ultra-long - Tortech Nano

INNOVATIVE
ULTRA-LONG
CARBON
NANOTUBES
About Tortech Nano Fibers
Tortech Nano Fibers was founded in 2010 as a joint venture between Plasan Sasa Ltd
(Israel) and Q-Flo Ltd (UK), a spin-out company from Cambridge University, UK. Using the
core technology for the production of carbon nanotubes developed at Q-Flo, the company
is developing and industrializing a patented process for the manufacture of ultra-long
CNT mats for a wide range of commercial and defense applications.
Seeking Strategic Partnerships
Plasan is currently seeking strategic partners to realize the benefits of Tortech carbon
nanotube (CNT) materials to enhance existing products and enable new product creation
Such partnerships will enable leveraging of the market advantages of the product through
Contact:
Hanassi Herzog st.
Koren industrial park
Ma’alot Tarshiha, Israel
Tel. +972.54.2872372
E-mail:[email protected]
www.tortechnano.com
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these exciting new materials.
Offering an Opportunity for Multiple Applications
CNTs are going to revolutionize an extensive number of industries. They can make aircraft skins and wind
turbines up to 10 times stronger and lighter, as well as increasing protection against lightening while enabling
deicing capability. Integrated in composite materials, they can increase electrical conductivity a million times.
Consequently, Tortech's CNT nonwoven products offer an opportunity for an extensive range of both military
and civilian applications. Just consider some of the following:
• Electrically conducting interlayer in carbon fiber composites for heat dissipation,
localized heating (e.g., deicing), or as an impact sensor
• EMI shielding that also acts as a heat sink
• High-performance filters and membranes which significantly reduce bio-fouling problems
• Passive and active infrared camouflaging
• Heat sinks and heating pads for aviation and industrial use
• Liquid absorption fiber for electrical nano-sensors
• Health monitoring for composite materials
• Antennas
• Electrodes for batteries and super-capacitors
• Cables
Innovative
Ultra-long
Carbon
Nanotubes
Innovating Nano Materials
Tortech is industrializing a unique, patented process for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) – single
molecule tubes of carbon. CNTs have been identified as the stiffest and strongest materials known today
which, together with remarkable electrical and thermal properties and many other unique characteristics
offers the possibility to change the way materials are used to deliver enhanced performance in ever more
demanding applications.
Pioneering the CNT Industrialization Process
Tortech's core technology is based on a novel, patented continuous process. Tortech is increasing capacity
towards a full-scale, industrial manufacturing capability of its nonwoven products. A rigorous engineering
approach will result in the availability of a manufacturing capacity which will meet the demand of a wide
range of applications and these CNT nonwovens will competitively priced against conventional carbon
fiber products.
Delivering a Unique Combination of Properties
Tortech's unique, ultra-long CNTs offer material that is tougher, stronger and lighter than current
composite materials. Furthermore, the resultant nonwoven CNT products deliver a range of
properties which when combined, have the unique potential to solve and improve long-standing
industrial challenges. Examples include lightweight and super-strong solution for EMI shielding; heat
dissipation; electrical conductivity; de-icing; infrared attenuation, structural health monitoring, filters;
batteries and much more – all in a strong fibrous material. The product’s main properties include:
• Superior EMI shielding over conventional carbon fabrics, stainless steel mesh and aluminum mesh (attenuation
of 60-90 dB over the 0.2‑18 GHz frequency range) while weighing less than conventional solutions.
• Improved thermal conductivity in comparison to carbon fibers (both in pure form and as a composite).
• Tunable nonwoven properties by manufacture in isotropic or anisotropic formats.
• Tunable, specific electrical conductivity that acts as a resistor or can be tailored to be highly conductive
in the range of ~106S / (m x density).
• Extremely high stability against corrosive chemicals, high temperatures and conductance.