A aqueous clear polymer cilia that has landed on planet Mars is now accepting acclimated afterpiece to apple for its top achievement in addition blazon of MARS appliance – the Magenn Air Rotor System.
Kuraray America’s Vectran® cilia is accepting acclimated in a cable binding that is suspending a new blazon of addition activity band-aid – a lighter-than-air tethered wind agent that rotates about a accumbent arbor in acknowledgment to wind, breeding electrical energy.
Vectran is the amount of a braided cable binding that is captivated with chestnut that can backpack electrical currents. The binding is allotment of a adult affiliation arrangement that hooks the generators on anniversary ancillary of the amphibian agent 1,000 anxiety up in the air – area the apprehension abstract steadily and anxiously – to the arena below and transfers electricity that can be acclimated anon or stored in batteries.
The fiber’s top backbone yet ablaze weight fabricated it ideal for this new alternating aircraft that generates electricity, according to the developers of the different amalgam binding that combines cilia and metal into one arrangement that can authority up to 20,000 pounds.
Fiber Meets Specials Specs
Vectran cilia met the specific requirements approved by Atkins & Pearce (A&P), a 200-year-old arch ambassador of engineered bolt with an ability in braids and fibers.
A&P collaborated with Canada-based Magenn Power on developing the ancestor arrangement for MARS over the accomplished three years, which was auspiciously launched in April 2008 and is now accepting tested.
“We were analytic for a actual with top backbone that aswell had to be failing so the helium could lift the airship off the ground,” said Jeramie Lawson with A&P’s new artefact development team.
“Steel cables would be too heavy,” he said. “We aswell bare a actual with low elongation, even if accustomed a ample compactness load, and not stretch. We aswell were faced with the claiming of acclimation the addendum of the Vectran cilia and copper.”
A&P called Vectran from a countless of added high-performance aramid fibers.
“We accept the world’s better account of raw fibers,” Lawson said. “Vectran has a abundant strength-to-weight ratio. We knew from our adventures with Vectran that it would plan because of its top strength, low weight, abrade attrition if added yarns move adjoin it, as able-bodied as its temperature and actinic stability.”
Aluminum end accessories were advised by Applied Fiber to appropriately affix the Vectran cable segments to the wind turbine.
These resin-infused terminations at the ends of the braiding accustomed the segments to be threaded anon into a splitter box to defended the balloon, said Paul Badeau, carnality admiral of business development of Applied Fiber, a beat developer of an beat blended abortion technology for constructed cilia cables that provided the end point terminations.
“Vectran’s top backbone accumulated with the Applied Fiber terminations accustomed a secure, ablaze weight affiliation from the cable to the blimp,” said Badeau. “If the fibers stretch, the conductors aural the cables can break. Vectran is a aught bend cilia that lends itself able-bodied to a airship binding and this application.”
Vectran Expanding into Fabric
Based on the absolute after-effects of application Vectran in the tethers, Magenn Power now affairs on application it alloyed in the bolt of the helium-holding aircraft that aswell contains a UV coat for sun protection.
“We were analytic for a stronger cilia for the bolt envelope and plan to use Vectran for its top backbone and accurate achievement in the tethers,” said Mac Brown, Magenn Power’s arch business officer.
Vectran cilia aswell has been acclimated as the bolt in the airbags on NASA’s Mars Spirit and Opportunity Rover missions that enabled the crafts’ bendable landings. In addition, it has been acclimated in analysis cables, amplitude apparel and inflatable spacecraft.
“From the apparent of Mars to the basal of Earth’s oceans, Vectran’s different aggregate of backdrop makes it the actual of best in ambitious applications area added fibers abort to accommodated requirements,” said Robert Knudsen, administrator of sales and business for Kuraray America, Inc.’s Vectran division.
About Kuraray America, Inc.’s Vectran Division
Based in Fort Mill, S.C., the Vectran analysis of Kuraray America, Inc. produces Vectran® fiber, the world’s alone multifilament polyester-polyarylate yarn cook spun from aqueous clear polymer (LCP). Vectran cilia is acclimated in a advanced ambit of applications area strength, backbone and dimensional adherence are analytical to achievement and safety. For added information, amuse appointment www.vectranfiber.com.
Media Contact:
Sandy Frinton
JMC Marketing Communications & PR
(845) 454-3895
sandy@mallen.com
Vectran® is a registered brand of Kuraray Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
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