Core Materials Technology

Alchemie Technology has proprietary materials that are state of the art in each material category: AuTx™ high strength organic fibre, SiTx™ transparent inorganic composite materials, McTx™ metallic composite materials and CcTx™ ceramic composites.

• AuTx™ is an aramid based fibre approximately 50% stronger than leading high strength fibre brands in the market. AuTx-HT (high tenacity) in many types of testing has proven to be more resistant to a wide range of environmental degradation. AuTx-FR (fire resistant) yarn is more fire resistant than the market leader but also has twice the strength across a wide temperature range. In protective applications AuTx-HT has no equal in terms of strength and resistance to environmental degradation. From astronaught suits to suspension bridge cables where high strength, high modulus and environmental stability are paramout choose AuTx.

• SiTx™-HT is a transparent material approximately four times the strength of other market leaders high strength commercially produced glass. SiTx is used in the International Space Station, in armoured glazings on attack helicopters and in deep sea exploration craft. SiTx is available in flat sheets or moulded in an isostatic hot press to produce the most complex 3D shapes with outstanding optical quality. Due to its ultra-high strength and compression resistance SiTx is an ideal material for building 21st century buildings from skyscrapers to bridge decking.

• McTx™ is metallic composite material with up to 10 times the strength to weight ratio of steel and aluminium. The process can be applied to aluminium, titanium and steel alloys to form a very wide range of materials optimised for specifc applications. The McTx materials comprise a sandwich of titanium or aluminium based heterogeneous foamed metal (HFMS) that have a number of very distinct, unique features. The density of the material can be altered by modifying the cellular structure, cell size from side to side as well as wall thickness. The external surfaces can be produced in different thicknesses whilst forming and then chemically or thermally strengthened or hardened to develop the desired properties depending on the application of the specific material. Highly resistant to environmental degradation, ultra-light weight components can be manufactured for a very wide range of applications: rocket venturis, submarine and boat hulls, truck chassis & trailors, automotive crush structures to surfboards. Next time you consider designing and producing a composite, think McTx.

• CcTx™ is a composite ceramic that has three times the fracture resistance of the best commercial equivalents. CcTx is 25 times more thermally stable than its nearest ceramic competitor. This fact combined with its ability to increase in strength up to 2,000 degrees celsius puts it in a new catagory of constructonal ceramics for building furnaces & large crucibles, pistons & turbine blades, radiation shields & bullet resistant shields. Redefine your perception of ceramics; use CcTx.

• E-Tx™ Alchemie Technology scientists and engineers have pioneered the use of electro textiles or e-textiles for over two decades and during this time have developed the most advanced active thermoregulation systems using the E-Tx fibre, fabrics and composites. E-Tx combines two fibres in a hybrid fabric consisting of metallic and carbon fibre monofilament yarns encased in semi-conductive polymer sheaths running at 0-90 in the warp and weft. This enables the fibres to act as independent wires to be used to form a tightly woven, knitted or unidirectional fibre grid with or without electrical contact between the wires. Such fabrics are known as electronic fabrics, e-fabrics and e-textiles.

Think 21st Century materials, Think Alchemie Technology Materials!