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NASA Plum Brook Station Ready For EM-1 Orion Thermal Testing

Industry Related News: United States – (May, 2019): A NASA research team at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio will be utilizing the Glenn Research Center test facility to perform a range of environmental tests on the Orion Spacecraft in order to calibrate station systems. Possibly one of the most unique thermal [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:24:14+00:00May 28th, 2019|news|Comments Off on NASA Plum Brook Station Ready For EM-1 Orion Thermal Testing

Thermal Testing Shows New Polymer Conducts Heat Instead Of Trapping It

Industry Related News: United States – (April, 2019): A team of MIT research engineers has recently discovered a new polymer material that, through thermal material testing, shows that the polymer material conducts heat rather than trapping it as most other polymer materials do. Initial thermal tests indicate that the material is potentially a [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:24:21+00:00May 1st, 2019|news|Comments Off on Thermal Testing Shows New Polymer Conducts Heat Instead Of Trapping It

SpaceX’s Hexagon Tiles for Starship Pass Heat Shield Thermal Testing

Industry Related News: United States – (March, 2019): SpaceX is reportedly performing heat shield thermal testing on its Starship spacecraft project, according to CEO Elon Musk. In a series of posts on Twitter this week, Musk unveiled a tantalizing glimpse at a SpaceX's thermal test of the hexagonal heat shield tiles that will [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:24:28+00:00March 26th, 2019|news|Comments Off on SpaceX’s Hexagon Tiles for Starship Pass Heat Shield Thermal Testing

Researchers Create Lightweight Material That Withstands Extreme Temperatures

Industry Related News: United States – (February, 2019): A research team at UCLA, along with collaborators at eight other research institutions, have created an extremely durable and light-weight ceramic material.  Thermal testing performed on the material has shown that the material can withstand extreme temperature swings from -200°C to 900°C, even when the [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:24:37+00:00February 21st, 2019|news|Comments Off on Researchers Create Lightweight Material That Withstands Extreme Temperatures

Thermal Testing of Solar Orbiter

Industry Related News: United States – (January, 2019): A research team at the IABG thermal testing facility in Ottobrunn, Germany is preparing to perform a series of extreme thermal tests on the ESA's Solar Orbiter before its mission to orbit and scan the Sun. In order to protect the sensitive electronics and communications [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:24:42+00:00January 31st, 2019|news|Comments Off on Thermal Testing of Solar Orbiter

Are Our Firefighters Really Protected From Extreme Heat?

Industry Related News: United States – (December, 2018): Firefighters, and especially those who are first to enter a burning building, are typically thought of as being completely protected from the extreme heat they are exposed to on a regular basis. However, recent thermal testing studies completed on personal protective equipment (PPE) have revealed [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:24:49+00:00December 31st, 2018|news|Comments Off on Are Our Firefighters Really Protected From Extreme Heat?

Thermal ‘earmuffs’ protect cell phone batteries from extreme temperatures

Industry Related News: United States – (November, 2018): A research team at UC Berkeley specializing in mechanical engineering has applied principals of thermal testing to determine the effects of extreme temperature fluctuation on lithium ion batteries — like those typically found in mobile devices and even electric vehicles. Their temperature testing study was [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:24:57+00:00November 27th, 2018|news|Comments Off on Thermal ‘earmuffs’ protect cell phone batteries from extreme temperatures

Khoury Industries Completes Manufacturing Of SAASM-compliant Khoury Box

Bellingham, MA: Security is important. There isn’t a single organization in business today that doesn’t realize the impact of that statement. Every day, we protect people, computers, homes, our country and our military members through various means of information security. Khoury Industries, a worldwide leader in temperature testing equipment for device characterization, thermal [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:25:03+00:00November 13th, 2018|news|Comments Off on Khoury Industries Completes Manufacturing Of SAASM-compliant Khoury Box

New Man-Made Material Regulates Its Own Temperature

Industry Related News: United States – (October, 2018): Researchers in Materials Science at the University of Nottingham are reporting that they believe they have created a polymer material capable of regulating its own temperature with a thermal regulation mechanism similar to what is seen in biological systems.  Dr. Mark Alston, the lead researcher [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:25:10+00:00October 31st, 2018|news|Comments Off on New Man-Made Material Regulates Its Own Temperature

Thermal Testing Part Of Shale-Optimized Casing Connection Testing

Industry Related News: United States – (September, 2018): World Oil is reporting that in an effort to further promote safety in the drilling industry, one company has introduced a thermal testing protocol to simulate "real world conditions" to "test connections designed for shale plays." These connection components are "subjected to extreme temperatures of [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:25:17+00:00October 1st, 2018|news|Comments Off on Thermal Testing Part Of Shale-Optimized Casing Connection Testing
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