Glass processing system
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH TEMPERATURE/MICROGRAVITY
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0001.001
- MANUFACTURER
- B.M. Hi-Tech. Inc.
- MODEL
- KC-135
- LOCATION
- Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
More Information
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
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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
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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
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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 HAS SINCE BEEN REPLACED BY MORE FLEXIBLE AUTOMATIC VERSION TO BE FLOWN ON CANADIAN T-33 AIRCRAFT; ANOTHER VERSION WAS DEVELOPED FOR FLIGHT ON BLACK BRANT ROCKETS.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
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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'.
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B.M. Hi-Tech. Inc., Glass processing system, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1991.0001, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0001.001/
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