It has been determined that The University of Toledo is the sole provider of Shape Memory Alloy Database: Data Extraction.NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort.
Synopsis: NASA/NSSC has a requirement for Shape memory alloy database- NiTi-based & superelastic alloys. NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to University Of Kentucky 500 S Limestone 109 Kinkead HallLexington, Kentucky 40526-0001under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).
The device, which is a small, portable apparatus, goes through a prescribed heating sequence which will train the shape memory alloy wire to remember the shape set by the user (e.g. a star, heart, etc.). After the heating and cooling sequence of the device is complete, the user extracts the shape then can distort the trained shape memory alloy wire. Upon application of heat, the wire will transform back into the trained shape.
Glenns Shape Memory Alloy Rock Splitters (SMARS) device generates this power without any demolition damage to the surrounding environment, and in a package that combines reliability, ease of setup and activation, and cost-effectiveness.
NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.THE TECHNOLOGY: Innovators at NASA's Glenn Research Center have developed a new Nickel Titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloy (SMA) with additions of Hafnium (Hf) and Zirconium (Zr) that offers a broader transformation temperature range and greater dimensional stability than any other SMA on the market.
NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.THE TECHNOLOGY: Innovators at NASA's Glenn Research Center have developed a new Nickel Titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloy (SMA) with additions of Hafnium (Hf) and Zirconium (Zr) that offers a broader transformation temperature range and greater dimensional stability than any other SMA on the market.
NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.THE TECHNOLOGY: Innovators at NASA's Glenn Research Center have developed lightweight and reliable mechanisms based on shape memory alloys (SMAs) for small satellites, such as CubeSats. SMAs have a unique ability to effect a reversible phase transformation, so that they can withstand being severely deformed and recovered repeatedly.
