www.a-v-s.uk.com SME Engineering company with headquarters near Bilbao, Spain and Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, UK. Founded in 2006, formed by highly qualified personnel (80% MEng, MSc and Doctors) with hands on design, engineering, manufacturing and hi-precision assembling. AVS develops bespoke mechanisms and technologies applications within Space, Astrophysics, Particle Accelerators and Nuclear fusion devices under ISO 9001 / EN9100 agarbayo@a-v-s.uk.com VACUUM RADIATION CRYOGENICS HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS HIGH PRECISION Alberto Garbayo - MEng (hons) CEng Business Development Manager
OUR CUSTOMERS ASTROPHYSICS & SPACE PARTICLE ACCELERATORS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
WHAT DO WE DO NEUTRONICS SYNCHROTRONS SPACE PARTICLE ACCELERATORS NUCLEAR FUSION ASTROPHYSICS
WHAT DO WE DO 92% of the turbines have been grinded with this machine world-wide FROM MACHINE TOOL TO SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
WHAT DO WE DO NEUTRONICS ECR ION SOURCES BEAM INSTRUMENTATION SPACE & ASTROPHYSICS COMPOSITE MATERIALS
SPACE COMPETENCES MECHANISMS SPACE MECHANISMS AND SYSTEMS Concept Design Detailed Design Stress and fatigue analysis Manufacturing Assembly Integration Tooling design Test Benches Test campaigns Ground Support Equipment
HORIZON 2020 COMPETENCES OFFERED: IDEAL TECHNOLOGICAL PARTNER SPAIN & UK MECHANISMS ELECTRIC-PROPULSION MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FEM MODELLING RF, EM, CFD AND THERMAL ANALYSIS HIGH-PRECISION MANUFACTURING CLEAN ROOM ASSEMBLY ISO 9001 & EN9100 PROJECT-IDEA: COMPET-3B-DISRUPTIVE ELECTRIC PROPULSION ECRHASS ECR HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR SMALL SATELLITES INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE DESPIN AND SAFE MODE ELECTRO-THERMAL OPERATION ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE (ECR) TECHNOLOGY FROM COMMERCIAL ION SOURCE IN PARTICLE ACCELERATORS Primary thruster: Dual mode operation, high ISP ORBIT Raising + station keeping Secondary thruster: microwave electrothermal Avoiding hydrazine Single PPU Power unit Single Propellant tank and PMU High ISP
ELECTRIC PROPULSION ECR ION THRUSTER: BASED ON AVS EXPERIENCE ON ECR ION SOURCES FOR PARTICLE ACCELERATORS. ECR ION SOURCE FOR EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE (ESS) BILBAO ION SOURCE HYDROGEN POSITIVE (ISHP) FOR ESS-BILBAO 70 ma Proton beam 75 kv Extraction electrodes Movable electrodes Movable radial magnets Low emittance: 0.2 Л mm mrad Low losses Operating since 2010
ELECTRIC PROPULSION ECR ION THRUSTER: BASED ON AVS EXPERIENCE ON ECR ION SOURCES FOR PARTICLE ACCELERATORS. CARMEN STATE OF THE ART HEAVY ION ECR SUPERCONDUCTING SOURCE EM: B injection variable: < 2.6 T B extraction variable: < 2 T B min variable: 0.22 T < B min < 0.5 T Ext dodecapole B rad : ~1.8 T RF: Double frequency: 14.5 Ghz / 18 Ghz RF Power: 0.5 kw / 2.5 kw -> total 3kW Plasma chamber 550mm length Cryostat 700mm length Cyrogenics: Cryostat: Lhe, T = 3 k.
ELECTRIC PROPULSION ECR ION THRUSTER: ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE (ECR) MICROWAVE DISCHARGE GRIDDED ION ENGINE (GIE) FOR SMALL TELECOM SATELLITES. ECR is a technology widely used in Particle accelerators in ion sources thanks to the high plasma enhancing efficiency. ECR are an ideal all Electric Propulsion systems. Extremely scalable. Alternative propellants. Main cathodeless plasma chamber. RF source for additional uses. NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED IN EUROPE o Very high Power HiPEP at NASA o HAYABUSA at JAXA JAXA: µ20 based on µ10 (HAYABUSA) 27 mn 500 ma 100 W 1.2 kv NASA: High power ECR Thruster (HiPEP) under operation at 34 kw - ISP 9150 600 mn
CONTACT US Alberto Garbayo MEng (hons) CEng Business Development Manager agarbayo@a-v-s.uk.com Cristina Ortega MSc CEng Head of Space Area space@a-v-s.uk.com www.a-v-s.uk.com