SBIR Phase I: Advanced Friction Materials & Manufacturing Process

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将展示一种生产混合金属陶瓷复合摩擦材料的独特方法。摩擦材料是制动、离合器和传动系统中的替代元件。在这方面，雷神科技有限公司。将与洛斯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生产混合陶瓷复合制动器的创新方法中。通过聚合物渗透/微波热解（PIMP）工艺方法的初步研究表明，该工艺能够生产出具有整体金属特征的纤维增强陶瓷制动器。与传统的摩擦材料相比，这种陶瓷制动器具有巨大的竞争优势，并且应该与现有系统无缝集成。Thor Technologies将使用LANL回旋加速器设备通过PIMP工艺生产混合陶瓷复合摩擦材料。这些将通过在制动系统公司进行的测功机测试进行评估。这些测试将验证混合陶瓷复合材料的摩擦应用，并将证明PIMP制造工艺的全面开发。托尔科技公司和首席研究员有独特的优势，以满足生产陶瓷摩擦产品的技术挑战，并将其过渡到市场。

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.