SBIR/STTR Research Award
UNIVERSAL END-EFFECTOR WITH TORQUE FEEDBACK FOR HAND VALVES
Award amount
$333,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ADC Acquisition Co. dba Automated Dynamics
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- EAB2C8TNRUS7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS TO DESIGN AND FABRICATE A UNIVERSAL END-EFFECTOR WHICH CAN PROVIDE TORQUE FEEDBACK WHILE OPENINGOR CLOSING VALVES. THE END-EFFECTOR WOULD BE ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN HAZARDOUS OR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHERE HUMAN PRESENCE IS PRECLUDED. THE DESIGN WILL BE A MODIFICATION OF A MACHINE RECENTLY INVENTED BY THE PROPOSING FIRM FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, WHICH CAPTURES TORQUE DATA DURING BOTTLE CLOSURE APPLICATION/REMOVAL FOR QUALITY CONTROL.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Laser Additive Manufacturing of Large Scale Polymer Matrix Composite Structures
- Innovative CH-53K Cargo Floor System
- Manufacturing Process Optimization of Ultrasonic Bonding of Metallic Composites
- Innovative Material Design and Manufacturing Development for a Lightweight, Low-Cost, Highly Survivable Drive Shaft
- Innovative Low-cost, In-situ Consolidation Head for Complex Geometry Thermoplastic Fiber Placement
Research funding history
28 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2015). Reported award amounts total $6,640,500. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation