SBIR/STTR Research Award
ALUMINUM SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR SIMPLIFIED ADHESIVE BONDED REPAIR
Award amount
$69,414Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Cape Cod Research
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALUMINUM ALLOYS FOR ADHESIVE BONDING IS PROPOSED WHICH CAN SIGNIFICANTLY SIMPLIFY ADHESIVE BONDED REPAIR IN THE FIELD. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH EXPLORES THE FEASIBILITY OF USING NON-HAZARDOUS SURFACE TREATMENTS ON ALUMINUM ALLOYS WHICH PROVIDE ADHESIVE BONDS WITH EQUAL OR GREATER STRENGTH AND DURABILITY TO THOSE PREPARED BY CONVENTIONAL CHROMIC ACID ETCHING PROCESSES. THE NOVEL SURFACE TREATMENTS SHOULD NOT ONLY PREPARE THE SURFACES FOR BONDING WITH CONVENTIONAL ADHESIVES BUT OFFER A MEANS OF PROTECTING THE ADHESIVE-ADHEREND INTERFACE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES SUCH AS HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION.
Technology keywords
Not reported