Robo-Met.3D
- Characterizes microstructure using optical microscopy by generating 3-D structure of any material
- metallic
- ceramic polymeric
- composite
- Generates fast, reliable and highly automated 3-D microstructure in real time
Application
- Qualification and certification tool for many component systems manufactures eg. qualify titanium casting for aircraft structure application in conjunction with NDE tools
- Essential laboratory tool similar to scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Customer Base
- DOD and Other National Laboratories
- Prime DOD Contractors
- Corporate R&D Centers
- Universities
Note: Invented by UES scientist in collaboration with scientist from AFRL/ML with initial funding from AFOSR
Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) Transparent Ceramics
- Produce polycrystalline YAG with single crystal-like optical quality to replace single crystal doped YAG
- YAG can be doped with a lasing trigger to successfully generate a laser with better conversion efficiency
- High power-heat energy laser at low cost
- Available in larger sizes & complex shapes
Application
- YAG can be used for
- High power laser source
- Infrared windows
- High temperature gas envelopes
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Advanced Coatings
- TitanCoatTM
- Multi-layer, defect-free, ultra-smooth, hard coatings
- Improved thermal fatigue resistance or heat- checking
- Specially designed for core pins and dies for aluminum die casting
- Standard and multi-layer coatings
- TiN, CrN, TiAlN, TiCN, and ZrN
- Used for cutting and forming tool application
- Ultra-low friction DLC coatings
- Ultra low friction for improved reliability
- Excellent wear resistance
- Very high resistance to aqueous corrosion
- Smooth surface finish and uniform coverage
- Excellent adhesion to a variety of surface
- Oxidation resistant coatings for carbon-carbon composites produced through physical vapor deposition
- Used for aircraft brake and other high temperature application
- Coatings for carbon-carbon bearing cage to enable hydrodynamic film formation upon oil lubrication
- Coatings for infrared (IR) detector materials
- Anti-reflection IR coatings used to coat advanced IR material
- Nano-layered IR transparent protective coatings for multi-spectral ZnS windows
- Coated conductor based on High Temperature Superconductor (HTS)
- Produced on a reel to reel deposition system
- High quality YBCO coatings by MOD process on suitable buffer
Customer Base
- TitanCoatTM used by major automobile manufacturers and die casters
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