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Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
1994 Phase II
Carbon Grid Materials For
Ion Engines
Energy
Science Laboratories, Inc
San Diego, CA
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INNOVATION
New low-cost, longer-life carbon grids
for ion engine applications
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Ion Engines Will Provide Efficient
Propulsion for NASA Deep
Space Science Missions
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed a new, lower cost
process for precise grid fabrication for ion engines
- Added a carbon flock coating
to grids that increases sputter resistance and extends operating
life by a factor of 5 or more
- Flocked carbon grids will make
increased thrust levels possible
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Produce custom products for commercial customers, total sales have reached $3 million to date
- Potential future applications
include longer life grids for commercial deposition reactors and
subtrates for electronic components
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Ion engine grids for NASA missions
- Selected to work with Fermi
Laboratory to provide detector supports for high energy physics
particle accelerator at Cern, Switzerland
- Working with Keck Observatory
in Hawaii and Stuart Observatory in Arizona on telescope lining
for stray light suppression
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