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Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Air Force

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 2122

Amount: $49,928.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1985

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Quantum Composites Inc

4702 James Savage Rd

Midland, MI 48640

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: NORMAN S STRAND
Phone: (517) 496-2884

Business Contact

Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

LONG SHELF LIFE EPOXY PREPREGS AND ADHESIVE FILMS ARE REQUIRED FOR REPAIR OF COMPOSITE VEHICLE PARTS AWAY FROM REPAIR DEPOTS. CONVENTIONAL PREPREGS AND SUPPORTED FILM ADHESIVES HAVE A LIMITED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SHELF LIFE, USUALLY REQUIRING REFRIGERATED STORAGE. LATENT CURE SYSTEMS CAN BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL CATALYSTS, BUT THE LATENCY IS USUALLY COMPROMISED. OUR PROPOSED WORK WILL NOT ONLY INVESTIGATE FEASIBILITY OF MICROENCAPSULATION OF CURING AGENTS FOR EPOXY PREPREGS AND SUPPORTED FILM ADHESIVE, BUT WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE AN ULTRANSONIC METHOD OF RUPTURING MICROCAPSULES TO RELEASE CURING AGENT AND/OR CATALYST INTO PREPREG MATRIX. THIS TECHNIQUE OF UTILIZING ULTRASONICS TO PRODUCE SHEAR IN THE RESIN AND RUPTURING THE MICROENCAPSULATED CATALYST CAN BE ADAPTED TO VERY FAST REACTING SYSTEMS. AN ULTRASONIC TOOL WILL BE DEVISED TO RUPTURE ENCAPAULATED CATALYST AND/OR CURING AGENT IN AN EPOXY RESIN PREPREG. THIS TOOL WILL BE UTILIZED AS A FLAT IRON TO IRON ON A PREPREG PATCH OR TO PROCESS PREPREG TO RELEASE CATALYST BEFORE APPLICATION.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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