AIRTO member, Lucideon, a leading development and commercialisation organisation specialising in materials technology, processes and testing, has announced a collaboration with Technetics Group to develop NASA-patented materials to be used in the development of next generation dynamic seals in a variety of leading-edge applications. These materials have been developed for critical applications involving extremely high temperatures and rapid rotation speeds in a number of markets and use cases.

Technetics Group has licensed a patented ceramic composite material from NASA to explore the materials for the development of next-generation dynamic seals. The work is being carried out at Lucideon’s Raleigh site in North Carolina, utilising their world-class testing and characterisation laboratories.

Dr Carolyn Grimley, Lucideon

In discussing the collaboration, Dr Carolyn Grimley, Manager of U.S. Advanced Materials and Processing at Lucideon, stated,

“Lucideon’s long-standing expertise in ceramic processing capabilities will play an important role in the advancement of these materials for Technetics as they develop these materials. Our advanced ceramic process equipment will be deployed to establish detailed and repeatable testing conditions. This is a complex challenge, which involves our materials scientists drawing on a wide range of expertise and using the latest technologies to complete.”