Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) Aerospace and Medical Applications Attained

Lambda Research, Inc.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) apparatus that produces a repeatable stable deep layer of compressive surface residual stress

• Received NASA Space Act Award for Surface Enhancement Technologies to Achieve Improved Durability & Safety Aerospace Materials.
• John P. Davis Award – IGTI Paper of the Year 2003 and 2007
• 2010 R&D 100 Award Winner – These awards represent the year's top technology-driven products to reach the marketplace.

• ORBITEC has been subcontracted by Purdue University for 2 units
• United States Patent number 7,220,018 B2 was issued 5/22/07 titled "Marine LED Lighting System and Method."
• Aquarium Lighting Systems scheduled to go on the market in late 2010 and the greenhouse lighting systems currently in testing for commercial product release in 2011.
• Provisional patent on the control system that encompasses many aspects of the HELIAC system.

• Lambda Research created Surface Enhancement Technologies, LLC (SET) to license, market, and provide LPB
• NASA SBIR (supported by NASA’s Aviation Safety program) laid the ground work for an SBIR with NAVAIR. Demonstrated LPB on advanced disk superalloys assisted by NASA’s Ultrasafe Propulsion Project.
• SET currently has 3 LPB systems operating in customers facilities and expects to bring 3 additional systems on line FY2010 for the US Navy and Air Force in addition to providing LPB processing in their facility
• Tested and proven by NASA, the Military, and DOE for aircraft and ground based turbines and aging aircraft. Because the compression doesn’t relax at high temperatures, LPB is extremely useful; hence, this should save money for the military by extending aircraft life
• SET currently processes the 1st Stage Vane for the Harrier F402 engine for the US Navy, Spain and Italy at their facility in Cincinnati.
• Lambda and Delta Airlines recently announced on 04/12/09 an exclusive partnering agreement to use LPB for maintaining commercial aircraft components
• Received FAA 145 approval and repair license on 08/31/09 for the use of LPB for the repair and modification of aircraft components

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