SBIR/STTR Research Award
Erosion Resistant Compressor Blade Repair Technologies
Award amount
$99,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- POWDERMET INC
- Proposal award date
- 2007-01-19
- Contract end date
- 2007-07-23
- UEI
- TK9JT3DMDW14
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- A2.10
Research abstract
This Phase I SBIR program will demonstrate the use of wear resistant high strength nanocomposites in the turbine engine repair and refurbishment process. The metallic nanocomposite will be applied using laser additive remanufacturing to worn turbine blades. This would provide greatly increased erosion resistance for rotorcraft turbine engines, extending their life and reducing fuel consumption by 15-20% over the life of the engine. Powdermet will develop composite feedstocks optimized for laser additive manufacturing, and is teamed with Flight Support International, and FAA certified repair shop certified for T64 engine repairs.
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.
- Development of Anisotropic Sintered NdFeB Magnet Consolidation Capacity
- Rapid Net Shape Fabrication of Complex Shapes
- Rare Earth Free Motor Designs with MnBi
- Rapid Manufacturing of Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets
- Thermally Engineered Gradient Refractory Metal Matrix Hot-Structures for Hypersonics
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Propulsion integration for low-cost, extended-range, attritable UAS
- Extension of the Eddy Dissipation Concept for Improved Low-Cost Turbulence-Chemistry Interaction Modeling
- Skin Friction and Pressure Measurements in Supersonic Inlets
- Microtextured Surfaces for Turbine Blade Impingement Cooling
- Coupled Transpired and Discretely Injected Films
Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2024). Reported award amounts total $29,889,391. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation