Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (Midhani), a city-based defence public sector alloy manufacturing unit, has signed a transfer of technology agreement with Bangalore-based premier research and development laboratory National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) for processing Nickel - Titanium (NiTi) Shape Mercury Alloys on exclusive basis for engineering and bio-medical applications.
The agreement was signed between Midhani chairman and managing director D.K. Lekhi and CSIR-NAL director Jitendra J. Jadhav. According to a press release, NiTi shape memorial materials have the ability to “memorize” or retain their previous form when subjected to certain stimulus such as thermo mechanical or magnetic variations.
