Material Technology TALONS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES ARE SOPHISTICATED AND

Material Technology

TALON’S PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES ARE SOPHISTICATED AND REQUIRE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSING

TALON’S Billet Manufacturing facility

TALBOR® IS LIGHTER THAN ALUMINUM, STEEL AND TITANIUM Talbor 15%

POUND-FOR-POUND, TALBOR® CAN BE FORMULATED TO BE STRONGER THAN MOST ALUMINUM, STEEL AND TITANIUM Talbor

Metal Matrix Applications

Metal Matrix Composite applications Transportation Automotive Aerospace/Military Current Projects: Engine Cradles Electronic Racks Automotive Pumps Skid Rails Brake Disks Circuit Boards Cylinder Liners Satellites Pistols Jet Components

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY • APPLICATIONS IN ENGINES – BLOCKS – HEADS – PISTONS – CONNECTING RODS – VALVE GUIDES – PUMPS – BMW - Williams – Ferrari – Ilmor Engineering

Talbor MMC Composite “A Nuclear Shielding Material For the 21 st Century”

Microstructure of “Boral” and Talbor/Boralyn Both original micrographs at 200 X

MMC Homogeneity

ADVANTAGES of Talon’s MMC® • Uniform Fine Microstructure – Uniform Shielding-No Channeling • High Ductility – Fracture Resistance – Formability • Structural Property Capability – 6092 and 7093 Matrix Alloy Available • 55 ksi and 90 ksi yield strength

Neutron Attenuation

Nuclear Traceable Verification

Established Quality Assurance Program ISO-9002 Compliant

Neutron Shielding History * Our metal matrix material was shipped to Framatome in the early 90's. (6092 alloy + 25, 30% B 4 C) 200 lbs. * The material was used commercially for a 9 cask job for Transnuclear, USA ( 120, 000. lbs) 1100 + 15% B 4 C * The material 1100/15%B 4 C was shipped to Hitachi Zosen for commercial use. (1100 series AL + 15% B 4 C) * The NRC issued a certificate of conformance on our material in 1998. (TN-68 cask) * Our material was commercially used by NAC United States for use in China. ( 48, 000 lbs. of material, 1100 + 29. 2% B 4 C) * The NRC issued another Certificate of conformance on our TALBOR product. * BNFL and Talon Composites have signed three contracts involving the shipment and storage of nuclear fuel. (45, 000. lbs of Al + B 4 C)

Hitachi Japan- Transnuclear US - 1997 -1999

NAC – CHINA Casks 1999 -2006

BNFL – 2001 - 2006

Research & Development Instron Tensile and X-ray testing on MMC Composites