Verilyte™
  CRG's
Shape Memory Syntactic Foam Systems
Verilyte is the trademark for CRG's
family of shape memory syntactic foam systems. These systems
are foamed shape memory polymer formulations. Verilyte can
function as deployable or conformal composite foam core in
its softened form, or as a structural foam core in its rigid
state.
Current developmental formulations
have densities ranging from 0.4 to 0.1 g/cc, with expansion
ranges up to 400% demonstrated. These qualities provide the
ability to fabricate adaptive composite structures with foam
core, soften the structural foam element, alter its shape,
and then return it to a rigid state in its new configuration.
Verilyte can be reshaped multiple times. As with Veriflex®
and Veritex™,
Verilyte has a very narrow customizable temperature range
in which it transitions between its rigid and pliable states.
Possible applications include dynamic
structural support, flexible foam core, and expandable foam
fill. The photo to the right shows Verilyte in a deployed
configuration next to the same substance in a compressed configuration.
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