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<div align="right">NSIDER Special Edition — Motion Control and
Automation Technology 08/20/15 </div>
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Help NASA Eliminate Vibration in Space
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<td colspan="2">One of the largest composites
manufacturing robots created in America will help
NASA build the biggest, lightweight composite
parts ever made for space vehicles. The robot will
build structures larger than 26 feet in diameter.
The robot is mounted on a 40-foot-long track, and
a head at the end of its 21-foot robot arm
articulates in multiple directions. It places
carbon fibers onto a tooling surface in precise
patterns to form different large structures of
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<td>University of Georgia researchers are helping
NASA determine if bellows expansion joints in the
Space Launch System can withstand the rigors of
spaceflight. NASA wants to make sure a
flow-induced vibration phenomenon in the joints
doesn't pose a risk. To better assess the joints'
ability to withstand flow-induced stress, the team
is developing a physics-based predictive model of
the vibration phenomenon based on modern modeling
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<td>In the aerospace and defense industry, attention
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actuators, including their weight, performance,
and high maintenance requirements. Recent advances
in electric actuator technology have included more
robust, yet efficient, electromagnetic designs.
The result has been a gradual shift in recent
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<strong>MEMS Micro-Translation Stage with Large
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<td>A MEMS micro-translation stage with large linear
travel capability was developed that uses
capacitive electrostatic forces created by stators
arranged linearly on both sides of a channel, and
matching rotors on a movable shuttle for precise
movement of the shuttle. The device will be able
to rapidly translate across large distances using
only three-phase power. It can travel distances as
small as 10 mm and as large as 300 mm. </td>
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<td>Kinematically ground polygonal shapes have been
used as drive connections for more than 45 years.
What is now referred to as Polygon Systems was
developed by Fortunawerke, Stuttgart, West
Germany, who patented a grinding machine capable
of producing matched polygonal shaft and bore
diameters. </td>
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