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Title:

Nickel-Titanium (NiTi) Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) products for Engineering and
Biomedical applications

Value Proposition:

NiTi SMAs finds wide usage in a variety of smart systems and devices pertaining to engineering and biomedical fields. 

Summary Application:
  • Engineering applications: sensors and actuators, frangibolt, pin-puller, pipe coupling, vibration dampeners, etc.
  •  Biomedical applications: orthodontic arch wires, guide wires, stent-grafts, flow diverters, bone staples, etc.
Advantages:
  • Indigenous technology for fabrication of NiTi SMAs in various product forms (wires/strips/rods)
  • Technical know-how for processing of alloys with shape memory effect and superelastic behavior
Commercialization Status: Already Commercialised
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories[CSIR-NAL]
:  director[at]nal[dot]res[dot]in
:91-80-25086000
:https://www.nal.res.in
Industrial Applications: Bio-instrumentation [Biological Science] Instrumentation, Appliances, Devices Applications [Instrumentation, Appliances, Devices] Nanomaterials [Materials] Sensors [Electronics]
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