SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development and Evaluation of Near Frictionless Carbon for Shipboard Applications
Award amount
$69,986Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- UES INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- FV5WK6YTN215
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Near frictionless carbon (NFC) coating, a form of amorphous carbon that has a friction coefficient of less than 0.001 when measured in dry nitrogen, has been developed at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). This coating has potentials for manyapplications including that of naval shipboard. Naval ships contain many systems such as pumps, fans, windlasses, winches, steering gear, reduction gears, door and hatch hinges, elevators and gun mounts, that have rotating and sliding wear surfaces.Currently used lubricants and coatings do not provide long lasting protection against wear and corrosion in marine environment. UES, Inc. and ANL have teamed up for the development of NFC coating using a large area filtered cathodic arc plasma techniqueand evaluate the coating for performance under simulated marine environment. Near frictionless carbon coating has potential in numerous commercial applications. Examples are: piston rings, gears and bearing components, cams and cam-roller followers, fuelinjectors, air conditioning compressors, etc.
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.
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- Design, Analysis, Fabrication, and Test Firing of Non-eroding Hybrid Ceramic Nozzle Throats Using Strong and Tough TaC-Composites (22-RD-379)
- Novel Innovative UHTC and Fabrication for Solid Propulsion Pintles (22-RD-360)
- Ceramic Matrix Composites With Novel Additives For Gas Turbine Engine Applications (22-RD-363)
Research funding history
294 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2023). Reported award amounts total $73,979,003. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Contractor profile
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