Applications

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Applications
SAES Getters | automotive

Automotive

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) materials are ideal for the automotive industry’s shift toward electric and hybrid vehicles, offering benefits like weight reduction, compact design, integrability, EMI neutrality and cost effectiveness. SmartFlex wires and springs powers electrical and thermal actuators for seating, comfort, thermal management, aerodynamics, safety.

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SAES Getters | consumer-electronics

Consumer Electronics

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) materials are key to advancing smartphone technology by enabling miniaturization, reducing power consumption, and improving camera performance. Extremely thin SmartFlex wires (20-50 microns) enhance autofocus and optical image stabilization. SMA also unfolds innovative microlocking, haptic feedback, and taptic functions.

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SAES Getters | household-appliance

Household Appliances

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) materials are widely used in household appliances for compact, silent, and reliable solutions, including fluid control, temperature switches, and lock mechanisms. SmartFlex wires enable versatile actuators, while SmartFlex springs offer compact, reliable thermostatic actuator solutions.

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SAES Getters | luxury

Luxury

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) materials have superelastic properties, allowing them to recover their shape after deformation, unlike conventional materials like stainless steel or titanium. This makes SMAs ideal for luxury applications such as bracelets and rings. SmartFlex wires, known for their stability and reliability, are widely used in these designs.

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SAES Getters | medical_life_science

Medical & Lifescience

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) materials are ideal for fluid control applications like miniaturized valves, actuators, and pumps due to their light and compact design, precision, low power use, and silent operation. They excell in fields like life sciences and dosing systems, handling both gases and liquids. Thin SmartFlex wires are ideal for these uses.

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