lancaster, pennsylvania- january 14, 2015. advanced cooling technologies, inc. (act) (www.1-act.com) announced today four fluid compensation accumulators installed in nasa’s cloud aerosol transport systems (cats) instrument were successfully delivered to the international space station (iss) aboard spacex’s crs 5 dragon capsule which docked with the space station on january 13^th 2015.

the all stainless steel accumulators provide volumetric compensation for fluid property changes across the broad temperature range experienced in spacecraft applications, from -40°c to 55°c. this new product was designed, manufactured and qualified by act to operate for up to 3 years in this challenging environment.  act introduced the accumulators in response to multiple requests for a rapid design and development supplier for custom, flight qualified, fluid compensation systems.

      
act’s accumulator being deployed on the iss. individual parts are seen on the left and the welded assembly is seen on the right

“these accumulators are a logical expansion beyond heat pipes for our aerospace product offerings. we’re utilizing the same high quality flight hardware practices, customer responsiveness, product development innovation and manufacturing talent sets for a different product in a similar market” says mike dechristopher, act lead engineer, defense and aerospace products group.

act’s defense and aerospace products group consists of personnel having diverse engineering and technical skills, making the group capable of solving some of the most demanding thermal design, analysis, and fabrication challenges in the spacecraft and aircraft industries. the group’s customer-focused approach is driving rapid growth and allowing act to quickly become a trusted supplier of flight-quality products, advanced research and development, and thermal management consulting services for the aerospace industry. the group has accumulated a significant on-orbit flight heritage with its heat pipe products.  the group’s satellite thermal control products include:

• cchp, vchp, lhp
  • build-to-print, or custom designs
  • embedded and external mount
  • in-house and custom extrusions
  • 2d and 3d configurations
  • integration with radiators
  • aerospace qualified soldered assemblies
• titanium struts
• accumulators (new!)

about act

act specializes in advanced thermal technology development and custom thermal product manufacturing. act designs and manufactures cold plates, hik plates, heat pipes, pumped liquid and two-phase loops and thermal storage devices for customers in diverse markets including aerospace, electronics, temperature calibration, medical device, and energy systems.

act’s team consists of personnel with established track records in technology development, commercialization and production. many of them were involved in pioneering work on heat pipes, loop heat pipes and other single and two-phase heat transfer devices. they are the inventors/co-inventors on numerous u.s. and international patents and the authors/co-authors of hundreds of scientific publications.

the r&d team at act has engineers with backgrounds in mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, nuclear, materials, manufacturing and physics. their expertise assures we can serve wide variety of material, thermal and modeling challenges in diverse applications.

act’s facility measures more than 40,000 square feet, including office, laboratory and manufacturing spaces. with iso9001 and as9100 certified quality system in place, the facility has designed and manufactured high quality, cost effective, thermal management solutions for dozens of mission critical satellite, and military programs as well as for numerous commercial applications. simultaneously act’s broad and diverse r&d efforts are developing thermal solutions for tomorrow’s emerging technologies.

for more information about act, please visit www.1-act.com.

media contact
bryan muzyka
sales manager, defense and aerospace
advanced cooling technologies, inc
[email protected]
(717)-295-6080 (office) | (717)-598-9442 (cell)
www.1-act.com