SBIR Phase I: Advanced Friction Materials & Manufacturing Process

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将展示一种制造混合金属陶瓷复合材料摩擦材料的独特方法。摩擦材料是制动、离合器和传动系统的替代元件。在这项努力中，雷神科技公司将与洛杉矶阿拉莫斯国家实验室(LANL)和一家飞机制动系统公司合作，将两种新技术整合到一种制造混合陶瓷复合材料刹车的创新方法中。聚合物渗透/微波热解(PIMP)加工方法的初步研究表明，它能够制造出具有整体金属特性的纤维增强陶瓷刹车。这种陶瓷刹车将提供与传统摩擦材料相比的实质性竞争优势。Thor Technologies将使用LANL回旋加速器工厂通过皮条机工艺生产混杂陶瓷复合材料摩擦材料。这些测试将通过制动系统公司进行的测功机测试进行评估。这些测试将验证混杂陶瓷复合材料在摩擦应用中的有效性，并证明皮条机制造工艺的全面开发是合理的。雷神技术公司和首席调查员处于独特的有利地位，能够很好地应对生产陶瓷摩擦产品并将其过渡到市场的技术挑战。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will demonstrate a unique method of producing hybrid metal ceramic composite friction materials.Friction materials are the replacement elements in braking,clutch and transmission systems.In this effort,Thor Technologies,Inc.will team with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)and an aircraft braking systems company to integrate two novel technologies into an innovative method of producing hybrid ceramic composite brakes.Preliminary studies with the PolymerInfiltration/Microwave Pyrolysis (PIMP)processing method indicate that it is capable of producing fiber-reinforced ceramic brakes with integral metal features.Such ceramic brakes will offer substantial competitive advantages over traditional friction materials,and should integrate seamlessly with existing systems.Thor Technologies will use the LANL Gyrotron Facility to produce hybrid ceramic composite frcition materials through the PIMP process.These will be evaluated through dynamometer tests conducted at the braking systems company.These tests will validate hybrid ceramic composites for friction applications,and will justify full-scale development of the PIMP manufacturing process.Thor Technologies,Inc.and the Principal Investigator are uniquely well positioned to meet the technical challenges of producing ceramicfriction products and transitioning them to the market.