Materials experiment

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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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