Active Space Technologies corporate presentation

1. Company Presentation
Federico Toriello
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2. Contents
Contents
• Company Profile
• Engineering Company Profile
• Test Services & Support Engineering
Systems Test Services &
Support Systems
• Project Management & Other
Services Project Management &
Other Services
• Customers & Partners Customers & Partners
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3. Company Profile
Young and competent company Contents
• Started in 2007 in Germany, in 2004 in Portugal
• Technology cooperation partner of DLR
Company Profile
• Staff with more than 10 years of experience in thermal,
mechanical and opto-electronic engineering
Role Engineering
• Support scientific Institutions and SME
• Develop new technologies and transfer technologies from
and to space sector Test Services &
Support Systems
• Supply engineering services to system integrators
Mission
• Provide Thermo-mechanical Engineering expertise and Project Management &
support Other Services
• Design and manufacture support systems (test, transport,
subsystems) Customers & Partners
• Perform advanced R&D in thermal technologies and
methods
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4. Company Profile
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Specialised Engineering Staff
• Staff members with at least MSc/Diplom/Laurea
(Eng/Phys): >60% Company Profile
• Space background: DLR, ESA, Dutch Space, TU
Delft, ISU
• Multicultural and highly motivated staff Engineering
Qualified Management Team
• Previous experiences in entrepreneurship, Test Services &
administration and project management Support Systems
• Well suited to international work environments
Offices
Project Management &
• Coimbra, Portugal Other Services
• Berlin, Germany
• Noordwijk, The Netherlands Customers & Partners
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5. Company Profile
Switzerland Italy
2% 1% Contents
FP7 Projects Germany Portugal
21% 30%
• 6 projects ongoing United Company Profile
Space, Kingdom
14%
Netherlands France
Aeronautics 29% 3%
Engineering
Green buildings
Materials Test Services &
Support Systems
Areas of Activity (2008) Automotive
3%
Others Fusion
• Aerospace 9% 22%
Project Management &
Electronics
• Automotive 12% Other Services
Aerospace
• Nuclear Fusion 54%
Customers & Partners
• Electronics
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6. Thermal Engineering
Contents
Engineering
• Definition of requirements
• Architecture Company Profile
• Thermal Analysis
• Design and optimization Engineering
• Test & Verification
• Purchase and Integration of hardware
Test Services &
Software
Support Systems
• ESARAD 6.2, ESATAN 10.2, ThermNV 3.2,
ThermXL 4.0, TasVerter, Nastran conversion of
models (ESARAD, Thermica, Trasys, etc.) Project Management &
• Development of software tools Other Services
Automatic reduction/verification (GA)
Automatic modelling of revolving surfaces Customers & Partners
(Stavroudis)
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7. Thermal Engineering
Thermal R&D Contents
• Thermal Straps
• Cryogenic Hardware
ESU Company Profile
• Thermal Insulation materials
(aerogels)
Engineering
AERO-TIS
• Thermal Insulation technologies
Mars insulation Test Services &
Other Analyses Support Systems
• Fluid Dynamics
Planetary applications (Mars)
Project Management &
Fluent, Star CCM+ Other Services
•Radiation
SPENVIS, Geant4 Customers & Partners
Radiation dose
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8. Thermal Products
Contents
Aerogel Insulation Systems
• Highly efficient thermal insulation
Company Profile
Engineering
CASTRA– Carbon thermal STRAps
Develop an all-carbon thermal strap (flexible
thermal link), improving the performance of the
Test Services &
standard metal based existing design
Support Systems
ESA
Energy Storage Units
• No Vibration (cooler switch off) Project Management &
Other Services
• High cryogenic enthalpy
• On line design support Customers & Partners
• 300g, 1h@20K, 10mW
• 500g, 1h@6K, 10mW
3 cm
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9. Thermal Engineering
Current Work:
Contents
Company Profile
NanoPCM
Thermal Analysis of developed low cost and
Engineering
improved Phase Change Materials/panels to improve
Cool Coverings insulation in existing buildings
Thermal modeling of the radiation and the
integrated system for easy-to-use and cost- FP7 EeB-NMP – Nanosciences, Test Services &
effective range of NearInfraRed reflecting coatings nanotechnologies, Materials and
to be used on external walls, façades ceramics, Support Systems
new Production Technologies
roofs and internal walls.
FP7 Project NMP – Nanosciences,
Project Management &
nanotechnologies, Materials and
new Production Technologies Other Services
Customers & Partners
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10. Thermal Engineering
Past Work:
Contents
Company Profile
AlphaBus – Mechanically Pumped Fluid Loop Pump
Engineering
Thermal analysis BepiColombo (MMO) - MSASI-M
Bradford / Bleuler Baumer Thermal design and analysis
Meisei / Hovemere
Test Services &
Support Systems
Project Management &
Other Services
Customers & Partners
BepiColombo (MPO) – Laser Altimeter, Laser
Thermal analysis ITER - Diagnostic Neutral Beam Cryopump
MPS/ZeO Thermo-mechanical analysis
EFDA / FZK
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11. Fluids
Past work:
Contents
Company Profile
Engineering
Re-entry materials and
Gathergy – Heat Exchanger
geometry
Thermo-fluid architecture
Thermo-fluid analysis of sneak
ESA flow Test Services &
Support Systems
SNECMA (with ISQ)
Project Management &
Other Services
Customers & Partners
Aeroshell
Thermo-fluid analysis
| Exhaust system
Thermo-fluid analysis
Internal R&D
Veneporte
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12. Structural/Mechanical Engineering
Contents
Structural Analysis
• FEM Analysis (Patran, Nastran, Ansys)
Company Profile
• thermo-elastic analysis
• design and optimization
• modelling of metals and composites Engineering
• multi-body dynamics
Design & Construction Test Services &
Support Systems
• 2D & 3D Modeling (CATIA, Solidegde,
IDEAS)
• Manufacturing drawings Project Management &
Other Services
• Assembling procedures
• Product assurance Customers & Partners
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13. Test & Support Systems
Contents
Support Systems Test Systems
Company Profile
• Transport Systems for •Test Facilities
space Hardware Vacuum & Thermal Engineering
Vacuum Systems
(Pandora)
Experiment support Test Services &
• Ground Support Systems facilities Support Systems
(GSE) Test Support
Mechanical (MGSE) Electronics Project Management &
Other Services
•Test Adapters
Electrical (EGSE) Customers & Partners
Mounts, cold plates,
others (xGSE) shrouds
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14. Small Vacuum Chamber
Contents
• Affordable solution for vacuum
experiments Company Profile
• Low cost Medium Vacuum System
– 80l casted aluminium chamber Engineering
reaching 10-² mbar
• High Vacuum System – 150l
Test Services &
welded steel reaching 10-5 for Support Systems
simulation of space environment
• No special adapters Project Management &
Other Services
• Different types of ports can be
placed where requested Customers & Partners
• Every SVaC delivered ready for
the utilization – plug and play
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15. Pandora
Contents
• Transport and storage container for
sensitive equipment (e.g. Satellites,
Company Profile
systems, instruments...)
• Robust and lightweight body
Engineering
• Shock/Vibration Absorption system
• Integrating GN2-2 Purging,
Equalization and Relief system Test Services &
Support Systems
• Integrated closed circuit Environmental
Control System
Project Management &
• Environmental monitoring (e.g.
Other Services
Pressure, temperature, humidity,
accelleration Customers & Partners
• USB 2.0 interface for data acquisition
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16. Pandora
Contents
Company Profile
Engineering
Test Services &
Support Systems
Project Management &
Other Services
Customers & Partners
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17. Project Management & System engineering
Project Management Contents
• Qualified Project managers
PMI certification ongoing Company Profile
Competent Project Management for internal activities
System Engineering for small development projects Engineering
• Development of new Technologies
Thermal, Mechanical
Test Services &
Instruments, Subsystems
Support Systems
• Instrument/small missions development
Participation
Project Management &
Technology Transfer Other Services
• Geophysical Instruments
• Thermal Technologies Customers & Partners
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18. Advanced Materials R&D
Contents
Aerogels solutions
• Technical support on aerogels synthesis and characterization for space
relevant properties
Company Profile
• Definition and selection of aerogels materials and composites to specific
space technologies
• Selection of tests sequence for space compatibility assessment Engineering
• Integration, encapsulation, and handling
Consultancy in R&D Space Materials and Processes
• Strategic Plan Design Test Services &
Technological diagnostic Support Systems
SWOT analysis, Innovation proposal, action roadmap
Funding and financial support for the action roadmap
• Technological Surveillance reports Project Management &
Per sector | Per technological development Other Services
• Support on R&D projects and proposals
Management | Preparation of R&D proposals Customers & Partners
• S&T portfolio
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19. Other Engineering Services
Electronics & Embedded Systems Contents
• Electronics
Architecture, design, procurement Company Profile
Prototyping, testing
PCB layout, Analog & Digital
Engineering
Test support electronics
Ground support electronics
• Embedded Systems Test Services &
Support Systems
Different Op.Systems
Robotic
Programming devices Project Management &
Other Services
Communication Buses
• Digital Control Customers & Partners
PWM, H bridges controllers
PID, Kalman filters
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20. Other Engineering Services
Past work:
Contents
Company Profile
Engineering
Herschell-Planck
> On-board software verification ITER – DTP2 Manipulator
> Automation project Test Services &
ESA / Alcatel Alenia Spoace / Critical Software
EFDA Support Systems
Project Management &
Other Services
Customers & Partners
Phileas
> Semi-automatic vehicle guidance | Gathergy
Hermes / Critical Software > Technology transfer
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21. Partners
Contents
Company Profile
Engineering
Test Services &
Support Systems
Project Management &
Other Services
Customers & Partners
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22. Customers
Contents
Company Profile
Engineering
Test Services &
Support Systems
Project Management &
Other Services
Customers & Partners
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23. Contacts
For further information, please visit our
website
www.activespacetech.com
Federico Toriello
Federico.toriello@activespacetech.com
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