A Magnetostrictive Water Pump for Use in Extra-Vehicular Activity SatCon Technology Corporation, Cambridge, MA

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A Magnetostrictive Water Pump for Use in
Extra-Vehicular Activity SatCon Technology
Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Innovation Development of an extended-range
magnetostrictive inchworm motor with a laminated
terfenol-D moving element sandwiched between two
double-layered three-phase stators.

• Commercialization
• The firm has announced that Brown Simpson
  Partners I, Ltd. has exercised a warrant to
  purchase 675,000 shares of SatCons common stock.
  The aggregate gross proceeds to SatCon, as a
  result of the warrant exercise, were
  approximately 5.8 million. In connection with
  the warrant exercise, Brown Simpson received a
  new warrant to purchase 438,750 shares of
  SatCons common stock at an exercise price of
  16.70 per share.
• Revenue for the fiscal 2001 third quarter rose
  22 to 10.6 million, compared with 8.7 million
  in the same quarter last year. Revenue for the
  nine months ended June 30, 2001 increased 52 to
  31.7 million, compared with 20.8 million for
  the nine months ended June 30, 2000.
• On, February 21, 2002, SatCon Technology
  Corporation's announced that its Power Systems
  business Unit has received 1.5 million in orders
  for industrial automation and semiconductor
  equipment orders. The company views the orders as
  a signal that its industrial automation and
  semiconductor manufacturing equipment markets are
  beginning to turn around. The orders include
  approximately 1.0 million in MagLev systems,
  power supplies and servomotors for semiconductor
  equipment customers and approximately 550,000
  for industrial automation components.
• On January 22, 2002 , SatCon Technology
  Corporation's announced that it has
• been awarded a 4.1 million contract from
  General Atomics to continue the
• development of its Integrated Power System
  (IPS). The contract phase, when
• added to the initial IPS phase, which
  began last February, brings the total value
• of this program to 7.0 million. Under
  this phase of the contract, SatCon will
• deliver 100kW and 300kW modular,
  electrical power converter and control
• assemblies to be tested as part of a
  full-scale demonstration program for the
• Navys "all-electric" ship.

• Accomplishments
• Achieved maximum speed of 12 mm/s, 150-N force
  capacity,and 25-mm travel
• range.
• Demonstrated precision motion control capacity
  or robotic applications with
• closed-loop control.
• Increased water pumps capabilities, while
  decreasing both mass and power needs.
• Increased reliability through reduction in
  movable parts and component materials.
• Received NASA contracts valued at over a million
  dollars to further specialize
• the pump for NASA purposes.
• The firm has announced that its Semiconductor
  Products business unit will
• introduce a new high speed, 5.7 gigahertz, RF
  Power Amplifier for Wireless
• LAN applications at the Wireless Systems
  Design Conference and Expo
• being held from February 26th to the 28th in
  San Jose, California.

• Government Applications
• The high-force and moderate-speed capability of
  the magnetostrictive motor
• makes it well suited as a direct-drive
  replacement for geared down motors
• for NASA robotic applications.

Points of Contact - Jane I Fox
ifox_at_ems.jsc.nasa.gov - Magmotor
orourke_at_satc.com SS-9-062
Johnson Space Center Date of Update March 25,
2002 1992 SBIR Phase 2 NAS9- 97006
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