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Imi-Tech Awarded $300,000 In Navy

Research Contracts

The Department of the Navy has awarded Imi-Tech Corporation of

Elk Grove, 111., two research and development contracts valued at more than $300,000. The first con- tract involves adapting the compa- ny's Solimide® foam, a flexible, fire- resistant polyimide insulating mate- rial, for use in submarine hull con- struction. The second involves mod- ifying the basic Solimide polyimide technology to produce a high-tem- perature coating for use in naval air- craft.

Solimide foam was chosen by the

Navy for its outstanding fire safety and lightness, in combination with its excellent insulating qualities and durability. Developed in part under a research grant from NASA, it is now in use in a wide variety of appli- cations, including acoustical and thermal insulation, as fire barriers, vibration damping, and in cryogenic applications.

Seeking a thermal insulator and a water vapor barrier that is also flame-resistant and light, the Navy selected Solimide foam for develop- ment as a submarine hull insulation.

Unlike other materials currently in use, polyimide foam will not con- tribute to flame spread in a submar- ine fire, and it produces extremely low levels of smoke and combustion gases in a fire. In addition, at one- fifth to one-tenth the weight of cur- rently used materials, the weight saving, and thus performance im- provement, is significant.

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