<?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/8E4DB6C0-2337-4BEE-8CCF-C90A928A012A" ns1:id="8E4DB6C0-2337-4BEE-8CCF-C90A928A012A"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/A04417A0-E467-4A33-A2E8-915EA89DCAD4" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C919675D-5ADB-4099-B3E4-60A4817B478F" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C919675D-5ADB-4099-B3E4-60A4817B478F" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/E04097D1-7386-4BEC-AB80-85F0EEB80CB2" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/9786FB99-A2CC-45D7-9A62-F4AAA02D5946" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10023604</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Measuring hardness of soft elastomeric materials</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>In the project we aim to study a new technique to measure accurately, reliably and consistently hardness of small products with intrinsic shapes made from soft, foamed materials.

Currently available &amp;quot;off the shelf&amp;quot; methods proved to be insufficiently accurate to match the very tight tolerances set up to ensure the high quality of our products.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>