Real World Applications

Componetics has been a trusted supplier of motor windings, coils and stator assemblies in critical applications for over 30 years. Some of these critical applications include; nuclear submarines, commercial aircraft, military aircraft, missiles, spacecraft and medical applications. Componetics has been requested to supply these components by its customers because of its long standing reputation for high quality components.

In the Air

In commercial aircraft applications where reliability is paramount customers specify Componetics windings. Componetics windings can be found in many different commercial aircraft applications including Gulfstream business jets on up to large Airbus aircraft such as the Airbus A-380.

Patrolling the Skies

Prime contractors have recognized Componetics superior products for use in military applications such as F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Componetics currently supplies motor stator windings for the JSF's flight control leading actuators as well as the Rotor Blade Fold Mechanisms for the V-22 Osprey. Other critical applications that are trusted to Componetics windings include the fuel control actuators for the C-130 and the B-52.

Guiding the Way

Componetics provides a significant number of wound stator assemblies for precision gyroscopes and guidance systems. Componetics supplied components are relied upon by military organizations throughout the world for missile guidance systems.

Missiles like the Northrop Longbow Hellfire Missiles, AIM-9X Air to Air Missiles and the AMRAAM missile incorporate Componetics supplied wound stators for precision guidance. Gyroscopes featuring our wound stator assemblies can also be found on many domestic and foreign satellites.

Orbiting our Planet

In addition to gyroscope applications Componetics wound stator assemblies have been chosen for a broad range of critical spaceflight applications including antenna pointing mechanisms for; Orbview 3 & 4, Sirius Satellite Radio, GE 3 & 4, Koreasat, AS100 military satellites, and the Deep Impact spacecraft as well as propulsion fuel valves for; Sirius Satellite Radio, GPS, GE 3 & 4, Koreasat, AS100 military satellites, Global Positioning System satellites, Iridium and multiple European and Japanese satellites.

Orbital Sciences Corporation manufactured the Orbview 3 & 4 spacecraft to provide high resolution imaging for commercial applications. The Orbview spacecraft is in low earth orbit and is required to position antennas and perform high resolution ground imaging simultaneously. A feat that can only be accomplished with precision microstepping stepper motors. The vendor responsible for the design of the actuators chose Componetics for this unique precision application.

A new concept in automobile audio, Sirius Radio allows customers to listen to multiple CD quality radio stations in their vehicles across the United States. Sirius Satellite Radio satellites use Componetics wound stator assemblies to position their antennae. Without reliable antennae pointing capability Sirius satellites would not be able to provide services to millions of customers. In addition to the antenna pointing mechanisms Sirius satellites use Componetics supplied wound stator assemblies. The propulsion system on any satellite is critical but never more so than in the GPS application after all, it is a matter of national security.

The Space Shuttle is the most complex machine ever built. It is the United States primary method for access to space and our only vehicle manned space travel. Space Station Freedom is dependant on the Space Shuttle for the construction and maintenance and astronauts on Freedom rely on the Space Shuttle for supplies, transport and rescue in the event of an emergency. Manned spaceflight vehicles are required to be extremely reliable. Engineers responsible for component design of the Space Shuttle selected Componetics wound stator assemblies to control its propulsion fuel valves. Componetics reliability and heritage are exactly what the Space Shuttle engineers required.

Exploring our Planet and our Solar System

In February of 200 the largest deployable structure ever flown in space was deployed from ten Space Shuttle cargo bay. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission was an ambitious plan by NASA to deploy a 60 meter (200 foot) antenna and map nearly the entire surface of the earth in three dimensions to an unprecedented resolution. Componetics wound the motors used in the Mast Deployment Assemblies to deploy the enormous mast. The antenna was deployed flawlessly and mapped the earth for ten days. At the completion of mapping the Mast Deployment Assemblies were commanded to retract the mast. Thermal misalignments within the mast prevented the motors from being able to retract the mast to the locked and stowed position. In an effort to avoid having to eject the entire mast engineers commanded current limit overrides to allow the motors to draw current in excess of their ratings. The gamble paid off. Componetics windings did not fail even under the extreme power draw. The mast was successfully retracted and is planned to be displayed in the Smithsonian Museum.

The Sun is the source of all energy in our solar system. Without it there would be no life. Understanding the Sun is vital to our understanding of the solar system and our place within in. Project Genesis is a spacecraft that was designed by JPL to sample the solar wind and return samples back to earth for study in laboratories. The spacecraft uses a set of stacked pure silicon wafer arrays to capture the particles. The arrays are deployed one at a time during interesting solar events using a custom designed array deployment mechanism. The array deployment mechanism features four motors for individual motion of arrays. Each motor features Componetics wound stator assemblies. In addition to the deployment motors the Genesis spacecraft also relies on Componetics supplied propulsion system fuel valve windings. Without reliable motion of the arrays and control of the propulsion system the Genesis mission would not be a success.

Mars

Mars Pathfinder represented a triumphant return to the red planet after 20 years. The mission managers realized that the pictures that Pathfinder would take were the most important aspect of the mission both scientifically and politically. The consensus at JPL was that if there were no pictures there was no mission. Componetics was called upon to supply the wound stator assemblies for the camera pointing mechanisms for the Pathfinder spacecraft. During the mission the Mars Pathfinder website received more than 100 million hits as people all over the world marveled at the fantastic images it returned.

In 1999 JPL sent the Mars Polar Lander to take more photographs of the surface and to sample the soil with a robotic arm. Again Componetics was called upon to supply the winding assemblies for the camera pointing mechanisms as well as the wound armature assemblies for the robot arm motors.

In 2004 the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars to continue advancing our scientific understanding of our nearest neighbor in space. The spacecraft featured Componetics supplied propulsion system fuel valve windings. The propulsion system was vital for successfully navigating the spacecraft to Mars. The missions were a resounding success with both spacecraft landing precisely where they were planned to land after a 50 million mile journey.