Date: May 15, 2013 Author: Michael Gurau Source: 2013 SBIR National Conference
Nanocomp Technologies manufactures high performance, strong, light and conductive sheets, tapes and wires made from the longest (and so safest) carbon nanotube fibers ever produced. The process is the least raw materials, labor and capital intensive of any modern material (metals, carbon fiber, aramids, composites) and is also believed to be the most environmentally benign.
For early customers, this range of materials solves important and expensive problems related to weight, conductivity, and strength. NTI's data cables--using its strong, conductive CNT wire and tape shielding--are 70% lighter than copper with identical fidelity...of high interest to customers like Boeing. Just four grams of the Company's CNT sheets improves protective armor 10-20%,where 5% is considered significant. The Company has several other large and important applications including: power cables, non-wire EMI shielding for electronics; antenna; heaters; thermal management; thermo-electrics; and current collector replacements for advanced batteries.
Nanocomp is being described (by DoD, OSTP) as one of the most important materials and advanced manufacturing innovations in the US. NTI came was recognizes by WSJ in 2009 and Aviation Week (AW) in 2012 as one of the top innovations (nationally for WSJ, in aviation for AW)
