Briefs: Information Technology
Tool to Analyze a Leaking Source of Saturated Ammonia
Containers of ammonia are used to supply cooling to different modules of the International Space Station. Each container has an attachment piece used to extract the ammonia. The attachment piece may allow ammonia to exit when not connected, and may also allow ammonia to exit to an outside...
Briefs: Information Technology
Mixed-Integer Convex Programming Algorithm for Constrained Attitude Guidance
A general problem in spaceflight since its beginning is attitude guidance: how to turn a spacecraft — also called a slew — so as to point science instruments at their targets. The slew must be done while avoiding pointing sensitive science instruments (e.g., a...
Briefs: Information Technology
A Robust, Real-Time Collaboration Technology for Decision Support using Common Operating Picture (COP) Environments
StormCenter Communications, Inc. software takes advantage of cloud computing solutions to solve the growing need for real-time collaboration when accessing a Common Operating Picture (COP) from any device without having to give up...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Products of Tomorrow: April 2016
The technologies NASA develops don’t just blast off into space. They also improve our lives here on Earth. Life-saving search-and-rescue tools, implantable medical devices, advances in commercial aircraft...
Articles: Aerospace
NASA Drives Automotive Innovation
In the beginning, safety trumped comfort in spacecraft designs for human space travel. Early space capsules were small and had a seat-driven design in which most of the...
Articles: Aerospace
SAE 2016 World Congress: Powering Possibilities
The SAE 2016 World Congress, presented by SAE International and taking place April 12-14 in Detroit, will gather experts, management teams, engineers, and executives from the automotive...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Super Pressure Balloon Provides NASA with Valuable Data
Raven Aerostar
Sioux Falls, SD
605-336-2750
www.ravenaerostar.com
A super pressure balloon (SPB) designed by Raven Aerostar, and the...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
New Spacecraft Design for Asteroid Redirect Mission
Space Systems/Loral (SSL)
Palo Alto, CA
650-852-4000
www.sslmda.com
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has chosen Space...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Software Helps Restore Fire-Ravaged Habitats
Idaho is a nature-lover’s dream. Forests there blanket swaths of terrain, from the glassy lake regions of the northern Panhandle to the famous trout-fishing streams of the...
Articles: Motion Control
Robots and Humans - Let the Collaboration Begin
A collaborative robot is essentially an industrial robot with additional safety capabilities. These safety features include:
Safety-rated monitored stop (zero speed limiting) Speed and...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Motion Control Challenges for Deep-Sea ROVs
Deep-sea remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) present motion control design engineers with some difficult challenges. Applications may include ROV propulsion, position thrusters, dive vanes, rudders,...
Articles: Test & Measurement
Advanced Capabilities of PXI-Based Semiconductor Test Systems
The ongoing challenge for today’s semiconductor test engineers is to identify and create new test solutions that can offer significantly lower test costs as well as address the...
Articles: Test & Measurement
Calibration Requirements for Testing Coupling-Decoupling Networks
Coupling-Decoupling Networks (CDNs) are the unglamorous workhorses that get “hitched up” to an impulse generator in order to perform impulse testing on powered equipment....
Articles: Test & Measurement
NASA Monitoring Technologies Shake Up Earthquake Prediction
The seconds to minutes of advance warning of an earthquake can allow people and systems to take actions to protect life and property from destructive shaking. Earthquake early...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Reducing Torque Measurement Uncertainty in Turbine Engine Testing
Torque is among the most important of all the measured quantities in applications ranging from characterizing high-power gas turbines, to determining the level of force...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Linear Motor
Nippon Pulse America (Radford, VA) released the SL083 scaleless linear motor with a built-in linear encoder for positioning applications that would benefit from the repeatability, reliability, and robustness of a linear motor,...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Panel-Mount Piezo Drives
The Ndrive QLe digital, panel-mount nanopositioning piezo drives from Aerotech (Pittsburgh, PA) are designed for use with the Aerotech Automation 3200 (A3200) motion controller. The drives enable coordinated motion...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Encoders
Celera Motion (Bedford, MA) introduced the MicroE Veratus™ Series encoders incorporating VeraPath™ technology. All interpolation, automatic gain control (AGC), and signal processing is performed in the sensor head that measures...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Brushless DC Motors
Crouzet Motors (Vista, CA) introduced brushless DC motors with CANopen® technology. The new communications protocol allows design engineers to connect multiple brushless motors to the various components in a system. The...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Lead Screw Assembly
The Micro Series ZBM anti-backlash lead screw assembly from Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions (Waterbury, CT) can be customized to specific applications that require unique geometry and custom materials such as Kerkite®...
Products: Motion Control
Position Sensors
Macro Sensors (Pennsauken, NJ) offers the BBP Series air extended, spring-loaded LVDT position sensors to measure range of motion in pneumatic cylinders. The 3/8 "-diameter, pencil-type gaging probes measure the position of...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Drive Couplings
Automation Direct (Cumming, GA) offers SureMotion drive couplings in four styles: jaw/spider, double loop, Oldham, and beam-style servo. The jaw/spider coupling is a clamp-style coupling with 14- to 65-mm aluminum hubs, and...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Track Motion Platform
ABB (Auburn Hills, MI) introduced the IRBT 2005 flexible, compact, modular, medium track motion platform for robots and transfer applications. It is designed to accommodate rapid product changes in applications that...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rotary Actuator
The Hydraulic Unibody (HUB) Series rotary actuator from Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, OH) is built with a hard-coat anodized housing and hardened alloy steel pinion and racks for applications exposed to harsh weather...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Drive Starters
NORD Gear Corporation USA (Waunakee, WI) introduced the SK135E/SK175E soft start drives designed for use in a distributed control system. They can be mounted directly on the motor or near the motor. The starters regulate the...
Products: Motion Control
Brushless Motors
maxon motor (Fall River, MA) offers ECX high-speed brushless micro motors in diameters of 8, 16, and 19 mm achieving speeds of up to 120,000 rpm. They are available with different power stages and in standard or...
Products: Motion Control
Electronically Commutated Motors
EC Fans & Drives, a division of Epec Engineered Technologies (New Bedford, MA), announced EConomy and EXRi50 electronically commutated motors. The EConomy features a slim profile that enables use in...
Products: Motion Control
Angle Sensors
Novotechnik, U.S. (Southborough, MA) introduced the RSC3200 angle sensors that feature shaft connectivity options and provide absolute rotary position measurement. Analog outputs are 0.25 to 4.75V or 0.5 to 4.5V. Built-in...
Products: Motion Control
Brush DC Motors
Portescap (West Chester, PA) introduced the Athlonix™ 22DCP brush DC motors available in a 22-mm diameter. They feature a coreless design with a self-supporting coil and magnetic circuit, and are available in two...
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