing the HIP process to produce complex-shape parts at lower-cost and higher throughput. An advanced powder-handling system will be developed to ensure minimal contamination to the processed powders. The process is supported by a digital process selection tool to assess the viability of the process for a selected component against competing technologies. Key innovations include a new route to produce complex-shaped components using HIP, a novel powder handling system to ensure high-purity components and a CAD-based process selection tool.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>