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Tech Briefs is a monthly magazine that features exclusive reports of innovations developed by NASA and its industry partners/contractors that can be applied to develop new/improved products and solve engineering or manufacturing problems. Authored by the engineers or scientists who did the work, the briefs span a wide array of fields, including electronics, physical sciences, materials, computer software, mechanics, machinery/automation, manufacturing/fabrication, mathematics/information sciences, and life sciences.
Andor Technology
The principal business of Andor is the development and manufacture of high performance digital cameras and to become the global leader in pioneering & manufacturing high performance light measuring solutions.
Ansoft
Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ: ANST) is a leading developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software.
ANSYS
ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries.
Astro-Med, Inc.
aAstro-Med is a world leader in the data acquisition and recording market and has been developing and manufacturing recording systems since 1969. Astro-Med Test & Measurement Product Group designs and manufactures data acquisition instruments and supplies for the aerospace, automotive, defense, metal mill, pulp and paper mill, transportation, and general industrial markets.
Banner Engineering
Banner was founded in 1966, starting out as a custom electronics engineering firm building control panels. Six tough years later, Banner made a commitment to become an innovator in photoelectric sensing. From this commitment came the national leader in sensor technology.
Comsol
The COMSOL Group provides the software solution for creating computer models of multiphysics applications and are a fast growing high-tech engineering software company with a proven track record and a vision as a future leader in the finite element analysis (FEA) industry.
Dataforth Corp.
Dataforth is the world leader in data acquisition, signal conditioning and data communication products for industrial applications. Worldwide, our electronic data acquisition, signal conditioning, and data communication products provide rugged signal and data integrity and wide spectrum accuracy.
Dewetron
Dewetron is a global operating system solution provider with subsidiaries and representatives all over the world. With more than 150 employees worldwide DEWETRON produces mobile data acquisition solutions for automotive and transportation applications, environmental, research & development.
Digi-Key
It started in 1972 with an idea, a new concept in distribution. Today, Digi-Key Corporation is one of the fastest-growing electronic component distributors in the World. The stimulus for this growth is Digi-Key's customer-centered business philosophy. Simply stated, we provide the customer with the absolute best service possible.
FLOMERICS
Flomerics is a world leader in the computer simulation of engineering design processes involving fluid flow and heat transfer. Our customers eliminate mistakes, reduce costs, and accelerate and optimize their designs by applying our simulation software and consultancy services before building physical prototypes.
GE Fanuc
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms is a joint venture between General Electric (NYSE: GE) and FANUC LTD of Japan. We are headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia with operating locations and regional offices throughout the United States and around the world.
GSI Group
General Scanning invented optical scanning technology. This technology became the core of scanning, marking, welding, cutting, drilling and material processing systems. Applications for laser scanning systems range from medical instrumentation, semiconductor capital equipment and laser-based tools, to heat shield inspection systems for space flight.
Ironwood Electronics
Ironwood Electronics creates innovative VLSI interconnect solutions for Design and Development Engineers. Ironwood offers the most comprehensive line of sockets and adapters for prototyping, testing, and production applications. The quality is unsurpassed.
Master Bond, Inc.
Master Bond Inc. is a leading manufacturer of high performance adhesives, sealants, coatings, potting and encapsulation compounds and impregnation resins. Our line of products consists of epoxies, polyurethanes, silicones, acrylics, polyamides and latex systems.
Minco
Minco designs and manufactures Thermofoil™ flexible heaters, flex circuits, sensors and instruments for critical applications worldwide. The company is unsurpassed in its ability to design and assemble these products into a single integrated component so customers can achieve the highest degree of functional and packaging efficiency.
Molded Fiber Glass Companies
From modest beginnings in 1948 in Ashtabula, Ohio, MFG has grown to an international presence in the field of composites manufacturing. Today the company is a thriving enterprise that includes 15 entities throughout the United States and Mexico.
National Instruments
National Instruments is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware and sells to a broad base of more than 25,000 different companies worldwide each year.
Nexen Group
Nexen Group™ is a leading manufacturer of brakes, clutches, torque limiters, overload protection devices, and control systems for a variety of industrial applications in the packaging, machine tool, material handling, automotive, and textile industries.
NextEngine, Inc
Founded in 2000, privately-held NextEngine Inc. draws on nearly two decades of practical, hands-on experience as a product design and technology partner for Fortune 500 firms.
Noran Engineering
Noran Engineering, Inc. (NEi) is a world leader in Nastran computer aided engineering software (CAE) for finite element analysis (FEA), simulation, virtual testing, and digital prototyping of component parts and products. Model a wide range of linear and nonlinear static, dynamic, impact, and thermal loads, contact conditions, and materials.
Nusil Technology
NuSil is a leading formulator of silicone compounds for aerospace, healthcare, electronics and other applications requiring precise, predictable, cost-effective materials performance. ISO-9001 certified since 1994, NuSil operates state-of-the-art laboratories and processing facilities in California, Texas and Sophia Antipolis, France.
RedEye RPM
RedEye RPM, a business unit of Stratasys, is the world's largest provider of rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing services. With more than 80 systems in its facilities, RedEye RPM is the source for low-volume, high quality models and working parts made from one of the largest selections of thermoplastic materials available
Sunstone Circuits
The Sunstone Circuits team started in the printed circuit boards business in 1972 with a commitment to providing total customer satisfaction
Tampa Microwave
Tampa Microwave designs and manufactures microwave equipment for various ground based commercial and government programs. The company’s products include: Block Up and Down converters, transmitters, loop test translators, various custom rack mount subassemblies and many custom designed products.
Thomas
With more than 75 years of compressor and vacuum pump knowledge, Thomas boasts a base of air moving knowledge few companies in the world can match. With seven operating technologies, including WOB-L® piston, articulating piston, rotary vane, diaphragm, linear, liquid and rotary lobe, Thomas has thousands of standard products that can be custom designed to meet your precise application needs.
VXI Technology
VXI Technology is involved in testing the most complex products in the world (Avionics, Missiles, ECMs, Engines, Satellites, Launch Vehicles, Structures, Radar, Complex PCBs…. ). We have a worldwide reputation for providing HIGH-DENSITY modular products for functional test and data acquisition.
ZC&R Coatings
ZC&R is fully equipped to provide in-house coating design, comprehensive testing, and production in low, high, and OEM quantities. Our custom designed 32" vacuum coating chambers insure the highest quality coatings. Our 64" vacuum chambers can coat substrates up to 24" in diameter. All chambers utilize electron beam guns and precise optical monitoring for consistency.
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