SBIR/STTR Research Award
Precision Femtosecond Laser Additive Manufacturing and Athermal Welding
Award amount
$749,950Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- POLARONYX INC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-08-02
- Contract end date
- 2022-08-01
- UEI
- R1Y4LG8WRBF8
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_20_P2
- Topic code
- S2
Research abstract
This NASA SBIR Phase II proposal presents an unprecedented precision laser 3D manufacturing system including additive manufacturing, subtractive manufacturing and athermal welding, by using a pulsed fiber laser and real time sensing and feedback control. It is the enabling technology for manufacturing high precision telescope structures with sub-micron precision. With our successful history in laser 3D manufacturing, this proposal has a great potential to succeed. A proof of concept demonstration has been carried out and samples were delivered at the end of Phase 1. Prototypes in compliant with the NASA large telescope system zero CTE requirement will be delivered at the end of Phase II.
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.
- Biomimetic Zero CTE Lightweight Optical Structures
- Complex 3D Neutron Radial Collimators for High Quality Biological Imaging
- High-Efficiency and Low-Cost Polymer WHR Units
- Biomimetic Zero CTE Lightweight Optical Structures
- Robotic High-Emissivity Surface Treatments
Research funding history
111 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2025). Reported award amounts total $37,075,053. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce