General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BASE, CASINGS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

106.8 cm

Width

56.0 cm

Height

81.5 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

BM

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Collingwood

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

DEVELOPED UNDER CANADIAN USER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHEREIN RESEARCHERS RECEIVED GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO BUILD EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES TO TEST CONCEPTS ON KC-135 FOR FUTURE USE ON SPACE STATION. CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY FUNDED THIS PROJECT, WHICH REPRESENTS CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN NEW FIELD OF MICROGRAPHIC RESEARCH.

Function

APPARATUS DESIGNED TO PROCESS MATERIALS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN MICRO-GRAVITY, USED ON NASA KC-135 AIRCRAFTS FLIGHTS DURING WHICH SHORT PERIODS (25 SECONDS) OF MICROGRAVITY WERE EXPERIENCED. IT WAS USED TO TEST PROCESS FOR USE IN SPACE, SPECIFICALLY ON PLANNED U.S. SPACE STATION. SPECIMENS WERE INSERTED INTO FURNACE FOR HEATING AT SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE & TIME, COOLED, & STORED FOR DURATION OF FLIGHT.

Technical

FIRST GENERATION MICROGRAVITY HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIAL PROCESSING SYSTEM USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW APPLIED TECHNOLOGY FOR USE IN SPACE. HAS SINCE BEEN REPLACED BY MORE FLEXIBLE AUTOMATIC VERSION TO BE FLOWN ON CANADIAN T-33 AIRCRAFT; ANOTHER VERSION WAS DEVELOPED FOR FLIGHT ON BLACK BRANT ROCKETS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECAL READING IN BLACK & RED: 'THIS APPARATUS WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY/ B.M. HI-TECH INC. COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO/ UNDER CONTRACT FOR/ THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA'/ SIMILAR DECALS WITH OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS/ BRASS PLATES READING: 'MATERIAL PROCESSING FURNACE/ BM88020GMFI/SENSOR/ BM HI-TECH INC./ COLLINGWOOD. ONTARIO CANADA' & 'MADE IN CANADA FABRIQUE AU CANADA'/ '240 LBS' IN BLACK MARKER.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

METALLIC MOUNTING PLATE/ COPPER COLOURED BASE WITH BRUSHED METALLIC SUB-BASE/ BLACK PAINTED & METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE, BLACK, BLUE, & RED SYNTHETIC.

Decoration

DECALS READING 'SPACEBOUND OBJECTIF ESPACE', 'CANADA' WITH FLAG, 'MADE IN CANADA FABRIQUE AU CANADA' WITH MAPLE LEAF, 'CANADIAN ASTRONAUT PROGRAM PROGRAMME 'ASTRONAUTES CANADIENS'.