Battel Engineering, Inc.
10020 North 58th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
office: (480) 991-9747
fax: (480) 991-9748
email:
bateng@earthlink.net
7. SAM Valve-Heater Module flight
model prior to AE integration
VH module after completion of flight testing and closeout. The VH
contains over 1600 parts in a 7 X 10 X 1.25 package. It provides
control over 53 bi-directional valves, 60 heaters, 2 thermal-electric
coolers and 2 piezo-electric shakers. The thickness of the package is
driven by the many output connectors mounted on the edge of the frame.
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