Making changes that matter.
A material’s journey changes its chemistry, structure and shape. These thirteen process themes explain the transformations linked from every material flow.
Changing the chemistry ↗
Which new substance is being made?
Choosing a feedstock ↗
What is actually entering the process?
Separation & feedstock preparation ↗
Which constituents are kept, and which are removed?
Chemical extraction ↗
How is an element separated chemically from its compounds?
Engineering the composition ↗
What is deliberately added, and why?
Giving material a shape ↗
How does geometry become part of the performance?
Building polymer chains ↗
Which molecular structure is being created?
Turning fibres into structures ↗
What can the fibre arrangement do that one fibre cannot?
Heat, cooling and structure ↗
What changes beyond the temperature?
Bonding, curing and laminating ↗
What creates a durable connection?
Engineering the surface ↗
Which job belongs at the interface?
Growing and harvesting ↗
Which useful structure was made by a living organism?
Making a working product ↗
How do the parts act as a system?