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 provides 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
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