AUGUST RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N231-043
AUGUST RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $139,998
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N231-043
- Solicitation
- 23.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- PA
- Period
- 2023-06-21 → 2023-12-18
Description
August Research Systems, Inc. (ARS) proposes to derive gasketing material suitable for the most extremely frigid terrestrial temperatures from a family of unique polyurethanes that have been in development for aerospace applications for nearly a decade. Such materials have glass transition temperatures below -90 deg F and are impervious to water and hydrocarbon fluids, even at elevated temperatures. Properties such as hardness, tensile strength, ultimate elongation, viscoelasticity, and temperature-dependent strain recovery are broadly tunable through selection of crosslinkers, curatives, prepolymer synthesis options, solvents, and fillers. Fabrication of serviceable material may be done by batch mixing and casting, blade-coating, diluting and spraying, and injection molding. Proposed innovations include identifying and achieving a set of material properties ideal for Naval gaskets and seals within the context of a manufacturing process capable of cost-effective mass production.