
Fatigue Life Improvement with Surface Treatments other than Shot PeeningAward last edited on: 10/26/2018
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : NavyTotal Award Amount
$898,164Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
N06-047Principal Investigator
Brian L GarrisonCompany Information
Lambda Technologies Inc (AKA: Lambda Research~Surface Enhancement Technologies)
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 02
County: Hamilton
Congr. District: 02
County: Hamilton
Phase I
Contract Number: N68335-06-C-0201Start Date: 4/6/2006 Completed: 8/15/2007
Phase I year
2006Phase I Amount
$149,960Benefit:
The primary benefit to NAVAIR of introducing LPB technology will be extended life and reduced cost of manufacturing fatigue critical rotorcraft components, improved time on wing and reducing maintenance and inspection costs and requirements, first for the V-22 program and then extending to other aircraft. Potential applications and commercial opportunities for low plasticity burnishing (LPB) as a means of improving the fatigue performance of aircraft dynamic components are vast. LPB is already approved by NAVAIR for application to the F404 engine LPC1 vanes and blades used on the AV-8 B Harrier to enhance fatigue performance and is in production mitigating fretting fatigue in titanium alloy hip implants. The anticipated market for LPB in aircraft structural and dynamic components is anticipated to approach $100M during the next decade.
Keywords:
Rotorcraft, Rotorcraft, high cycle fatigue (HCF), stress corrosion cracking (SCC), Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB), foreign object damage (FOD), Fatigue
Phase II
Contract Number: N68335-07-C-0355Start Date: 6/26/2007 Completed: 6/26/2009
Phase II year
2007Phase II Amount
$748,204Benefit:
The primary benefit to NAVAIR of introducing LPB technology will be extended life and reduced cost of manufacturing fatigue critical rotorcraft components, improved time on wing and reducing maintenance and inspection costs and requirements, first for the V-22 program and then extending to other aircraft. Potential applications and commercial opportunities for low plasticity burnishing (LPB) as a means of improving the fatigue performance of aircraft dynamic components are vast. LPB is already approved by NAVAIR for application to the F404 engine LPC1 vanes and blades used on the AV-8 B Harrier to enhance fatigue performance and is in production mitigating fretting fatigue in titanium alloy hip implants. The anticipated market for LPB in aircraft structural and dynamic components is anticipated to approach $100M during the next decade.
Keywords:
stress corrosion cracking (SCC), Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB), foreign object damage (FOD), Rotorcraft, Fatigue , high cycle fatigue (HCF)