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Autosplice Provides Complete Engineering Solutions for Integrating Nitinol 'Muscle Wire' Actuators
August 16, 2002 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
Nitinol is a family of intermetallic materials that contain a nearly equal mixture of nickel and titanium, with other elements often added to adjust or "tune" the material properties. Nitinol exhibits a combination of unique characteristics including "Shape Memory" and "Superelasticity" that enable nitinol assemblies to flex like muscles when electrically driven, dynamically changing their internal structure at certain temperatures and then returning to their original shape when the current flow is ceased.
Washington, D.C. -- A survey conducted by AeA, the nation's largest high-tech trade association, finds that public high-tech companies on average grant stock options to 84 percent of their employees.