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OBJECT TYPE
MICROGRAVITY FURNACE
DATE
1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2001.0119.001
MANUFACTURER
ACR Electronic
MODEL
MASER 1
LOCATION
Sweden

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General Information

Serial #
Y50-501-1-01
Part Number
1
Total Parts
2
AKA
GRADIENT FURNACE TEST UNIT
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL & SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS, CARDBOARD COVERING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
42.6 cm
Width
42.0 cm
Height
13.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Space Technology
Category
Space science
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
ACR
Country
Sweden
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
1990'S
Canada
SIMULATION FURNACE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE OF SERIES OF MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS DEVELOPED BY DR. REGINALDSMITH ET AL OF QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY; THIS EXPERIMENT FLEW ON MASER 1. CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE BLACK BRANT ROCKETS WERE USED AS LAUNCH VEHICLE IN SWEDEN'S MASER PROGRAM; BBVC WAS USED FOR MASER 1 IN 1987.
Function
SIMULATION FURNACE USED FOR SAMPLE TESTING; FURNACE & CONTROLLER WERE USED TO MELT SAMPLES OF MATERIALS IN EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO EXAMINE EFFECTS ON MATERIALS OF MELTING IN MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.
Technical
MASER WAS SWEDISH SPACE CORP. MICROGRAVITY MATERIALS RESEARCH PROGRAM. SSG OFFERED FLIGHT SERVICES WITHIN MASER PROGRAM, IN ADDITION TO DESIGN & MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC EXPERIMENT MODULES. MASER 1 WAS LAUNCHED FROM ESTRANGE IN SWEDEN ON MARCH 19, 1987.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "GRADIENT/ FURNACE/ TEST UNIT" & "ACR Electronic"; BLUE LOGO ON BACK READS "ACR/ Electronic" WITH LETTERING READING "SERIAL NO. Y50-501-1-01/ MADE IN SWEDEN"
Missing
UNKNOWN
Finish
GOLD COLOURED METAL CASING WITH BLACK PLASTIC FRONT; BLACK & GREY CONTROLS; RED & YELLOW SYNTHETIC BUTTONS
Decoration
N/A

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ACR Electronic, Materials experiment, before 1987, Artifact no. 2001.0119, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0119.001/

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