SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low Cost Production of Transparent Spinel Domes Using Freeze Casting
Award amount
$120,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- ATS-MER, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2008-11-17
- Contract end date
- 2009-05-17
- UEI
- F8HABDW7DVG8
- Solicitation number
- 2008.2
- Topic code
- A08-037
Research abstract
This Phase I SBIR ARMY project proposes the development of 7” in diameter hemispherical spinel domes (3.5” radius, 0.18” wall thickness, 160 degree aperture) through the combination of freeze casting (FC) technology with unique nanopowder technology commercialized by MER for magnesium aluminate spinel (MgAl2O4) ceramics. These technologies allow for the production of spinel domes with high green density, green near net shape, no residual stress, that result in less distortion in the final sintered dome. The novel process requires less secondary machining after sintering to produce high quality transparent domes at a lower cost when compared to cold isostatic pressing (CIP) technology.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low Cost Production of Transparent Spinel Domes Using Freeze Casting
- Low Cost Dome Fabrication
- Low Cost Production of Domes Using Freeze Casting
Research funding history
464 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2018). Reported award amounts total $100,117,977. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation