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Surmet Wins 3-year DARPA Funding for Fabrication of ALON® Optical Ceramics

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:30:00 GMT

DARPA has awarded Surmet a $4.66 million option spread over 36 months for Phase II of DARPA’s Manufacturable Gradient Index Optics (M-GRIN) program. The award follows successful completion of an earlier $1 million Phase II base effort.

(PRWeb December 17, 2013)

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Surmet wins ACerS Corporate Technical Achievement Award

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:30:00 GMT

The American Ceramic Society’s (ACerS) Corporate Technical Achievement Award (CTAA) for this year has been awarded to Surmet Corp for the development and commercialization of its ALON® Transparent Optical ceramic.

(PRWeb June 25, 2013)

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Surmet Achieves Major Milestone on its ALON® Window Scale-up Program

Tue, 28 May 2013 20:30:00 GMT

Surmet has successfully delivered 18x35-in size monolithic ALON® windows, achieving a major milestone on its scale-up program supported by US Dept. of Defense funding from DMS&T, Air Force ManTech and DPA Title III programs. These windows, designed to meet a particular high priority defense application, are the largest transparent ceramic armor windows produced anywhere in the world.

(PRWeb May 28, 2013)

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Surmet Wins Another SBIR Phase I from the U.S. DoD

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:00:00 GMT

Surmet wins another SBIR Phase I from the U.S. Navy for the refurbishment of Infrared Search and Track (IRST) domes that deteriorate in service. Surmet will take advantage of its expertise and experience in applying IR transparent coatings, and precision optical fabrication technologies to cost-effectively restore damaged and worn-out domes back to the required optical performance specifications of an original dome.

(PRWeb December 01, 2012)

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Surmet Wins Two More SBIR Phase II Awards from DOD

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:00:00 GMT

Two more SBIR Phase II awards from DOD; one to boost Surmet’s progress in developing and manufacturing cost effective high performance infrared optics and the other to improve durability of infrared transparent conductive coatings.

(PRWeb October 01, 2012)

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Transparent ALON Windows are Currently Being Evaluated for Use in Many Laser Applications

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:30:00 GMT

ALON has been succesfully tested for durability in harsh environments and is being evaluated for performance in many airborne laser based systems. ALON® Transparencies offer unique high optical performance required for laser systems, combined with the EXTREME durability that makes them nearly impervious to the environmental loading found in the flight environments such as rain, rock strikes and sand or dust storms.

(PRWeb August 01, 2012)

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Advances in Making Large ALON® Transparent Armor Windows

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Surmet continues its advances in fabricating cost effective large area ALON® Transparent Armor Windows for many applications. Current capability allows for monolithic ALON® windows to be fabricated in sizes as large as 15x27-in (38cm x 68.5cm) with plans for making windows of even larger sizes. "ALON® Optical Ceramic also has the unique advantage of being made in thicknesses varying from 0.2 to 1.5-in to meet the required ballistic performance," says Uday Kashalikar, Director of Armor Products at Surmet Corp.

(PRWeb June 30, 2012)

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Surmet Expands ALON® Production Capabilities to Meet Growing Demand

Thu, 31 May 2012 20:00:00 GMT

“Because of its amazing properties and ease of manufacture, ALON® Transparent Armor is seeing a strong increase in the demand from both Defense and Civilian sectors” says Uday Kashalikar, Director of Armor Products at Surmet Corp. “This demand coincides well with our current expansion in both ALON® powder production and blank making operations” he added. To see ALON® Transparent Armor in action, click the following link: "How Stuff Works" Video about ALON® Transparent Armor

(PRWeb May 31, 2012)

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Surmet-led Team Wins Phase II Award from DARPA to Develop ALON® Manufacturable Graded Refractive Index (M-GRIN) Lenses

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Surmet will lead a team that includes the University of Rochester and Ed White Consultants to establish a production capability for Manufacturable Gradient Index (M-GRIN) lenses from ALON® optical ceramic. ALON® GRIN lenses hold the promise of higher Vis-MWIR performance at reduced size, weight and cost.

(PRWeb April 30, 2012)

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The Successful Demonstration of the Bonding of Metal to ALON® Optical Ceramic Creates many New Opportunities in Critical Applications that Include Oil and Gas Drilling

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Conventional metalizing and brazing techniques used for Alumina and sapphire are not directly applicable to ALON. However, Surmet has now successfully demonstrated a novel metalizing technique that results in hermetic brazed joints with high strength and durability while preserving ALON’s optical, IR and RF transparency. Mechanical integrity of the braze joint is maintained over a wide range of temperatures. This is a significant development as it enables materials and engineering challenges to be addressed in such applications as: sensor housings, windows for harsh chemical and windows for high pressure/temperature environments. The bonding of ALON to engineering metals and alloys such as Kovar, Hexalloy, Stainless steel, Niobium and Molybdenum is now possible.

(PRWeb March 31, 2012)

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Surmet Corporation Enters 30th Year of Operations with Many Significant Accomplishments

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Surmet was founded in 1982 on a simple premise that today’s materials are not adequate to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s machines and systems. Surmet, entering its thirtieth year of successful operation with a nice balance between R&D and Manufacturing, is a rarity among technology companies, to successfully transition it’s laboratory innovations to the production floor and deliver cost effective high performance products to its global customers.

(PRWeb February 29, 2012)

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Scanning Electron Microscopy of Fracture Reveals Significant Grain Boundary Weakness in Lithium Fluoride Doped, Vacuum Hot Pressed and HIPped Transparent Magnesia Spinel.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Polycrystalline ceramics with cubic Spinel structure transmit well in the visible and mid IR wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. ALON® and Magnesia Spinel are especially attractive and are leading lightweight transparent Armor candidates for future combat systems. These have enormous performance advantage over glass and justify their rapid development.

(PRWeb January 31, 2012)

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Army's SBIR Phase I Award to Boost Surmet's Lower Cost Fabrication of IR Optics from ALON® and Spinel Ceramics

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

A new Phase I SBIR award from the Army provides a boost to Surmet’s cost effective manufacturing of ALON® and spinel Optical Ceramics. The outcome of this program entitled, "Quantitative Analysis of ALON® and Spinel Dome Blanks", will result in a fast and cost effective method for optically characterizing dome blanks without having to fabricate them to their final exacting dimensions.

(PRWeb December 29, 2011)

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Versatile ALON® Optical Ceramic in Energy Applications

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Surmet Corporation of Burlington, MA has won a Phase I SBIR program from the US Department of Energy entitled: “Durable ALON® Windows for High Power RF Accelerator Applications.”

(PRWeb November 30, 2011)

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Surmet Strengthens Fabrication Capability for Transparent Ceramic Armor and IR optics Products

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Surmet, the manufacturer of ALON® and magnesia Spinel, announces significant expansion of its optical fabrication capabilities, in each of its manufacturing facilities across three states in the US, (i.e., Murrieta, CA, Burlington, MA, and Buffalo, NY), occupying a total of over 100,000 sq. ft. All facilities are ISO 9001:2008 certified.

(PRWeb November 01, 2011)

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Surmet Announces the Expansion of its Aluminum Nitride (AlN) Manufacturing Operations

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Surmet Corporation of Burlington, MA, now in its 30th year of successful operations, announces the expansion of its Aluminum Nitride (AlN) manufacturing operations in Buffalo, NY. This strategic move is in response to the significant growth in Global demand for thermal management packaging in the Green-Tech device industry.

(PRWeb September 21, 2011)

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