Working with CMI Success Stories
image: 3d printed permanent magnet developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- link to Magnets -- Print, power, repeat
Through successful collaborations between national laboratories, universities and industry, CMI is fulfilling the goal to invent and qualify new materials for use in existing products and to help redesign products to capitalize on these new materials. CMI is a U.S. Department of Energy Energy Innovation Hub and serves as the nation's premier research, development and deployment institute for critical materials, their alloys and oxides.
From its beginning in 2013, CMI has been driven by a "think tank" philosophy, with projects led by its multi-disciplinary, world-class researchers and technology developers who are dedicated to finding innovative solutions and carving creative, transformational paths to eliminating the criticality of rare earths and other materials.
Examples of success working with CMI include the development of new aluminum-cerium alloys, new magnet processes and compositions and new methods and processes for recycling critical materials from existing products. Links to stories from CMI and its partners are available for additional information:
Magnets -- Print, power, repeat
Finding better magnets faster with 3D metal printing prototyping
New CMI process recycles magnets from factory floor
Rare earth magnet recycling is a grind, but new process takes a simpler approach
Iowa cornfields could play a role in recycling old electronics
CMI projects win two R&D 100 Awards
Critical Materials Institute develops new acid-free magnet recycling process
Critical Materials Institute manufactures magnets entirely from U.S.-sourced rare earths
The Critical Materials Institute designs rare-earth extractants with the help of new software
Beginning in July 2018, CMI has a new director and it expands its areas of focus for research.
