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Overview:

VSI main strength is in its ability to find solutions to problems relating to the manufacture of the next generation of products. These solutions lead to the manufacture of products with excellent profit margins and are typically disruptive by capturing significant market share from established manufacturers. These solutions are “obvious when recognized” and often are the application of technology used by a totally unrelated industry to the problems faced by another. For this reason these obvious solutions involve applied engineering with minimal risky R&D. Bulk samples of these new products can be made within 3 to 18 months depending on which technology is selected with small scale volume manufacturing following as soon as 6 months later.

However, it must be remembered in order to make a technology viable; especially if it is seen as “obvious”; there remains 5 to 30 critical trade secrets and process parameters that have to be well understood and controlled. VSI’s technical experts have extremely diverse backgrounds and are highly skilled in the identification of critical manufacturing processes. Finally at best a patent will protect or disclose at most 5% to 10% of the critical technical secrets and can never be considered as all you need to know to make a technology work!

Future Technologies Currently On Offer:

Capacitor Technologies: (Number available 4)

The available capacitor technologies are all for manufacturing electrostatic capacitors. The technologies are provided in the order of cost and speed by which the technology would be accepted into new products.

1. Self-healing electrode ink for conventional ceramic capacitors. The electrode ink can be formulated to match all ceramic capacitor materials and working voltages. This unique series of electrode inks provides reduced structure stress during capacitor manufacture, unlike some of the current electrode materials and will be available in all common particle sizes.

 Self-healing process based on 3rd party proven technology.

 Compatible with existing manufacturing processes.

 Self-healing properties allow a premium priced product and resolves customers biggest complaint about ceramic capacitors, i.e. they fail as a short circuit.

 Increased product yield and working voltage margins.

 The technology is open for purchase by vendors that wish to offer exclusive products not available from their competition.

2. A second self-healing electrode material/structure for ceramic capacitors. This technology offers the highest level of self-healing capability. The only change to equipment involves that which forms the electrode structure on green ceramic capacitors. The technology is compatible with all sizes and types of ceramic capacitor manufacture.

 Highest degree of self-healing based on 3rd party proven technology.

 Self-healing properties allow a premium priced product and resolves customers biggest complaint about ceramic capacitors.

 Maximum working voltage for low voltage ceramic capacitors.

 Increased capacitor yield and working voltage.

 The technology can be modified for high current pulse applications.

 The technology is open for purchase for vendors that wish to offer exclusive products not available from their competition.

3. The next technology is for two versions of electrostatic ultracapacitors. The first is for replacement of conventional metalized film and electrolytic capacitors with a nonpolar capacitor that has an energy density >30 J/cc, AC currents >10 A/cc, operating temperature -25 to 125 oC, with -50 to >>200 oC possible all with internal self-healing design. It is designed for replacement of electrolytic, metalized film and ceramic capacitors in applications >28 V dc or ac. The second version of the ultracapacitor is optimized for energy storage with energy densities approaching if not exceeding 300J/cc charge and discharge times of a few seconds. This new capacitor makes power electronics equipment with life expectancies of >25 years possible. It is ideally suited for UPS, inverters and automotive and other applications that require long life. This technology is new, a unique configuration of manufacturing equipment used by another unrelated industries.

 Manufactured by modifying existing manufacturing technologies.

 Highest degree of self-healing based on variation of a proven technology.

 High yield capacitor manufacturing technology using common materials.

 The technology is open for purchase for vendors that wish to offer exclusive products for specific target markets not available from their competition.

4. Lowest possible cost of manufacture of all polymer based high voltage electrostatic ultracapacitors with energy density expected to exceed 80Wh/l or 80Wh/kg with charge discharge times <20 sec., operating temperatures -25 to 125 oC and short-circuit protected with built-in self-healing eliminating risk of thermal events. Only a small part of the technology is public with third party testing having verified a number of key disclosed manufacturing developments.

 Technology remains protected by (yet to be disclosed) 2 major and 15 minor inventions, which are closely guarded secrets with IP remaining to be filed.

 A number of organizations and companies are attempting to complete the technology and to date have failed and are not expected to succeed.

 The break throughs made by the inventor are based on existing physical processes and scientific principals never applied before to the manufacture of polymer-based capacitors.

 Over 500,000 charge discharge cycles >25-year product life.

 Target cost of manufacture (BOC) is $50 to $100 US per kWh contains only common materials.

 It is expected that a number of companies will manufacture the product under license.

Smart grid Technologies: (number available 2)

The two offered smart grid technologies are distinct and different from each other.

1. The first smart grid technology does not require large-scale manufacture by the joint venture corporation set up for its development. The technology is an inexpensive common sense solution to an ever-growing instability problem with the electric grid. Implementation will provide utilities increased grid stability that is nearly instantaneous, 100% hacker proof that does not rely on any form of high-speed communication. Investment requires filing and protection of IP, producing samples for licensees to manufacture and utilities to evaluate. Revenue is generated by this technology through licensing of a large number of manufacturers.

 One of the least expensive of all the technologies listed on the website to develop and put into practice. No large-scale manufacturing will be necessary.

 100% hacker proof free method available to Utilities to increase electric grid stability by up to +/-10%.

 Technology can be protected by as little as two patent applications filed globally.

 Not dependent on high speed communication and compatible with existing or legacy power distribution systems.

 Inexpensive to free for Utilities to implement.

 Based on well-understood principals.

2. The second smart grid technology is an energy storage based product with a number of unique features.

 Designed to increase grid stability by +/-10% and under most applications nearly 100% hacker free.

 The product is compatible with all energy storage technologies.

 In most circumstances its features pay for themselves for both the customer and Utility.

 The technology works around nearly all-existing IP for smart grid.

Power Conversion Technology: (multiple available)

There are multiple power conversion technologies available for many different applications the following are provided as examples only.

1. Various advanced power conversion technologies such as high speed, short-circuit-proof switch assemblies, switching times as low as 50 ns, voltages >60,000, current >1,000 A dc or ac versions, liquid or air cooled. These switch modules can be used as a base component for the construction of high voltage DC/AC circuit contactors or breakers.

2. Pink noise power conversion technology, (not a dithering process), very high power capable with little to power supply tones so low they are not easily detected by spectrum analyzers, compatible with >> 1 kW power supplies such as traction motor electric cars etc.. .