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Spray Analyzer Turns Up in Cars, Planes, Medicine, Cutting-Edge TVs
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
A technology an engineer developed with SBIR funding from Glenn Research Center in 1985 continues to find new uses today. With further SBIR funding from NASA and others, Sunnyvale, California-based Artium Technologies Inc. has built on the Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer originally created to analyze fuel spray in rocket and jet engines. Today it’s used to design and test products including automobile fuel injectors, aircraft parts, inkjet printers, and systems for printing organic LED displays, among others.