SBIR/STTR Research Award
Wear Indicating Lined Spherical Bearings
Award amount
$149,849Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Nanolab, Inc
- Proposal award date
- 2012-04-02
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- FRK3NUWHFT17
- Solicitation number
- 2012.1
- Topic code
- N121-016
Research abstract
The maintenance of bearings and rod ends is critical for rotary and fixed wing aircraft. There is currently no indicator or feedback mechanism in place for the maintenance crew to determine the remaining life or state of the liner. NanoLab, Security Technology Systems, and New Hampshire Ball Bearing (NHBB, a division of Astro) will all play roles in the development of a wear sensor for the AS81820 (fixed wing) and AS81819 (rotary) line of bearings. Our goal is to implement our solution as a drop-in replacement for the current lining material, with no mechanical design changes to the bearing.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Meta-material lenses for hyperspectral Imaging
- Meta-material lenses for hyperspectral imaging
- Alternative Approach to Contact Type Analogue Data Slipring
- Real-Time Ethylene Sensor Based on Chemical Anisotropic Nanochannel Impedance Spectroscopy
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Wear Indicating Lined Spherical Bearings
- Development of an Innovative Wear indicating Spherical Lined Bearing
- Reliable, Easy to Use, Spherical Bearing Wear Indication (1001-830)
Research funding history
26 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2022). Reported award amounts total $7,730,148. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy