Description
TOSEDA s.r.o. is an SME providing contract research and development, testing services and small-scale production in the field of polymer chemistry and nanotechnologies. The mission is to fill the gap on the market with specialties that are commercially unavailable or produced out of the EU region.
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- TOSEDA owners (from left Tomas Vlcek, Markéta Zelenková-Myšková, Jiří Zelenka)
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- Outgassing test unit
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- Testing of TOSEDA thermally conductive paste at TAS-France
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- Thermally conductive pad
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- Comparison of TOSEDA nanohybrid transparent polyimide foil and conventional polyimide foil
Competences and capabilities
- Custom design, development, and commercialization of hi-tech polymeric and nanocomposite materials targeted especially for space industry
- Registration at ESA (2012)
- Member of the Czech Space Alliance (2013)
- Nanotechnologies
- Synthesis, surface modification and dispersion of nanostructures
- Polymeric and nanocomposite systems
- Synthesis, formulation, testing
- Composites, adhesives, elastomers, coatings, foams, aerogels, sensors etc.
Products
- Pads and pastes with extremely high thermal conductivity (electrically conductive and non-conductive versions)
- Nanohybrid transparent polyimide foils for thermo-optical applications (stability at 350 °C / 500 °C)
- Multifunctional „black“ primer for thermo-optical applications
- One component epoxy adhesive (storability ≥ 1 year, curing ≥ 120 °C)
- Expandable adhesive curable at low temperature (≥ 70 °C)
- Barrier coatings and composites with improved resistance against liquid gasses (LH2…)
- Resins with extended pot life for out-of-autoclave manufacturing large and complex CFRP parts
- “Green” conformal coatings and potting materials for electronics
- Cryogenic insulation (foams, aerogels)
Major Space Projects & References
ESA projects
- Development of epoxy based syntactic foam encapsulant (2013-2016)
- Design of inner wetted thermal system for LH2 metallic tank (2014-2016)
- Thermal joint development for NEOSAT - Phase C (2017-2022)
- Extended pot life resins for out of autoclave processing for large and complex part (2017-2021)
- Electrically conductive “black” primer - CCN1: Extension for optical applications (2017-2022)
- Development of “green” polyurethane materials for use in spacecraft and launcher applications - CCN1: Extension towards applications as conformal coatings and potting material (2017-2022)
- Transparent polyimide films for thermo-optical applications (2020-2023)
- European resin for high voltage and high temperature space applications (2022-2024)
Space Related Equipment, Labs & Certificates
- Outgassing (according to ECSS-Q-ST-70-02)
- ATOX (simplified method)
- UV irradiation
- AFM, SEM, optical microscopy, DMA, DSC, TGA, rheology, thermal and thermo-mechanical properties, FTIR, NMR