Spinoff story
Gauging Systems Monitor Cryogenic Liquids
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
With SBIR awards from Kennedy Space Center, Sierra Lobo Inc. (SLI), based in Fremont, Ohio, developed the Cryo-Tracker Mass Gauging System (Cryo-Tracker MGS). The Cryo-Tracker MGS is a three-part system that integrates the use of software, electronics, and the R&D 100" award-winning Cryo-Tracker probe. SLI is marketing the Cryo-Tracker MGS to companies that use and store cryogens, including medical organizations, metals processors, and semiconductor manufacturers, which use the Cryo-Tracker MGS to monitor mass, liquid levels, temperature, and pressure for stored liquid helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, or oxygen. SLI began with only nine employees in 1993, and now has an ISO 9001:2008 registration and over 370 employees.