Replies to post #35348 on Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[riese713]

Notshir...I cannot say I know enough about all the properties of Liquidmetal to say what all future uses can be. I will say I was very excited to see the patent put into Crucible (the partnership with Apple) to produce large quantities of sheets of Liquidmetal. I had visions of using it for sheet metal applications like airplanes, automobiles, submarines, ships, armor of all types, etc...

I can say aluminum fatigues over time (expands and contracts) causing eventual failure. It is why on some rare occasions we have seen commercial jets "lose their top" - literally peel back in flight - scary (good thing it is rare as they check continuously for fatigue).

My understanding of Liquidmetal is you do not get this kind of expansion/contraction like the large temperature shifts airplanes endure.

So yes...there could be lots of potential uses.

I think us shareholders would like to see something tangible NOW to create revenue - pre-orders on products seems like a good way to do this. It would not take many pre-orders to double current revenue or even surprise all and eliminate the need for future financing (really wouldn't take much...5000 pre-orders at $1000...is $5 million...just as an example).

[bobdavis4]

Exactly, why isnt this metal being used in more applications? it blows my mind this company has been around since 2002 and it still seems like not a lot of major companies know about this metal. or if they do why havent they thought of applying it to their products? is it cost? at the meeting they did say LM is more costly than titanium.