ZIN Technologies provides additional services to support the development
of complex aerospace systems.
Certified
Electronic Fabrication Facilities
Electronic printed circuit board assembly stations are available
with ESD controls for the modification and assembly of custom and
commercial components. Equipment used include oscilloscopes, microscopic
inspection stations, soldering stations, precision voltage sources,
digital multimeters, logic analyzers and dynamic signal analyzers.
Technicians are GSFC-certified for the fabrication and inspection
of flight qualified electronic assemblies including soldering, conformal
coating, cabling and harnessing. Modern solder stations are used
along with proper optical equipment for through-hole and minor surface
mount chip population.
Cleanroom Facilities
Flight
hardware assembly laboratories are available with 
approximately
10,000 square feet of space that meets ISS Visibly Clean Assembly
standards. The labs provide workstations for PCB assembly and flight
hardening. Certified technicians experienced (average of 20 years
experience) in the buildup of cabling, harnessing, PCB assembly
and flight hardened assemblies are available. In-house training
and workmanship inspection is provided. Laser-safe work areas are
available for breadboarding and testing of laser systems. A Class
100k Cleanroom with 10k laminar flow benches provide workspace for
the assembly and testing of precision components including laser
diagnostics and contamination-sensitive components. Access to all
flight buildup and test labs is controlled via limited access keycode
locks.
Model and Fabrication Shops
ZIN Technologies operates an in-house prototyping machine shop for
concept validation, fabrication of ground and flight components
and modification of existing components. This facility contains
the following equipment: CNC Bridgeport, 10" Drill Press, 24" band
saw, 10" cut -off saw, belt & disc sanders and grinders, 48" sheet
metal break, spray paint booth, overhead 2000 pound capacity chain
hoist, thermal chamber, tow motor, platform truck, shipping/receiving
dollies, 3'X4' inspection granite surface plate, 24" digital height
gage, 25 HP compressor, mechanical and electronic measuring devices
as well as miscellaneous materials, tools and equipment.
Configuration Management Systems
ZIN Technologies has provided configuration management for both
in-house and external space flight development programs. These include
support for NASA Space Station Programs, Space Shuttle Programs,
Space Experiment Programs, Computer System programs and High Speed
Research Aeronautic Projects. ZIN Technologies also provided configuration
management to the U.S. Navy on development of underwater weapons
systems, torpedoes, missiles, simulators and guidance systems. Configuration
management analysts develop and maintain a configuration management
plan that identifies all hardware, software, media, firmware and
associated documentation of the system and the procedures used to
manage and control the system's configuration through its life cycle.
The plan is tailored to the classification and criticality of the
system. This provides program and project management the flexibility
to match the level of configuration control to the complexity, cost,
and design life of the system. Services to support implementation
of the CM program and the change evaluation and control process
as specified in the CM plan are provided to the project team.
ZIN Technologies employs a unified approach that completely defines
all clear, concise and valid requirements on a system from Concept
Development through Production and Operational Support. Configuration
Management and Documentation Management infrastructures are combined
through the implementation of a common set of recognized standards
and practices. Configuration and documentation services via automated
systems through which the customer will be able to consistently
reflect configuration in a cost-effective manner are utilized. Implementation
of the Configuration Management system must be consistent with the
objectives of a program or project and its life cycle phases.
Analysis/Simulation
ZIN Technologies utilizes a wide range of computer based design
and analysis tools. Engineering analysis tools include finite element
method programs such as NASTRAN, ANSYS and PATRAN. These tools are
used for stress/deflection, vibration and buckling analysis, fatigue
and fracture control design and analysis, structural/mechanical
analysis for aero-elastic excitation, structural design and analysis
of advanced material systems, such as: ceramics and composites,
and pressure vessel and vacuum tank design and analysis. Fatigue
and fracture is also evaluated using tools such as FLAGRO and NASGRO.
ZIN Technologies has provided the PSRP and carrier integrators with
the required models for safety and carrier integration coupled loads
modeling. Design tools include AutoCad, Mechanical Desktop and Pro-E
that are used for 3D parametric modeling and creating detailed drawings.
Design drawings conform to ANSI Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and
Tolerancing requirements. Physical models may be created directly
via stereo-lithography. Interactive Product Animator (IPA) is used
to create animations, which are used for describing operation or
assembly procedures. The 3D models can also be readily transferred
to analytical software tools for engineering analysis. ZIN Technologies
is experienced in the application of military standards and specifications,
specifically in the design and analysis of space flight payloads
for the ISS, space shuttle, sounding rocket and KC-135 vehicles.
ZIN Technologies has developed complex, custom optical systems for
space flight and ground testing using the Z-MAX optical design program.
Thermal design and verification utilizes a variety of commercial
codes including PATRAN, ANSYS, SINDA85, and TAS.
Test Operations
- Hydrostatic Pressure
testing per ASME and NASA Standards
- Vibration Test Laboratory
- Shaker tables per
various NASA standards · Statics Test Laboratory
- Static and "low speed"
dynamic testing of hardware
- Microgravity Emissions
Laboratory
- Develop test plans
for the microgravity emissions testing of Space flight hardware
destined for the International Space Station
