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Superconductor Tech announces performance milestone ?3

08:43 11-Jan-16


Superconductor Technologies has announced a new performance milestone for use of its Conductus wire with high field magnet applications.  This is good, but couched in the announcement is also what seems to be an update on fault limiters which were expected to be the company's first commercial opportunity:

In mid-December, we received feedback and detailed analysis from five customers on the most recent testing of Conductus wire. After synthesizing the test data, we designed and implemented an upgrade to our manufacturing production machine over the holiday break. We plan to ship additional wire against existing purchase orders to finalize qualifications with key customers in the coming weeks,” Quiram concluded.

In the fourth quarter of 2015, STI shipped wire to seven customers for superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL), high performance magnets and NMR/MRI applications. The shipments included two new customers for power and magnet applications.


I take this to mean that the wire needs to undergo yet another round of testing and qualifications for such applications.  Until the wire is ready for some type of commercial use, it's hard to get too excited here.