SBIR/STTR Research Award
SURFACE HARDENING OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES BY HIGH ENERGY ION IRRADIATION
Award amount
$74,769Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- 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
THE RECENT MAJOR ADVANCES IN SURFACE HARDENING OF POLYMERS BY ION IRRADIATION OPENED UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REPLACING MANY CURRENT PARTS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. THERE ARE MANY GEAR APPLICATIONS WHERE THE USE OF POLYMERS IS DESIRABLE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF NOISE, COST, AND/OR WEIGHT REDUCTION. HOWEVER, POLYMERS TEND NOT TO DO WELL IN WEAR AND FRICTION APPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW HARDNESS COMPARED TO STEELS OR OTHER METALS SUITABLE FOR GEAR APPLICATIONS. HIGH ENERGY (MEV) ION IMPLANTATION HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE THE HARDNESS OF MANY POLYMERS QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY. SURFACES OF SOME POLYMERS BECAME HARDER THAN THAT OF STEEL AFTER ION IRRADIATION. IN PHASE I, IONS AT ENERGIES IN THE RANGE 2-6 MEV WILL BE IMPLANTED INTO SIX DIFFERENT GLASS REINFORCED POLYMRES CONSIDERED FOR SMALL GEAR APPLICATIONS IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. THE IMPLANTED MATERIALS WILL BE CHARACTERIZED FOR SURFACE HARDNESS, STATIC AND DYNAMIC FRICTION COEFFICIENTS, AND WEAR COEFFICIENTS. THE RESULTS WILL BE ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TO THE NEEDS FOR AUTOMOTIVE GEAR APPLICATIONS.
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.
- AiHigh Fidelity, Library Based THz Air Toxic Monitoring System for Neighborhood-Level Surveillance
- Si3N4 Fiber (22-RD-381)
- 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
Historical federal award activity, when published, is on that contractor profile. Matched by UEI only.