SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Compact, Low Cost, Handheld Sensor for Non- Destructive Material Case Depth Verification
Award amount
$796,673Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ALPHASENSE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-11-17
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- QME3ZP5XDM31
- Solicitation number
- 2010.2
- Topic code
- N102-141
Research abstract
In this SBIR program, AlphaSense, Inc. teamed with the Center for Non-destructive Evaluations at Iowa State University to develop a compact, low cost handheld sensor for non-destructive material case depth verification. In phase I, we have proven the feasibility of using an alternating current potential drop (ACPD) sensor for non-destructive measurements of case depth. Phase II will be focusing on the optimization of the sensor system to improve its performance in terms of sensitivity, measurement accuracy and inspection time. Additionally, we will implement a compact, portable, relatively inexpensive and field testable prototype. Furthermore, we will develop methods to automatically extract the gear alloy type and case depths based on the measurement data.
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.
- A Novel, Low Cost and Handheld Metal Sorting Sensor for Chemical Cleaning and Stripping Process
- A Novel 3D Printer to Support Additive Manufacturing of Gradient Metal Alloy Structures
- Multimodal Non- destructive Evaluation of Internal Surfaces of Holes in Steel Structures
- Phantom Head for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Current Model Validation
- A Novel, High Precision, X-ray 3D Scanner for Non-Line-of-Sight Point Cloud Generation
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A Compact, Low Cost, Handheld Sensor for Non- Destructive Material Case Depth Verification
- Nondestructive Determination of Case Depth
- Hand held Eddy Current Tester for Accurate Depth Measurement of Case Hardening in Aerospace Materials
Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2017). Reported award amounts total $8,183,315. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy