{"id":316,"date":"2008-09-18T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T17:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=316"},"modified":"2008-09-18T12:38:59","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T17:38:59","slug":"gm-brackets-the-quan-quantech%e2%84%a2-new-technology-material-to-replace-some-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/gm-brackets-the-quan-quantech%e2%84%a2-new-technology-material-to-replace-some-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"GM brackets the Quan &#8212; Quantech\u2122 new technology material to replace some parts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080917\/ANA02\/809179981\/1182\/rss02&amp;rssfeed=rss02\">Automotive News<\/a> as blogged by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/09\/18\/gm-may-replace-some-metal-parts-with-new-quantech-polymer\/\">Autoblog<\/a> reports that GM is sourcing a new material from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qlpkg.com\/materials.htm\">Quantum Leap Packaging<\/a>, Inc. called Quantech\u2122 .\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qlpkg.com\/materials.htm\">material <\/a>is a liquid crystal polymer that can be used in the place of metal parts.\u00a0 The resulting parts have heat expansion characteristics similar to steel, and stiffness and density comparable to magnesium.\u00a0 So in other words the parts are very light, very strong, and work well to replace steel parts.<\/p>\n<p>Technical claims for quantech:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"body\">Quantech\u2122 high performance polymers                 enable QLP to produce air cavity packages that address critical                 thermal, stress and reliability issues. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodybold\">Quantech\u2122 Features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"body\">High temperature stability (500\u00b0C)<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Tailorable                     CTE (3-21 ppm\/\u00b0C)<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Excellent adhesion to metal<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Tailorable electrical                     properties<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Isotropic Properties<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Ultra-low moisture permeability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bodybold\">Quantech\u2122 Benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"body\">Supports high-temperature eutectic die-attach                   processes for improved thermal performance<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Matches CTE to Cu and Alloy 42 lead frames<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Enables copper and copper alloy heat sink assembly                   for thermal performance<\/li>\n<li class=\"body\">Provides low dielectric constant and low electrical                   loss for excellent performance at high frequencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li class=\"body\">Delivers high reliability MSL 1 condition<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GM says the new Quantech\u2122  parts could be in new cars within 6 months, although it is application dependent.  The good news is that with sky-rocketing costs for steel and magnesium GM and Quantum Leap Packaging are developing new alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automotive News as blogged by Autoblog reports that GM is sourcing a new material from Quantum Leap Packaging, Inc. called Quantech\u2122 .\u00a0 The material is a liquid crystal polymer that can be used in the place of metal parts.\u00a0 The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/gm-brackets-the-quan-quantech%e2%84%a2-new-technology-material-to-replace-some-parts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44,53,20,52,51],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-site-info-news","tag-autoblog","tag-automotive-news","tag-gm","tag-quantech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}