Los Angeles, CA-- April 25, 2006—Material Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB; MTNA.OB - News) ("MATECH") announces that its proprietary Fatigue Fuse, which measures the fraction of fatigue life of a structure used up, will be applied to a prototype portable bridge to be tested at the US Army’s Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.
This bridge, fabricated using a high strength aluminum alloy, was designed and built by a subsidiary of General Dynamics, Inc. in Germany. Matech was invited to provide its Fatigue Fuses which are intended to evaluate the bridge’s capability to withstand relatively few but severe repeated load cycles; for example, military tank crossings.
The Fatigue Fuse is comprised of several finger-like metal strips, each attached at one end to a common base. The Fuse is adhered to the structure in a region of high stress, so it is subject to the same strains as the bridge structure. Each finger is designed to fail at a different fraction of the predicted fatigue life of the structure; for example, 20, 40, 60, and 80%. The Fuse includes a means of remotely indicating the failure of one or more of its fingers.
Interest in MATECH's EFS system has been spurred by the recent $286 billion Federal Transportation Bill which allocated $5 million to help states evaluate nondestructive methods such as EFS to test growing fatigue cracks in steel bridges. The nation's aging bridge infrastructure system is a major cause for concern, with more than 100,000 of the 200,000 steel bridges in the U.S. classified as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
MATECH is engaged in the research and development of metal fatigue detection, measurement, and monitoring technologies. As such, the Company has developed a suite of devices for the non-destructive testing of metal fatigue and monitoring of structural integrity. These technologies can be applied in virtually any industry in which metal is a significant structural component; i.e.: Bridges, Aerospace, Railroad, Oil & Gas, Construction, Shipping, etc
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