Thin Film…Large Payoff

SRS Technologies

Huntsville, AL

Cutting-edge thin-film concentrators for space-based concentrators.

• Winner of 1999 R&D 100 Award.

Developed methods to cast LaRC polyimides in single sheets measuring 85” x 150”.
• Built and tested a number of parabolic membrane collectors for various advanced government programs.
• Developed methods to cast polyimides in continuous rolls.

• Licensed and now produces several NASA-developed polyimides as powder, resin and rolled film.
• Currently the only company licensed to produce both LaRC™-CP1 and LaRC™-CP2 colorless polyimides.These materials exhibit long-term storage capability, which enables SRS to produce large inventories.
• NASA developed these materials which exhibit superior thermal stability and greater resistance to UV and VUV in a space environment.
• Promising business opportunities include production of rolled-film material, flat panel reflectors, and a number of light weight space structures.

• Flexible printed circuit substrates (currently under development)
• Deployable space structures (Boeing, AFRL, NASA, Thiokol, and NRL)
• Light weight collectors (NASA, AFRL, and Commercial Space Applications)
• Rolled Films (NASA, industry)

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