Airex enjoys an engineering and
design capacity well suited to specialized projects in magnetic components. Our
current workload is predominantly in research and development projects.
Selected programs include:
Design and develop magnetic bearing
prototypes with Louisiana State University for satellite antenna pointing
systems modeled on MILSTAR requirements
Design, prototype and build
low cogging motor for Jet Propulsion Laboratory for system analysis and flight
unit evaluation on the Mission to Planet Earth program
Design, build
and test space flight quality transformers for NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center for application in the Cassini Mission to Saturn
Design, build
and test high performance freon replacement compressor components for space
station application for Creare/Fairchild
Develop and manufacture a
magnetic wave guide switch for Alcatel Ltd. (France) under the European Space
Agency's TurkSat program
Design models and prototypes for
magnetic bearing demonstration platforms with University of Kentucky and
National Laboratories for LA Air Force Base
Design and develop the
smallest commercial integrated low cogging, brushless DC linear motor for
semiconductor inspection equipment
Design, develop and manufacture
linear drive motors to equate DVD access time with PC hard drives currently in
worldwide distribution
Design and develop integrated low cogging,
linear motors with high-end, commercial linear slides for leading linear
bearing manufacturer
Design, develop, and manufacture of linear
actuators for platform stabilization in wafer cleaning/etching equipment for
lithography
Develop and manufacture linear
actuators to optimize copper form and fill factors for cryogenic coolers in the
aircraft and missile applications
Advance component design/mfg for
high performance gyro programs, including AMRAAM and Cruise Missile Program
Advanced manufacturing of magnetic bearing assembly used to reduce
vibration in airborne platforms for imaging in aircraft surveillance
systems
Design and develop laminations, test mechanisms and wound
magnetic assemblies for MOD 21 gyro motors used in USAF fighter jets
Design and develop a stationary isolation
transformer for vascular imaging designed for diagnosis and evaluation of
arterial disorders
Design and develop a rotary transformer with
Hewlett/Packard on innovative cardiac imaging products designed for
diagnosis/evaluation of heart treatments
Design and develop factory
automation systems for Medical Instruments for a low cogging, high torque motor
for surgical instruments
Develop and manufacture high reliability
magnetics in support of an outpatient method of prostate surgery treatment
Design
and prototype low cogging, 200 HP electric motor for the Naval Undersea
Laboratory for investigation in long range torpedo propulsion systems
Design and develop two-phase toroidal motors and associated manufacturing
activity for the MK50 Torpedo guidance system
Low cogging motor design
on a "quiet" propulsion motor for the unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV)
program
Automate winding processes and
provide test windings for USAF on SFIR magnetic components for the Peacekeeper
and Trident missile programs
Design, build and prototype mechanical
assemblies for the SFIR guidance system as a replacement for discontinued
chemical-based manufacturing processes
Develop specialized stack
coating and inspection methods for the US Navy's 10 PIGA guidance system torque
motor stator
Automate manufacturing techniques with Ferranti Precision
Products Division for magnetic components designed for the Trident Missile
Program