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Using Carbon Nanotube Technology
To Commercialize 21st Century Products For
Defense And Industrial Applications
Overview
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Nanocomp Technologies Has Progressed Carbon
Nanotubes From Science To Products And
Now Those Products To End User Systems.
Technology
Ultra Long Carbon
Nanotubes
Millimeter Long CNTs
Manufacturing
Intermediate Product
Formats
CNT Yarns, Sheets & Tapes
Applications
End Use Products
Wires & Cables
Shields & Spreaders
Composites
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We’re In The Expansion Phase With Two Locations
And More Than 50 Employees
11,000 ft² R&D center
3,000 ft² CNT growth
6,000 ft² labs
16 employees
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30,000 ft² built-out of
100,000 ft² available
3 shift operations
60 employees
Advanced Tech
Center
Production
& HQ
(Concord)
(Merrimack)
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We’re Leveraging Electrical Conductivity ¤ Thermal
Conductivity ¤ High Strength ¤ Light Weight ¤
Toughness…Addressing Very Large Markets.
Copper
Conductors
Composites
Aluminum
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Nanocomp’s Products Enable Transformations…
For Aerospace
Self Monitoring
Stronger
Acts As An
Antenna
Lighter Weight
Corrosion
“Proof”
Deices
Fire Resistant
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Transmits
Power
Protects From
EMI / EMP
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Nanocomp’s Products Enable Transformations…
For Transportation
Safe, Long Range
Batteries
Strong High Pressure
Gas Bottles
Body Embedded
Antennas
Fire Resistant
Light Weight
“Crash Proof” Body
Solid State
Cabin Heating
40% Lighter
Electric Motors
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Corrosion
“Proof”
Protected From Static
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Nanocomp’s Products Enable Transformations…
For Data Centers
CNT Power Cables
10% Reduced Electrical Use
Reduced Heat
Output
Reduced Air
Conditioning
Solid State
Cooling
Protected From
EMI / EMP
Ultra Long Lived
UPS Batteries
High Efficiency
Back-up Generators
Waste Heat
Power Generator
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Nanocomp’s Products Enable Transformations…
And Also For Personal Electronics
Crush Proof
Drop Proof Case
Month-Long
Batteries
Case Is The
Power Supply
Built-In
Antennas
Waterproof
Protected From
Static
Active Cooling
Never Shows
Fingerprints
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Company History
2004:
Company Incorporated (3 employees....500 ft² )
First Contract: Office Naval Research (multiple extensions thru 2008)
2006:
6 Employees
Series A Investment ($2.5 M) Moved to 11,000 ft² - Concord, NH
Major Contract ($MM): Natick Soldier Center
Initial Work USG and Primes
2007:
Initial Automation Of Production Systems
Shipped KM CNT Spun Conductors & CNT Demo Cable
2008-09: Series B Investment ($3M) – Capacity Expansion
Initial Customer Evaluations Begun
2010-11: 47 employees - Full Capacity In Concord
“Critical to the National Defense”
Defense & Commercial Qualification Programs
Shipping Industrial Scale Sheet Rolls & Yarn Spools
2012:
Building Production Scale Facility - Merrimack, NH (DPA Title III $M)
Series C Investment ($25 M…$14 M to date)
Hiring Plan ~ 50 New Employees
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Volume vs. Value Tradeoffs Have Informed Our
Initial Focus On Cables & Shielding Applications
High
Aerospace Craft
Automotive
Energy
Generation
Electrical
Transmission
Consumer
Motors
Volume
(units)
Energy
Storage
Military
Armor
Thermal
Control
Wires &
Cables Shielding
Low
Low
Value
(GM%)
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High
Relative Opportunity
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Opportunity Matrix Investment vs. Time To Market
Low
Very Large Markets
Will Take Longer To
Develop & Exploit
Shielding
Thermal
Control
Investment
required
Energy
Generation
Electrical
Transmission
Wires &
Cables
Consumer
Motors
Military
Armor
Energy
Storage
Aerospace Craft
High
Automotives
Slow
Time to market
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Fast
Relative Size of
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We Are Commercializing Lightweight CNT Products
Progressing From Military To Commercial Markets
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For Almost 20 Years The Properties Of Carbon
Nanotubes Have Been Thought Of As THE
Game Changer In New Advanced Materials
1-3 nm
• High Strength
100 x tensile of steel
• Light Weight
30% lighter than aluminum
• High Conductivity
Electricity ~ copper
Heat
~ metals
Adapted from: Sinitski,A, Graphene Electronics, Unzipped, IEEE Spectrum, Nov 2010, p32
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5-100
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Our Initial Technology Innovation:
Growing Millimeter Long CNTs
Better Conductivity
Higher Strength
Enhanced Manufacturability
Safety – Very Long Is Safest
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To Achieve Process Economics, We Focused On
Developing Continuous Growth Processes
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Integrated Closed Loop Systems
Fuel
Continuous CNT Growth
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Producing Product Formats That Engineers
Find Immediately Useful
Sheets
Tapes
Yarns
Slurry
(new)
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We Are The Only Supplier Of CNT Sheets
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Our Yarn Process Is Designed To Be Continuous
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Producing Rollstock (400’ x 52”) Supplied As
Pre-Preg To System Integrators / End Users
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We Uniquely Provide Commercial Scale Spools For
Processing In The Wire & Cable Supply Chain.
Tapes
Yarns
Slitting sheets creates rolls of tape
1 Kilometer of 22 gauge (90 ply)
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Our CNT Pre-Preg Rolls Are Being Developed For
Aircraft Large Area EMI Shielding
Military & Commercial
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CNT Cables Are Made By Leading Vendors
On Standard Industrial Equipment.
CNT
Conductor
CNT tape
shielding
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CNT EMI Shielding Has Been Fully Space Flight
Tested And Was Launched On Northrop Grumman’s
Mayflower Cube Satellite.
Falcon 9 Launch
12-08-10 by SpaceX
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Investments In DoD Products Are
Moving To Impact Commercial Aircraft
EMSHIELD™ CNT EMI Shielding
(replaces braided copper)
Fuel savings
CTEX™ CNT Wire
Data Cable Sales
Value
(replaces copper core conductor)
$20M - $100M
Fifty Pounds Reduction Meaningful
≥ $1
M /plane
61 miles..8,000 Pounds Cable On per
Board plane
Reducing Weight Saves Fuel
Non-Flight Systems Have
18-24 Month Qualification Cycles
All CNT Coax Cable (50% lighter)
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EMSHIELD Sheet Was Qualified And Integrated As An ESD Shield To
Protect Critical Components On The NASA JUNO Spacecraft On Its
Mission To Jupiter
REM Strut and Engine Cover
Shielded With Nanocomp
EMSHIELD™ Materials
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Layered Sheet Materials Can Be Quite Strong
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So We Can Save Lives….
2 grams CNT Sheet
“Never Been Able To Stop Shots
With So Thin A Pack…”
Planning To Commercialize
CNT Vest In January ‘13
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And Address Hybrid Hard Armor Systems
On The Ground Or In The Air
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We’re Using Sheets To Make CNT Honeycomb
Replacing Aluminum In Spacecraft
Improved:
• CTE match
• Damping
• Radiation resistance
• Reduced weight.
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…Augmenting Current Materials In Aircraft
• Improved Stiffness
• Compression
• Reduced weight
• Damping
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Our CNT Pre-Preg Rolls Are Being
Considered For Enhancing Conductivity In
Commercial Composite Aircraft
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These Enable Lightweighting WindEnergy Structures
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Potentially Light-weighting Power Systems
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CNT / Copper Hybrid Windings Impact Electric
Motors / Generators…Much Lighter Weight And
Potentially More Efficient.
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Consumer Electronics Are A Future Opportunity
Exploiting Composites, Shielding, Storage, And
Thermal Conductivity
Cases
EMI Shielding
Batteries
Cooling
Antennas
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We Believe We Can Achieve Order
Of Magnitude Cost Reduction…
• Chemistry
– Reaction efficiency / dynamics
• Hardware Improvements
• Raw Materials
– Fuel, Gases, Chemicals leveraging quantity
• Labor
• Energy
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The First Facility Of Its Type Nanocomp
Technologies’ Pilot Plant Merrimack, NH
20,000 Ft² Carbon Nanotube (sheet, tape , fibers) Production Floor
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Ultimately, We Plan To Implement Continuous
Processes Across The Board To Achieve True
Industrial Scale Output And Compelling Economics
2011/12
2012/13
2015
Wide
Sheets
Tapes
Yarns
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Phase 3 Full Production
Planning To Additional Capacity
To 100,000 Ft² Providing
Volume & Reducing Costs
Phases 1
Phase 3
2013-15
~ 70,000
Phase 2
Ft ²
Phase 1
Phase 2 Initial Production
Phase 1
Pilot Plant
NOW
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Is It Realistic That Our CNT Products Can
Ultimately Achieve Volume Economies Of Scale?
Carbon Fiber Production
Our CNT Process Is Very Simple w Low Cost Raw Materials
Value Markets Exist: Aerospace, Energy, Electronics
CNT Product’s
Macro Properties
Are
Continuous
CNT Growth
Product Harvest
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Continuous CNT Growth
Product Harvest
Fuel
Able To Solve Customer’s Real Pain Points
Our CNT Product Formats Capable Of Dropping Into
Supplier & End User Processes Gaining Acceptance
Capital Can Be Used To Drive Scale
In Order To Achieve Volume And Cost Reductions
In End Use Products For Large Markets.
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www.nanocomptech.com
603-442-8992
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