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Specialty Materials

Specialty Materials

Specialty Materials, Inc. (SMI) in Lowell, MA is the world's leading supplier of the highest quality boron and silicon carbide fiber products and advanced composite materials. Specialty Materials fibers and advanced composite materials provide unique solutions to engineers and manufacturers in a variety of areas, including structural integrity and controlled thermal expansion. All Specialty Materials's advanced materials and composites are manufactured to aerospace tolerances by tight process control with complete traceability through meticulous record keeping that traces each product from starting raw materials to finished products.

In addition to high strength fibers, prepreg epoxy/boron tapes and advanced composite materials made from carbon fiber and boron fiber, Specialty Materials has also developed a boron nanopowder for use in MgB2 superconductors. MgB2 wire made from boron nanopowder has resulted in the best magnetic properties for MgB2 wire ever demonstrated.

Examples of applications and products that use Specialty Materials advanced materials are as diverse as General Atomics’ Predator unmanned aero vehicle (UAV) which is revolutionizing military and surveillance aircraft, gas turbine engine components, bicycle frames, fly rods, hockey sticks, compression tubes and the manufacturing of the next generation of photovoltaic solar cells.

 

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