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Payload Development |
TMI provides conceptual design engineering and development for payloads, including hardware design concepts, solid models, and drawings in ProEngineer and AutoCAD platforms. Specific hardware developed by TMI includes the CGH and PEP experiments for Spacelab, the WCI and PEP experiments for Middeck, Phase A/B design of the High Gradient Furnace with Quench (HGFQ) for Space Station, and an advanced vacuum furnace concept for Hitchhiker.
Typical tasks supporting conceptual design include:
- documentation searches
- resource allocation assessments
- spreadsheet models
- hand calculations
- flow chart diagrams
- structural/thermal models
Emphasis is placed on timely assessments using cost-effective methodologies. Finalized concepts are presented to the customer documenting the concept feasibility, the number of requirements satisfied, the scope of work required to develop the concept into a finalized design, and a preliminary estimate of the associated cost.
Payloads designed and developed by TMI include:
Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules |
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Toward Understanding Pore Formation and Mobility During Controlled Directional Solidification in a Microgravity Environment Investigation |
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CGH/PEP SACA |
Coupled Growth in Hypermonotectics (CGH) and Particle Engulfment and Pushing by Solidifying Interfaces Sample Ampoule Cartridge Assembly |
QMI |
Quench Module Insert |
Bridgman UNidirectional In Liquids Experiment |
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MSG |
Microgravity Science Glovebox |
In addition to TMI’s engineering support of these activities, we also provide program management, subcontract management, quality assurance, configuration management, safety, accounting and procurement functions.
Space Programs
POC: Mala Thompson • 256.721.6672