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kel-Titanium (NiTi) shape memory
alloy (SMA) products for
engineering and biomedical applications
Photograph of Ni-Ti braided mesh using 80 µm diameter wire
NiTi SMAs finds wide usage in a ¡¡ Technical know-how for process-
variety of smart systems and devices ing of alloys with shape memory
pertaining to engineering and effect and superelastic behavior
biomedical fields
Level/Scale of Development : TRL-8
Year of Development : Commerical ¡¡ The process technology for NiTi
production 2018
SMA fabrication has been success-
Applications fully demonstrated in industries in
commercially viable scale
¡¡ Engineering applications: sensors ¡¡ Technical know-how is ready for
and actuators, frangibolt, pin- transfer to industries Production
puller, pipe coupling, vibration Version
dampeners, etc.
Intellectural Property Rights (IPR) :
¡¡ Biomedical applications: ortho-
dontic arch wires, guide wires, ¡¡ Process know-how developed
stent-grafts, flow diverters, bone indigenously
staples, etc.
¡¡ No patents filed
¡¡ I PR with CSIR-NAL
Salient Technical Features Major Plant Equipment and
Machinery Required
¡¡ Indigenous technology for fab-
rication of NiTi SMAs in various Standard metal working equipment:
product forms (wires/strips/rods) ¡¡ Melting furnaces (vacuum
EI 2
alloy (SMA) products for
engineering and biomedical applications
Photograph of Ni-Ti braided mesh using 80 µm diameter wire
NiTi SMAs finds wide usage in a ¡¡ Technical know-how for process-
variety of smart systems and devices ing of alloys with shape memory
pertaining to engineering and effect and superelastic behavior
biomedical fields
Level/Scale of Development : TRL-8
Year of Development : Commerical ¡¡ The process technology for NiTi
production 2018
SMA fabrication has been success-
Applications fully demonstrated in industries in
commercially viable scale
¡¡ Engineering applications: sensors ¡¡ Technical know-how is ready for
and actuators, frangibolt, pin- transfer to industries Production
puller, pipe coupling, vibration Version
dampeners, etc.
Intellectural Property Rights (IPR) :
¡¡ Biomedical applications: ortho-
dontic arch wires, guide wires, ¡¡ Process know-how developed
stent-grafts, flow diverters, bone indigenously
staples, etc.
¡¡ No patents filed
¡¡ I PR with CSIR-NAL
Salient Technical Features Major Plant Equipment and
Machinery Required
¡¡ Indigenous technology for fab-
rication of NiTi SMAs in various Standard metal working equipment:
product forms (wires/strips/rods) ¡¡ Melting furnaces (vacuum
EI 2
