HELICOID TECHNOLOGY
Helicoid Industries™ has patented technology that will make all composites:
Lighter
Stronger
More Impact Resistant
More Durable
More Sustainable, and
All at a Lower Production Cost
The Inspiration - The Mantis Shrimp
The Helicoid™ evolved over hundreds of millions of years to become highly efficient and incredibly tough.
Equipped with a hammer-like club that performs and survives rapid underwater attacks.
Faster than a .22 caliber bullet
Pulverizes its prey
Internal structure provides incredible protection
More Durable
More Sustainable, and
All at a Lower Production Cost
Helicoid™ has emulated this efficient architecture.
From Shrimp to Product - Nature Emulated
More than
70 researchers
16 universities
14 years
50 organisms
$12M invested
to emulate the Helicoid™ architecture
Patented by the UCR and licensed exclusively to Helicoid™ for commercialization (patent expires 2034)
The Helicoid™ Architecture
IT’S NOT THE MATERIAL – IT’S THE STRUCTURE
Sheets of parallel fibers are stacked, and each layer is rotated to form a Helicoid™
Helicoid™ Composite Laminate Benefits
Delay catastrophic failure by 74%
Improved impact strength by up to 50% (significant weight and cost savings)
Increase maximum load bearing capacity by 92%
Peak transverse load can be improved by up to 73%
>100% in-plane surface delamination (higher energy dissipation)
20% residual compression strength after impact
50% through thickness damage reduction