Capabilities:
Type of work: rapid development of
proprietary cost-effective materials; redesign of existing materials to enhance product
performance or to dramatically improve the manufacturing process.
Technical areas: advanced materials
including new gear, and stainless steels; advanced computer integrated manufacturing
support services; internet-based program management services.
Background and Awards:
- Questek: 1998 Technology of the Year recipient from Industry Week
- Questek: 1997 Excellence in Technology Transfer from the Association of University
Research Parks
Partners:
- Gregory B. Olson, Sc.D - Professor of Materials
Science and Engineering, Director of the Steel Research Group and Co-Director of Materials
Technology Lab at Northwestern University, pioneer in the field of materials design.
Charles J. Kuehmann, PhD - Director of Materials by Design and Product
Development.
Charles F. West, PhD - Director of software development and management systems
Ray P. Genellie, Jr - Director of business operations and program
management
Some representative projects:
- Stainless bearing steel created under funding from NASA
- A new class of steel - "Advanced Case Carburizing Secondary Hardening Steel"
that has yielded 3 new materials to date:TM
C61: designed to provide surface properties similar to conventional gear steel but
possesses superior core toughness & strength.
- FerriumTM C62: designed to
provide optimum combination of case and core properties in a stainless material.
- GearMetTM C69:
designed as a superior gear alloy for use in high contact stress applications or where
redesign will allow for reduced gear weight.
Patent pending for a mechanistic design tool for the calculation of phase
transformations.
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