G-SPACE Inc is a one-stop shop platform to design microgravity products for orbital microfabrication. The company offers services such as microgravity product design, optimization of the microgravity manufacturing process, and insights into customized market data for in-space manufacturing. If you are not sure where to start with microgravity and in-space manufacturing, the company will provide the most optimum starting point for microgravity fabrication at savings of 10X.
Created: 2020-01-18
Updated: 2024-02-21
Company - G-Space
Product/Service - ATOM, MERCURIA
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- Software
Microgravity Simulation
In-Space Manufacturing
- Fields
- ZBLAN
Orbital Microfabrication
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not applicable
G-Space aims at developing the ability to identify, define, and optimize the precise operational spectrum for space manufacturing to ensure manufactured products are at their highest quality and performance.
ATOM
NASA SBIR award in 2020 for Advanced Terrestrial to Orbital Manufacturing (ATOM) platform that builds on a terrestrial experimental technique, Gravity Elimination via Methods of Suspension (GEMS), enhanced through the addition of first-principles modeling, computational tools, and machine learning algorithms.
- G-Space is the only commercial company that provides a tool in advanced material manufacturing that harnesses the effect of gravity on material stability and narrows down the optimized 0G manufacturing envelope.
- The main objective of this SBIR Phase I is to develop a conceptual design of GEMS and to complete the buildout and beta testing of the ATOM platform, including a data manager, analysis and reporting system.
- The resulting platform will be validated using primarily in-house Heavy Metal Fluoride Glass data. In addition, the platform will be expanded to ingest selected material data from NASA’s Microgravity Database as well as an additional suite of high profit margin materials with potential for fabrication in a zero G environment.
ZBLAN IN-SPACE FIBER OPTICS MANUFACTURING
Raw Materials
A new product: ZBLAN (fluorozirconate) preforms for space manufacturing!
ZBLAN standard rods (⌀12.5mm, L=120mm) represent an exclusive new product, specifically designed for In-Space Manufacturing. Contact us for custom requirements.
Thermal Modeling For Fiber Drawing Automation
ATOM™ thermal modeling helps maintain optimal conditions for the fiber optics processing and manufacturing (including gravity correction)
In-Space Monitoring of Fiber Drawing Process
ATOM™ analytics and customized computer vision algorithms ensure that the optimal regime for microgravity processing is maintained. They also offer the ability to monitor and correct promptly key fiber optics parameters (fiber diameter uniformity, concentricity, etc.) during the in-space manufacturing process.
Quality Control and Validation (pre and post flight)
Provide best terrestrial manufacturing reference; inspection of a suite of fiber properties (attenuation, defects, etc.) and estimates of contributions (including gravity correction) that lead to loss of performance.
Status Comment / Notes
News, Research, Projects and Patents
Title | Type | Date | Summary |
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What's Missing for Microgravity Research to Revolutionize Terrestrial Industries | Article | 2024-02-10 | |
ATOM - An AI Environment for New Microgravity Materials Development | Project | 2020-06-29 | |
Breaking the silica ceiling: ZBLAN-based opportunities for photonics applications | Paper | 2020-03-03 | > Silica has now maxed out also its affordability not just its signal transmission capacity. An equivalent to Moore’s law applicable to information speed and capacity carried through optical fibers has been emerging, and silica is not up to the task. The time for ZBLAN is now. |