cryoconnect and the space marketplace an idiots guide
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Presentation about opportunities for technology businesses to get into the space market. Visit www.cryoconnect.com for more information.TRANSCRIPT
Sub-Title;
(An Idiots Guide to Space)
Terry McManus Project Manager
Cryoconnect
Presentation Overview
Tekdata Interconnections Overview
Low Temperature Detector Concepts
Cryoconnect Capabilities and Heritage
Features of the Space Marketplace
Business Options and Strategies
Summary
Tekdata Interconnections Ltd
Location: Etruria,
Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Founded in 1969
£8m turnover
90 staff
40,000 ft² factory
Market Sectors
Space Astro (Cryoconnect)
Avionics Defence (Land, Air and Marine)
Motor Sport & Others
Memberships and Approvals
AS9100C
FM 01849
ACCREDITATIONS MEMBERSHIPS
APPROVALS (selected)
European
Space
Agency
ISO14001-2004
EMS 61335
Major Customers AVIONICS/DEFENCE SPACE
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
National Research Centre of Canada
Standard Harness Build Complex multi-branch assemblies
Contra-helically wound for maximum flexibility
Sealed or open Wire
Raychem System 25 Heatshrink
Low Profile, Screened and Moulded Battlefield Communications
Complex Box Build
Complex assemblies
Backplanes
Copper, Fibre-optic, alloys, Mixed
Cabinet and Bench Assembly
Complex cabinet wiring & assembly
Some units >10,000
terminations
100% testing
Woven Cables Wire types can be mixed Signal,
coax, twisted pair, power wires,
optic & strengthening fibres
Flexible, light, strong,
e.g. woven hinges
RFI/EMI:
separation can be defined and repeated to eliminate cross-talk
ComputaWEAVE:
Wires structured to enter and exit weave in a repeatable fashion
Specialist Mouldings Solving design issues using
specialist mouldings
Low Temperature Detection Concept
(the Science bit)
Low Temperature Detection
Concept (e.g., SPIRE)
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
• Need to detect long wavelength IR radiation.
(200 to 650 microns)
• This is emitted by cool things in space
• The temperature of bodies radiating at these
wavelengths is 4 to 15K
(-269 to -258 degrees C)
• This is not very warm,
but it is still “heat”.
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
Heat flow depends upon surroundings If you open the door of the fridge,
you don’t feel heat.
In fact you start to warm up the fridge
That’s because you are warmer than the fridge.
Heat flow depends upon surroundings If, however, you are colder than the fridge, you
will see the inside of the fridge as warm or at least warmer
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
Heat flow depends upon surroundings If, however, you are colder than the fridge, you
will see the inside of the fridge as warm or at least warmer
So the ability to detect heat (IR radiation)
depends upon the temperature of the observer. Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
SPIRE Instrument principle
A detector element, it absorbs heat
and we measure its temperature rise.
Heat
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
SPIRE Instrument principle
Heat
Surround the detector element with
something cold
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
SPIRE Instrument principle
Heat
Support the detector element, without
conducting much heat into it.
String
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
SPIRE Instrument principle
Heat
2 K (minus 271 degrees C)
0.3 K (minus 272.7 degrees C)
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
SPIRE Instrument principle
Heat
2 K (minus 271 degrees C)
0.3 K (minus 272.7 degrees C)
SPIRE has 330 of these detector elements
Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
SPIRE Instrument principle
Each detector is an array of these elements
String Not ordinary string
Kevlar fibres (poly paraphenylene terephthalamide)
Developed by Dupont 1965
>5 times stronger than steel (weight for weight)
Low thermal conductivity
Used in body armour, climbing ropes etc. Herschel Plank Launch : Eric Sawyer, RAL Space
Challenges in the Space Environment Robust – to withstand Launch forces
Lightweight – to reduce overall payload
Reliable – to last for the design life of the satellite
Designed and built to meet specific technical
requirements;
Thermal properties
Electrical characteristics
Radiation
Magnitisation
etc. ...........
Space & Astrophysics -
Cryoconnect Ultra Low Temperature & Feed-Through Solutions
Custom interconnects
Custom alloy wires & weaves
To 44 AWG wire
(0.002” = 0.05mm dia)
Vacuum sealed feed-throughs
Major cost reductions from existing technologies
Heatsinks Designed to suit all
applications
Careful heat sinking is required where wires are expected to become super conducting, or at ultra low temperatures where boundary resistance effects may make adequate heat sinking more difficult.
Feedthroughs Feedthroughs which
allow the wires to
pass though a
vacuum wall without
the electrical,
mechanical, and
financial costs
associated with
additional
connectors.
One feedthrough. 1000 Wires !!!
Innovation
An infinite
variety of
solutions to
meet every
situation
Cryoconnect Savers Where sacrificial
“connector savers”
are required to
minimise the
mate/demate cycles
on harness
connectors during
manufacture and
subsequent tests
situations.
Cryoconnect Applications Astro-Physics
Ground Based Telescopes
Balloon Mounted
Space / Satellite Wiring
Laboratories (Housekeeping
Harnesses)
Scientific Instrumentation
Scientific Experimentation
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) CERN – ATLAS Experiment
Cryoconnect Space Projects JWST MIRI
NIRCam
NIRSpec
Herschel HFI
Planck SPIRE
HFI 400mK Plate
Resulting Images
Current / Major Project James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
How to survive in Space??
Be the BEST at what
you’re BEST at :-
Become the Expert
Technical Skill sets Tekdata has Operators trained using IPC 620 and graded internally, at levels 1 – 5 Cryoconnect Technicians trained and certified to European Space Agency (ESA) standards
High reliability soldered joints
Crimping
Harness Manufacture
Inspection
Training / Certification
Purpose built clean area
Features of the Space Market
Long gestation periods
Intransigent
Conservative
Extremely risk-averse
Require lots of documentation
(AS9100)
Open within the Scientific
Community yet, Secretive ITAR, NDAs, Complex Contractual
requirements, Flow-Downs
Features (cont)
Features (cont) New language PA, PM&P, Thermal Budgets, Vacuum Bake-out
Global
Missions are Fragmented with
Complex Matrix e.g., Solar Orbiter
Theme How does the Solar System work?
Primary Goal How does the Sun create and control the heliosphere?
Targets The Sun
Wavelength Visible, extreme ultraviolet, X-rays
Orbit Elliptical orbit around the Sun with perihelion as low as 0.28 AU and with increasing inclination up to more than 25° with respect to the solar equator.
Lifetime 7 years (nominal)
Type M-class mission
Solar Orbiter
Launch
2017 – 2018
Launcher
NASA - Atlas V 401.
Backup
ESA - Ariane 5 launcher
There are 10 different experiments on this mission;
UK involved in hardware (x4); Mag: Magnetometer (Imperial College London)
SPICE: Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (RAL Space)
SWA: Solar Wind Plasma Analyser (Mullard Space Science Laboratory)
EUI: Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (CSL, Liège, Belgium)
Currently, no UK hardware involvement (x6); EPD: Energetic Particle Detector (University of Alcala, Spain)
RPW: Radio and Plasma Waves (Observatoire de Paris, France)
METIS: Coronagraph (INAF- Astronomical Observatory of Turin, Italy)
PHI: Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Germany)
SoloHI: Heliospheric Imager (US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA)
STIX: X-ray Spectrometer/Telescope (Benz, FHNW, Windisch, Switzerland)
Intransigent?
Conservative?
Extremely Risk
Averse?
What do you see if you look at the materials and
processes used in a modern ESA Space mission?
Requires Lots of Documentation?
Hardware /
Equipment Normal, Commercial, Transaction
Receipt / C of C
Requires Lots of Documentation?
Hardware /
Equipment SPACE
None-Flight?
Requires Lots of Documentation?
Hardware /
Equipment SPACE
Flight
SPACE
None-Flight?
Business Options and
Strategies
“Competitive strategy is about
being different” Michael Porter
Strategic Options
The Basis of Competition
Differentiation Approach Many Products into Many Markets
Cost-Based Approach Economy Pricing (Pile-it-High, Sell-it-Cheap)
Focus (or Niche) Approach Bespoke (Low-volume, High-value)
Marketing Strategies (Ansoff)
PRODUCTS
Present New
MA
RK
ETS Present Market Penetration Product Development
New Market Development Diversification
Marketing Strategies (Ansoff)
PRODUCTS
Present New
MA
RK
ETS Present Market Penetration Product Development
New Market Development Diversification
“Related Diversification”
Opportunities / Threats OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Budget constraints
Increased cost-consciousness within the
sector
Moving from Cost+ to
Cost Sensitive
(competitive costing)
COTS materials now
considered
Budget constraints
Availability of future Governmental funding
De-Selection of Missions
Can be difficult to back a
winner
Strategies / Activities Understand the needs of your
customers - Research
Differentiation (better solutions) Be the expert in your field
Align yourself with good
partners/suppliers/contractors
(RAL Space)
Strategies / Activities Communications Mail-Shots
Marketing Social Networking
Blogs
Exhibitions, Shows, Conferences
Sponsorship
SPONSORSHIP Keele Uni. – Best Degree in Astrophysics
Shows, Conferences & Exhibitions
Summary Although it is going through difficult times, Space
is still a growing marketplace
Innovation is needed
Innovation (Change) in the Space marketplace
is challenging
Qualification of novel things can be time consuming and expensive
Market Development can be complex
Rewards can be prestigious and attractive
Thank You For Listening If you have any queries or comments on the content
of this presentation please do not hesitate to contact me;
Terry McManus, Project Manager
Cryoconnect Tekdata Interconnections Ltd.