SpaceBLAST – Laser Surface Structuring of Hard Metals to Increase the Built-in Emissivity of the Material for Thermal Management in Space

Overheating of spacecraft systems and components is one of the main reasons for space missions’ failure. Our patented femtosecond laser surface structuring technology enhances the emissivity of hard metals, enabling reliable and robust thermal regulation for space applications. The femtosecond laser increases the built-in emissivity of the material up to 99%, while preserving other properties of the bulk material like conductivity and magnetism.

Benefits:

• This patented femtosecond laser technology can be used to surface-structure hard metals to increase their built-in emissivity by up to 99%, while preserving all the other bulk material properties.
• It drastically reduces processing time from 6–12 weeks to 2–4 days, does not require reapplication, and can increase the life cycle of the component.
• It provides resistance to surface degradation, AtOx and outgassing, and keeps contamination to a minimum.
• It boosts emissivity up to 99% and up to the melting temperature of the material.