Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Solutions

In the field of drones, we provide high-performance ceramic component solutions, from power systems to optical sensing, to help drones achieve breakthroughs in performance, making them lighter, stronger, and more durable.

1. Power System Efficiency Enhancement and Life Extension

    Problems Faced: Under continuous high-temperature and high-speed operating, traditional metal materials for high-speed rotating components such as engines and turbines suffer from three major drawbacks: heavy weight, low temperature resistance limit, and rapid wear,it is directly restricts the thrust-to-weight ratio, thermal efficiency, and continuous operational reliability of UAVs.

    What We Can Do: We design and manufacture core power components such as silicon nitride/silicon carbide ceramic bearings, turbine rotors, and fuel injectors. This is not just about providing ceramic parts, but also an integrated delivery service that includes material selection, structural simulation, and reliability verification based on your power system parameters (speed, temperature, medium).

    Direct Value Received:

    (1)Improved Power Response: Ceramic rotors are more than 60% lighter than metal rotors, significantly reducing rotational inertia and resulting in faster engine acceleration response.

    (2)Breaking Through Thermal Efficiency Limits: Ceramic components allow turbine inlet temperatures to exceed 1200°C, contributing to a 5-10% improvement in engine thermal efficiency compared to metal solutions.

    (3)Achieving ultra-long maintenance cycles: Under the same operating conditions, the wear rate of ceramic bearings is only 1/10 of that of high-end bearing steel, which can extend the overhaul interval of the power system by several times. It is particularly suitable for performing long-endurance missions in remote and harsh environments, reducing the total life cycle maintenance cost.

2. Navigation and Flight Control System Accuracy Assurance

    The Problem: The core sensitive components of the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), such as resonators, are susceptible to thermal deformation due to drastic temperature fluctuations (-40°C to +85°C), leading to measurement signal drift. This is one of the main error sources for high-precision autonomous flight (such as precise hovering and formation flying).

    What We Can Do: We provide resonators, precision bearings, and structural supports based on Silicon Nitride Ceramics or Zirconia Ceramics. We can not only manufacture Ceramic Resonator structures with micron-level precision, but also stabilize their coefficient of thermal expansion to an extremely low level, close to zero, through material formulation and process control.

    Direct Value for You:

    (1)Achieving High Precision Across the Entire Temperature Range: Our ceramic resonators exhibit negligible dimensional changes over a wide temperature range, reducing temperature-induced zero-bias instability of the IMU by an order of magnitude. This ensures that the UAV can still output accurate attitude and angular rate data during high-speed climbs, dives, and other flights with drastic temperature changes.

    (2)Improved system reliability: The high rigidity and creep resistance of ceramics can ensure the stable performance of sensors under long-term vibration, reduce the calibration frequency, and improve the long-term reliability of the flight control system.

3. Enhanced Sensor Optical System Performance

    The Challenge: Components such as the optical windows of lidar systems and the lens barrels of infrared thermal imagers need to maintain extremely high optical transmittance and dimensional stability while withstanding sand and rain erosion. Traditional materials like glass are fragile and add weight, while metals are opaque.

   Our Services: We supply lightweight ceramic structural components for lidar systems made of aluminum nitride/silicon carbide, high-speed scanning mirrors, infrared lens barrels, and optoelectronic pods. We offer comprehensive manufacturing services, from optical-grade polishing and anti-reflective coating to integrated structural molding.

    Direct Value for You:

    (1)Providing "Indestructible" Vision: Ceramic windows, with a hardness second only to diamond, can completely withstand sand and dust impacts during flight, maintaining high light transmittance over the long term and preventing sensor performance degradation due to window scratches.

    (2)Achieving "Weight Reduction and Range Extension": Silicon carbide mirror blanks are 70% lighter than glass of the same specifications. While maintaining optical surface accuracy, this significantly reduces the weight of the optoelectronic payload, freeing up valuable payload space for batteries or mission equipment, directly extending flight time.

    (3)Ensuring "fast and clear" imaging: The high thermal conductivity of ceramics allows the optical system to quickly reach thermal equilibrium. In environments with alternating hot and cold temperatures (such as day and night in the desert), this can significantly shorten the camera's startup and stabilization time and reduce image distortion caused by local thermal expansion and contraction.

We are not just a supplier of ceramic components, but also your materials and engineering partner for achieving leaps in drone performance. We have a deep understanding of system-level requirements, from aerodynamics to control algorithms, and are committed to translating the ultimate performance of ceramic materials into a clear advantage for your products in terms of speed, flight time, accuracy, and reliability.