SBIR/STTR Research Award
Coatings for Foil Seals/Foil Bearings for Gas Turbine Engines
Award amount
$0Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MOHAWK INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- ZY3GYFN4ELC4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Under this STTR Phase II, MiTi? will further characterize and validate the high temperature foil coatings and materials identified under Phase I for use in compliant foil bearings and seals. Methods of applying the identified coatings to achieve the desired surface finish will be optimized. High temperature friction and wear tests to 1500oF will be completed using both journal bearings and thrust bearing pads to evaluate and characterize the candidate coatings and foil materials. The use of sacrificial coatings as identified in Phase I will also be investigated. High temperature foil material manufacturing processes specifically designed for foil bearings and seals will be conducted. Final validation of selected materials and manufacturing methods will be conducted under dynamic bearing testing at elevated temperatures. The test results will be used to refine the bearing/sealing/coating system designs for incorporation into a candidate General Aviation gas turbine engine.
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.
- Configurable Array of 3D-Printed Lubrication-Free Turbocompressors for High Temperature Industrial Heat Pump Applications
- Additively Manufactured High Temperature Centrifugal Impellers for Low Cost SOFC Recycle Blower
- 3D-Printed Compressor-Turbine Sets with Internal Cooling
- Innovative Turbine Engine Propulsion Solutions for Class 3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- High Speed Closed Brayton Cycle Turboalternator
Research funding history
105 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2022). Reported award amounts total $40,033,528. 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 Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce