Bulk (RE)-Ba-Cu-O [(RE)BCO] cuprate HTS have been developed steadily towards a wide range of sustainable engineering and technological applications since their discovery in 1986 based primarily on their unique potential to trap very large magnetic fields (>5 T) at temperatures that are accessible potentially by thermo-electric cooling techniques. Trapped fields of ∼10 T at the surface of individual (RE)BCO bulk single grains and in excess of 17 T in a reinforced two-sample stack are now being achieved reliably. This paper reviews the current state of the art of the processing of large, single grain (RE)BCO bulk superconductors required to trap fields of this magnitude, and specifically via two advanced fabrication approaches; the traditional TSMG process and the more recently developed TSIG technique. The focus of the review is on optimising the critical processing parameters to achieve high-quality, high performance single grain (RE)BCO bulk superconductors specifically for high-field applications. The review also summarises recent advances in processing, such as the integration of the so-called buffer technique into the TSMG and TSIG processing methodologies to achieve improved reliability in single grain growth with a success rate exceeding 90%, the development of a Mg-doped NdBCO generic seed crystal for the successful growth of all rare-earth and light-rare earth based bulk superconductors [(RE)BCO and (LRE)BCO] and the introduction of nano-size stable, non-superconducting phase(s) to the bulk microstructure to improve the intrinsic flux pinning strength of the material, and hence trapped magnetic field. Details of the two-step buffer-aided TSIG technique developed recently that yields dense, near-net shaped, high performance (RE)BCO bulk superconductors with improved superconducting and mechanical properties are also presented. Suitable sample-seed configurations for effective multi-seeding are discussed, which enables the production of high aspect ratio, bar-shaped (RE)BCO quasi-single grains that exhibit improved levitation forces required in Maglev-based applications, for example, are discussed. The electrical, mechanical, microstructural and magnetic properties (including those achieved from a pulsed-field magnetisation approach) of the different (RE)BCO systems are presented and the relevant correlation in properties and performance highlighted, accordingly. Finally, a brief summary of existing applications and prospects for near-future exploitation of these remarkable, technologically important materials, and particularly in the medical and pharma-industries, is provided.

自 1986 年发现以来，块状 (RE)-Ba-Cu-O [(RE)BCO] 铜酸盐 HTS 一直朝着广泛的可持续工程和技术应用稳步发展，这主要是基于它们独特的捕获超大磁场的潜力。 >5 T) 在热电冷却技术可能达到的温度下。现在可以可靠地实现单个 (RE)BCO 散装单晶粒表面的约 10 T 和增强的双样品堆叠中超过 17 T 的俘获场。本文回顾了捕获这种规模的场所需的大型单晶粒 (RE)BCO 块状超导体的当前加工技术，特别是通过两种先进的制造方法；传统的 TSMG 工艺和最近开发的 TSIG 技术。审查的重点是优化关键加工参数，以实现专门用于高场应用的高质量、高性能单晶粒 (RE)BCO 块状超导体。该评论还总结了加工方面的最新进展，例如将所谓的缓冲技术集成到 TSMG 和 TSIG 加工方法中，以提高单晶粒生长的可靠性，成功率超过 90%，开发了掺镁NdBCO 通用晶种，用于成功生长所有基于稀土和轻稀土的体超导体 [(RE)BCO 和 (LRE)BCO]，并将纳米尺寸稳定的非超导相引入到块状微观结构以提高材料的固有磁通钉扎强度，从而提高俘获磁场。还介绍了最近开发的两步缓冲辅助 TSIG 技术的详细信息，该技术可产生具有改进的超导和机械性能的致密、近净形、高性能 (RE)BCO 体超导体。讨论了适用于有效多晶种的合适的样品种子配置，这使得能够生产高纵横比、棒状 (RE)BCO 准单颗粒，例如，讨论了在基于磁悬浮的应用中所需的改进的悬浮力. 介绍了不同 (RE)BCO 系统的电气、机械、微观结构和磁特性（包括通过脉冲场磁化方法实现的特性），并相应地突出了特性和性能的相关相关性。最后，