Application Briefs

Data Loggers Store and Record Critical Data for NASA Experiments

Precision temperature data loggers Veriteq Instruments Richmond, BC, Canada 604-273-6850 www.veriteq.com

Mission Planning & Scheduling Tool for Mission to the Moon

FlexPlan mission planning and scheduling tool GMV Space Systems Rockville, MD 301-216 3840 www.gmvspacesystems.com

Water Jets and Lasers Cut Through Electronic Industry’s Problems

Semiconductor manufacturers need the flexibility of a wafer-cutting machine that supports various wafer sizes and cuts them without the mechanical and thermal damage often seen...

CCDs Find Applications in Diverse Space MissionsCCDs Find Applications in Diverse Space Missions

Charge coupled device (CCD) image sensors e2v Technologies Elmsford, NY 914-593-6841 www.e2v.com

Aging Computer System to be Replaced by Supercomputer

Linux Supersystem supercomputers Linux Networx Bluffdale, UT 877-505-5694 www.linuxnetworx.com

Software Used to Control Master-Slave Haptics Experiment

Haptics, also known as “force feedback teleoperation,” attempts to provide environmental interactions through a robotic system. Users mimic these interactions with robotic arms. By...

Motor Used to Stabilize Remote-Controlled Camera Crane

It is a staple of the summer box office blockbuster: the car chase. Car chases have not only become a vital component of an action movie, they have also had to evolve, with audiences...

Plasma Cutter Utilizes Motor for Gantry Control

To cut through metal and other materials, a plasma cutter sends an arc of electricity through a high-speed jet of an inert gas. When electricity and gas meet, plasma is formed, hot enough to melt...

Electromechanical System Provides Satellite Propulsion

Cold Gas Micro Thruster (CGMT) Marotta Controls Montville, NJ 973-334-7800 www.marotta.com

Analysis Software Plans Inter-Planetary Trajectory Maneuvers

Satellite Tool Kit (STK) data analysis software Analytical Graphics (AGI) Exton, PA 610-981-8000 www.agi.com

Power Systems Find Use in Multiple Future Space Vehicles

DC-DC power systems VPT Blacksburg, VA 540-552-5000 www.vpt-inc.com

Oil Recycling System Controls Contamination

OilTrac™ fluid maintenance program/oil recycling systemCOMO Filtration SystemsJanesville, WI608-756-3838www.como.biz

Drive Retrofit Update Enables Smoke-Removal System at Atlanta Airport

When the City of Atlanta finalized plans for the capital-improvement project at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, an integral part of the 10-year, $5.4...

Hundreds of Gearmotors Drive Times Square Scrolling Sign

With a zoning ordinance requiring businesses to throw up big, bright, eye-catching signs, Times Square in New York City has an illuminated-sign density rivaling Las Vegas. When Toys...

Device Simulates Spine Motions

The spine is the most complex mechanical system in the human body. With the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Instron (Norwood, MA) is utilizing the BioPuls™ Multi-Axial Spine Testing System to...

Human Physiological Model Helps Evaluate NASA's Liquid Cooling Garments

Advanced Automotive Manikin (ADAM) human physiological model National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, CO 303-275-3000 www.nrel.gov

Deformable Mirror to be Used in Space

Micromachined deformable mirror (DM) Boston Micromachines Corp. Watertown, MA 617-926-4178 www.bostonmicromachines.com

Custom-Built Machining Centers Create Telescope Mirrors

Custom horizontal machining centers Mitsui Seiki USA Franklin Lakes, NJ 201-337-1300 www.mitsuiseiki.com

PLM Software Enables NASA to Manage Collaborative Environment

ProductCenter™ product lifecycle management (PLM) software SofTech Tewksbury, MA 978-640-6222 www.softech.com

Motion Control Research Center Develops Speed Control System for SRM Drives

The Center for Rapid Transit Systems at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) is an internationally recognized drive systems and motion control research group with expertise...

“Pinball Wizards” Bank on Motion/Stress Analysis Software to Redesign Game

Stern Pinball of Melrose Park, IL, is the only manufacturer of coin-operated pinball machines in the world. Today, Stern’s pinball games are designed using...

Converter Helps NASA Transmit HDTV to Earth

DVB Master FD™ PCI video board DVEO San Diego, CA 858-613-1818 www.dveo.com

Software Automates Flight Work Order System

ProductCenter™ product lifecycle management (PLM) software SofTech Tewksbury, MA 978-640-6222 www.softech.com

Digital Thermometer and Surface Probe Help Repair Shuttle Tiles

Fluke 54 Series II digital thermometer and Fluke 80PK-27 surface probe Fluke Corp. Everett, WA 425-347-6100 www.fluke.com

Software Helps NASA Create Graphics Library

Deep Server™ PGM Software Right Hemisphere Fremont, CA 877-309-3204 www.righthemisphere.com

Analysis Software Used to Test Solar Car Steering and Stability

The Toronto, Canada-based Power of One solar car was built to set world distance records and promote the use of sustainable energy, unlike most solar cars that are built for...

Software and Hardware Automate Cylindrical Coordinate Measurement Machine Control System

The Mechanical Engineering School at the Georgia Institute of Technology needed to reduce the set-up time involved in centering a bearing ring on a...

Lead Screws Play Role in Case Packer Retrofit

In the industrial automation market, an increase in speed results in an increase in production rates. Increased production rates, in turn, lead to increased profit.

Collaboration Software Connects NASA Employees with Suppliers

Teamcenter®product lifecycle management software UGS Corp. Plano, TX 341-264-8216 www.ugs.com