EBAD’s TiNi™ Products
EBAD’s TiNi™ products are non-pyrotechnic and field resettable, utilizing shape memory alloy to perform the necessary actuation for a variety of products and end applications. EBAD’s TiNi™ products offer a variety of solutions for satellites, subsea and aerospace/defense applications, to include the release of satellite solar arrays, subsea ballast releases, launch locks, cable cutters and other types of hold/release components. Launch vehicle and missiles products are manufactured with the utmost regard to quality assurance, and EBAD is committed to being the industry leader in both quality and performance.
Shape Memory Alloys
Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) refer to a group of materials that have the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated. The shape memory effect is caused by a temperature dependent crystal structure. When an SMA is below its phase transformation temperature, it possesses a low yield strength crystallography referred to as Martensite (see Stress-Strain figure). While in this state, the material can be deformed into other shapes with relatively little force. The new shape is retained, provided the material is kept below its transformation temperature. When heated above this temperature, the material reverts to its parent structure, known as Austenite, causing it to return to its original shape.
Our TiNi™ development team has been working with Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) material for over 30 years, and has used our experience and expertise to continually evaluate and track industry trends, enabling us to provide back to our customers time-saving solutions as well as helping us lead the way into production. Depending on the application, an SMA actuator may offer the following benefits:
- Field Resettable
- Reduced mechanism complexity, size and weight
- Fast actuation time
- Greater efficiency and work output
The TiNi™ product line includes the following main products:
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- Ejectors
- Frangibolt® Actuators
- Penetrators
- Pin Pullers/Pushers
- Cable Cutters
- Isolation Valves
In addition to our line of standard TiNi™ products, EBAD can provide custom configurations that include: modifications to the mechanical interface, voltages, resistance, modified housing designs, changes to lead wires, revisions to pressure capability, additional connector housings, and materials changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Heritage
For over 30 years, the TiNi™ products have been used a variety of aerospace and subsea platforms. Below is an example of a few platforms.
Space
GPS II & III SPACECRAFTS | GPS 3
Mission: To improve position, navigation and timing services for the war fighter and civil uses worldwide and provide advanced anti-jam capabilities yielding superior system security, accuracy and reliability.
GOES (Weather Satellite)
Mission: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - R Series (GOES-R) is the next generation of NOAA geostationary Earth-observing systems. The satellite's advanced spacecraft and instrument technology to support expanded detection of environmental phenomena, resulting in more timely and accurate forecasts and warnings.
MARS SURVEYOR
Mission: First exploration of Mars in twenty years, contributed a multitude of findings, including signs of past, persistent water on the red planet including active water features in the gullies of canyon walls.
JUNO (JUPITER)
Mission: Discovery and Exploration mission that will conduct an in-depth study of Jupiter, the most massive planet in our solar system.
RBSP
Mission: Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) will provide unprecedented insight into the physical dynamics of the radiation belts and give scientists the date they need to make predications of changes in this critical region of space.
ROSETTA
Mission: The first to undertake a long-term exploration of a comet (67P/Churyumov-Gerasmenko) at close quarters.
SELENE
Mission: Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE) is the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program. Its mission is to understand the moon’s origin and evolution.
NANORACKS ISS CUBESAT DEPLOYER
Mission: Cubesat Deployers are built to release several cubesats (small satellites) at a time. This application was launched on February 11, 2014, from the International Space Station as part of the largest cubesat deployment to date.
NSF DICE (DYNAMIC IONOSPHERE CUBESAT EXPERIMENT)
Mission: DICE (Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment) is a U.S. CubeSat mission with the goal to map the geomagnetic SED (Storm Enhanced Density) plasma bulge and plume formations in Earth's ionosphere.
AIR FORCE FALCON SAT
Mission: FalconSAT-5 is a microsatellite developed in the Department of Astronautics that will carry United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Physics Department scientific payloads into space.
JAXA IKAROS
Mission: Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun (IKAROS) is to evaluate the performance of the solar power sails as a method for accelerating the spacecraft.
TERRA BELLA SKYSAT
Mission: The first of a planned constellation of 24 satellites, SkySat-1 is a high performance, commercial Earth observation satellite, licensed to collect high resolution images of the Earth.
Subsea
Aerospace Non-pyro Release Mechanisms
TiNi™ Ejector Release Mechanism (ERM)
TiNi™ Frangibolt® Actuator
TiNi™ Mini Frangibolt® Actuator
TiNi™ Pin Puller
TiNi™ Flat Pack
TiNi™ Micro Latch
TiNi™ Pinpusher
TiNi™ Cable Cutter
TiNi™ Gas Cylinder Penetrator
