NASA Tech Briefs’ Manufacturing & Prototyping Web page spotlights advances in manufacturing and fabrication processes, rapid prototyping, and digital prototyping, as published in NASA Tech Briefs magazine. Many of the Tech Briefs below are correlated to a Technical Support Package (TSP) or White Paper that can be downloaded free of charge.
Mar 2010
Constant-Differential-Pressure Two-Fluid Accumulator
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An improved design does not rely on the spring rate of the accumulator tank.
A two-fluid accumulator has been designed, built, and demonstrated to provide an acceptably close approximation to constant differential static pressure between two fluids over the full ranges of (1) accumulator stroke, (2) rates of flow of ...Read More >>
Inflatable Tubular Structures Rigidized With Foams
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Lightweight booms could be deployed from compact stowage and rigidized in place.
Inflatable tubular structures that have annular cross sections rigidized with foams, and the means of erecting such structures in the field, are undergoing development. Although the development effort has focused on lightweight structural booms to be ...Read More >>
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Feb 2010
Venting Closed-Cell Foam PanelsChemical Machining of Microscopic Holes and Grooves in Glass
Two Concepts for Deployable Trusses
Jan 2010
Improved Attachment in a Hybrid Inflatable Pressure VesselElectrostatic Separator for Beneficiation of Lunar Soil
Dec 2009
Bonded Invar Clip Removal Using Foil HeatersGratings Fabricated on Flat Surfaces and Reproduced on Non-Flat Substrates
Fabricating Radial Groove Gratings Using Projection Photolithography
Nov 2009
Discrete Fourier Transform Analysis in a Complex Vector SpaceSelf-Assembling, Flexible, Pre-Ceramic Composite Preforms
Miniature Scroll Pumps Fabricated by LIGA
Oct 2009
Mercuric Iodide Anticoincidence Shield for Gamma-Ray SpectrometerImproved Method of Design for Folding Inflatable Shells
Sep 2009
High-Efficiency Artificial Photosynthesis Using a Novel Alkaline Membrane CellSilicon Wafer-Scale Substrate for Microshutters and Detector Arrays
Aug 2009
Inert Welding/Brazing Gas Filters and DryersFabricating Copper Nanotubes by Electrodeposition
Improved Fabrication of Ceramic Matrix Composite/Foam Core Integrated Structures
Jul 2009
Improved Blackbody Temperature Sensors for a Vacuum FurnaceThin-Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Novel Materials Containing Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Wrapped in Polymer Molecules
Light-Curing Adhesive Repair Tapes
Zinc Alloys for the Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices
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