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CERAMIC COMPONENT NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING TECHNOLOGY

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
6188 		Program Year/Program:
1987 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
6188 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Nichols Research Corp
4040 S Memorial Pkwy Huntsville, AL 35802
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1987
Title: CERAMIC COMPONENT NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING TECHNOLOGY
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $49,995.00
 

Abstract:

OPTICAL SIGNATURE ANALYSIS WILL BE APPLIED TO MASS-PRODUCTION QUALITY CONTROL OF ENGINEERING CERAMICS. ADAPTATION OF PROVEN EFFECTIVE OPTICAL TECHNIQUES TO MASS PRODUCTION REQUIRES INNOVATION IN RAPID DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING. THE PROPOSED INNOVATION APPLIES STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI) DISCRIMINATION TECHNIQUES. LIFETIME OF CERAMIC WEAR PARTS, SUCH AS BEARING AND CAMS, CAN DEPEND ON SURFACE DEFECTS OF 5-10 MICROMETERS, SO THE FIRST APPLICATION WILL BE PRODUCTION QUALITY CONTROL OF CERAMIC WEAR PARTS. THE DATA BASE DEVELOPED FOR THIS APPLICATION WILL BE USED IN SUBSEQUENT WORK TO GO BEYOND DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACE DEFECTS. OUR GOAL IS TO ESTIMATE SPECIFIC STRUCTURAL STRENGTH PARAMETERS IN FINISHED PARTS BY PROCESSING OPTICAL SIGNATURE TIME-HISTORIES OF TRANSIENT MOTIONS. THE FEASIBILITY OF DETECTING SURFACE DEFECTS IN REGIMES FROM 5-10 MICROMETERS TO REGIMES GREATER THAN 100 MICROMETERS, ON A PRODUCTION LINE, WILL BE DETERMINED IN PHASE I. RESULTS WILL BE BASED ON PROCESSING DATA FROM LASER SCATTERING MEASURMENTS, USING SPECIMENS WITH WELL-CHARACTERIZED SURFACE PROPERTIES AND DEFECTS. SDI TECHNOLOGY, DEVELOPED BY NICHOLS RESEARCH CORPORATION, WILL BE COORDINATED WITH RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE TO PROVE FEASIBILITY AND BEGIN THE REQUISITE DATA BASE.

Principal Investigator:

Dewey farmer
2058831140

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Nichols Research Corp
4040 S Memorial Pkwy Huntsville, AL 35802

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No