TRANSITION45 TECHNOLOGIES INC
High entropy alloy coatings for fusion reactor plasma-facing components, manufactured via high-pressure cold spray and laser surface melting
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- San Juan Capistrano, CA
- Total capital
- $6.9M
- Federal grants
- $1.4M
- 6 awards · 2015–2021
- Rank in peer group#72 of 141
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $5.5M
- 24 awards · NASA, Defense
- Rank in Materials#74 of 1258
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Award - L213-003-0035$200K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Novel Additively Manufactured Coatings for Plasma Performance$200K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · More Durable Pin Tools for Friction Stir Welding$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · More Ductile Bulk Tungsten$750K
- Federal contractNASA · This SBIR Phase II Effort Will Continue To Develop And Then Scale Up A Novel Manufacturing Process Based On Severe Plastic Deformation (spd) To Refine And Enhance The Microstructure-properties Of Bulk Tungsten.$189K
- Federal contractNASA · This SBIR Phase I Effort Will Develop And Demonstrate A Novel Manufacturing Process Based On Severe Plastic Deformation (spd) To Refine And Enhance The Microstructure-properties Of Bulk Tungsten. Tungsten, With Its Many Unique Characteristics, Plays An Important Role In Nuclear Reactors Including For The Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine. The Refractory Metal, However, Still Has A Number Of Shortcomings Which Still Need To Be Addressed. These Include A High Ductile-to-brittle Transition Temperat$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf This SBIR Phase I Program Proposes To Exploit The Tremendous Benefits That Could Be Offered By The Development Of A Microstructural Refinement And Control Technology For Titanium Alloys. A Severe Plastic Deformation (spd) Technology Based On Hot Die Isothermal Forging Technologies Will Be Explored In This Work. The Goal Is To Demonstrate A Practical, Production Level Manufacturing Approach To Producing Bulk-sized Titanium Alloy Components With Refined And Controllable Microstructur$125K
Show 23 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf This SBIR Phase I Effort Examines The Feasibility Of An Innovative Surface Modification Technology Incorporating Friction Stir Reaction Processing For Producing Engineered Alloy Structures, Or Conventional Parts With Strategically Enhanced Locations For Wear, Environmental, And/or Creep-fatigue Resistance. Friction Stir Reaction Processing Is An Emerging Microstructural Modification Technique Based On The Solid State Friction Stir Welding And Friction Stir Processing. It Can Be App$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Primary Goal Of This SBIR Phase I Project Is To Advance The Development Of Low-cost, Functionally Graded Laser Additive Manufactured High Temperature Refractory And Cermet Pin Tools For Friction Stir Welding (fsw) And/or Friction Stir Processing (fsp) Of Heat-resistant Materials. A Solid State Process, Fsw Produces High Quality Welds In Difficult-to-weld Materials And Is Fast Becoming The Process Of Choice For Manufacturing Lightweight Transport Structures Including For Space L$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Bulk Nano-structured Materials for Turbomachinery Components$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Shape Memory Alloy Adaptive Structures$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Rapid Manufacturing of High Power Electric Propulsion Components$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf This SBIR Phase I Program Proposes To Develop A Bulk Processing Technology For Producing Ultra Fine Grain (ufg) Aluminum Alloy Structures. The Goal Is To Demonstrate A Practical, Production Level Manufacturing Approach For Producing Bulk-sized Aluminum Alloy Structures And Eventually Near-net Shape Components With Nano-scale Microstructures. Ultra Fine Grain Aluminum Alloys Could Be Particularly Advantageous For Higher Performance, Lighter Weight Spacecraft Structures, Airframes, A$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - In Order To Design And Manufacture Complex, One-of-a-kind To Limited Quantity Rocket Propulsion System Components, While Shortening The Development Cycle Time And Reducing The Associated Costs, An Innovative Method Must Be Developed That Expands Upon Current Manufacturing Technologies. A Flexible Manufacturing System That Can Handle The Production Of Such Parts In Short Time Periods Is Desirable. Today's Near-net Fabrication Technologies Are Extremely Limited In D$750K
- Federal contractDefense · "ultra Fine Grain Steel Alloys By Severe Plastic Deformation". Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II Program$750K
- Federal contractDefense · P.o. - SBIR Phase I$100K
- Federal contractNASA · This SBIR Phase II Effort Will Continue To Develop And Demonstrate An Innovative Shape Memory Alloy (sma) Periodic Cellular Structural Technology. Periodic Cellular Structures (pcs) Will Be Designed And Tailored To Determine If Additional Shape Memory Performance Benefits Can Be Derived From The Underlying Macro-structure When Fabricated From Sma's. These Structures Will Be Manufactured Using An Advanced Reactive Metal Casting Technology That Will Allow Complex-shaped, Integral Bulk Structures T$600K
- Federal contractNASA · In Order To Design And Manufacture Complex, One-of-a-kind To Limited Quantity Rocket Propulsion System Components, While Shortening The Development Cycle Time And Reducing The Associated Costs, An Innovative Method Must Be Developed That Expands Upon Current Manufacturing Technologies. A Flexible Manufacturing System That Can Handle The Production Of Such Parts In Short Time Periods Is Desirable. Today's Near-net Fabrication Technologies Are Extremely Limited In Design Flexibility Due To The Use$100K
- Federal contractDefense · Phase I STTR To TRANSITION45$100K
- Federal contractNASA · This SBIR Phase I Effort Will Develop And Demonstrate An Innovative Shape Memory Alloy (sma) Periodic Cellular Structural Technology. Periodic Cellular Structures (pcs) Will Be Designed And Tailored To Determine If Additional Shape Memory Performance Benefits Can Be Derived From The Underlying Macro-structure When Fabricated From Sma's. These Structures Will Be Manufactured Using An Advanced Reactive Metal Casting Technology That Will Allow Complex-shaped, Integral Bulk Structures To Be Fabricat$100K
- Federal contractNASA · This SBIR Effort Examines The Feasibility Of An Innovative Fabrication Technology Incorporating Sand Casting And Friction Stir Processing (fsp) For Producing Affordable Near Net Shape Components Made From High Performance Ni-based Superalloys. Sand Casting Is A Relatively Inexpensive Casting Method Not Traditionally Used To Manufacture Superalloy Castings. Instead Of Expensive "invested" Ceramic Shells Found In Investment Casting, The Molds Are Produced From A Mixture Of Inexpensive Fine Sand An$600K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$600K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$250K
- Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$70K
- Federal contractDefense · Advanced Tech For Discrete Parts$88K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$70K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$100K
- Federal contractDefense · Wm-md Titanium Lattice Castings$61K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$30K
- Federal contractNASA · Friction Stir Procession Of Cast Superalloys$100K
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Regulatory activity · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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