SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200277924 NASA ARC HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A NON-CRYOGENICALLY COOLED NEAR IR WAVE…

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SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200277924 NASA ARC HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A NON-CRYOGENICALLY COOLED NEAR IR WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM INFRARED (IR) CAMERA THAT CAN PROVIDE THERMAL IMAGING AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS UP TO 3000 DEGREES CELSIUS TO SUPPORT THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS BRANCH TESTING IN THE ARC JET COMPLEX. THERE ARE VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF IR CAMERAS ON THE MARKET THAT CAN PROVIDE THERMAL IMAGING AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS UP TO 3000 DEG C, AND THERE S ONLY ONE IR CAMERA THE MIKRON M9201 THAT CAN PROVIDE THESE MEASUREMENTS WITHOUT USING CRYOGENIC COOLING ON THE IMAGING SENSOR. (BY USING CRYOGENIC COOLING, THE COMPLEXITY, FOOT-PRINT, AND COST OF THE IR CAMERA INCREASE.) IN ADDITION, ANOTHER UNIQUE FEATURE OF THIS CAMERA IS THAT IT OPERATES IN THE NEAR IR WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM, THUS ALLOWS IT TO BE EASILY DEPLOYED IN ANY OF THE ARC JET FACILITY WHERE FUSED SILICA WINDOWS ARE INSTALLED. 1. THE MIKRON M9201 IS THE ONLY IR CAMERA ON THE MARKET TODAY THAT PROVIDES TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS UP TO 3000 DEG C WITHOUT USING CRYOGENICALLY COOLED SENSOR. 2. THIS REQUESTOR INVESTIGATED 4 DIFFERENT IR CAMERA VENDORS. IN ADDITION, THIS REQUESTOR AUDITIONED ONE OF THE CRYOGENICALLY COOLED IR CAMERAS; THE COST OF THIS PARTICULAR UNIT IS AT LEAST 3 TIMES THAT OF THE M9201; ITS FOOT PRINT IS AT LEAST 3 TIMES LARGER, WHICH WOULD TAKE AWAY MORE OF THE USEFUL SPACE AROUND THE ARC JET WINDOWS; AND IT OPERATES AT MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM AND THUS REQUIRES DIFFERENT WINDOW THAN THOSE ALREADY INSTALLED IN THE ARC JETS. 3. THE DIGITALLY CONTROLLED MIKRON M9201 WILL REPLACE THE ARC JET S EXISTING ANALOG IR CAMERAS, WHICH ARE BASED ON MORE 20 YEARS-OLD TECHNOLOGY AND ARE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAINED AS REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NEAR NON-EXISTING. SO, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT A MIKRON 9201 BE PURCHASED AND TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ANALOG IR CAMERAS AS THEY ARE CRUCIAL TO PROVIDE THERMAL IMAGING DATA TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND TO SUPPORT NASA S EXPLORATION MISSIONS.